Disability Rights Boosted in Ecuador with New Funding Plans

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Disability Rights Boosted in Ecuador with New Funding Plans


Published 4 May 2015 (8 hours 20 minutes ago)

Agreements signed with the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion will provide US$250,000 to five national federations of persons with disability.


Ecuador’s Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion has signed agreements with key bodies representing people with disabilities, with the aim of furthering their rights.

The agreement was reached with five national federations that seek to ensure that all rights of people with disabilities are upheld and that public policy is enacted in compliance with the 2012 Organic Law for Disabilities.

With the new agreements, their projects will now receive $250,000 in funding from the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion for plans of their choosing.

More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Disability-Rights-Boosted-in-Ecuador-with-New-Funding-Plans-20150504-0021.html

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1. Meanwhile in America

The repugs want to do away with it!