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Taking Action on Ukraine

The human rights of Ukrainian people with disabilities continue to be violated, their lives endangered, and their needs discarded. These atrocities require a global action.

GADRA understands that for global impact we must all begin locally and apply full force of our combined efforts on behalf of Ukrainians with disabilities.

In recent days GADRA has:

GADRA has deployed their full capacity in a comprehensive response to this disaster
Continued to support Fight For Right to manage their caseload of over 400 people needing evacuation to safe and appropriate destinations
Engaged with global agencies also interested in action on behalf of people with disabilities

Ukrainians with Disabilities Webinar and Transcript

On March 10, 2022, the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration held a webinar where Fight for Right (FFR) provided an update on the situation for Ukrainians with disabilities. Watch the full webinar and click through to read the full transcript.

Transcript for Deaf Leadership in International Disaster Policy event

>>: Deaf Leadership in International Disaster Policy, a virtual panel hosted by the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA) and Gallaudet University. Recorded October 29, 2021. >> AUDREY COOPER: Excellent. Hello, everyone, and welcome. I am Dr. Audrey Cooper.…

Transcript for “20 Years of Disability Rights & Inclusion in Disaster Management: Global Rights and Collaboration”

>: 20 years of Disability Rights and Inclusion in Disaster Management: Global Rights and Collaboration >>MARCIE ROTH: I had the incredible opportunity to spend just about eight years at FEMA, I was appointed in the Obama administration. It was…

Transcript for Deaf-Led Disaster Action Event

>>: Deaf-Led Disaster Action: a virtual panel hosted by the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA) and Gallaudet University. Recorded September 24, 2021. >> KOTA TAKAYAMA: Hello, and welcome. Hello again. My name is Dr. Kota Takayama. I’m a…

Deaf Leadership in International Disaster Policy: October 29, 2021

The second event in our series in collaboration with Gallaudet University, Deaf-Led Disaster Resilience. Over the last decade, national governments and international human rights groups have devoted increasing attention to Deaf and disability inclusion and leadership in disaster and humanitarian…

GADRA + Gallaudet Present: Deaf-Led Disaster Resilience

The Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA) and Gallaudet University invite you to an upcoming three-part event series: Deaf-Led Disaster Resilience. Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction is a growing field of practice, yet deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, and deaf-disabled…

Deaf-Led Disaster Action: September 24, 2021

Deaf-led organizations play a vital role in disaster and humanitarian contexts, but are often overlooked in disaster research, training, management, and reporting. This webinar spotlights Deaf-led organizations in Japan, Trinidad & Tobago, and Viet Nam to raise awareness about disaster…

Black Disabled Global Disaster Experiences: Action Strategies

>> MEGAN LANG: Welcome to our Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration town hall. My name is Megan Lang, and we would first like to announce that we are recording this webinar. It is also currently being live streamed on…

Black Disabled Global Disaster Experiences: Action Strategies

At this event, Black disabled panelists from our February GADRA event returned to discuss how to: address racism and ableism, build forward to create an equitable culture and center Black leadership. Captions in English and American Sign Language were provided.…

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