How are we reclaiming our rights? How are we redefining support? How are we ensuring that care never means control? For #WhatWeNeed 2025, Tina Minkowitz reflects on what a true human rights–based care and support agenda should look like. She challenges systems that still allow involuntary treatment and institutionalization, insisting that autonomy and legal capacity […]

How are we resisting harm? How are we rising from our struggles? How are we building our communities? How are we reimagining possibilities? For #WhatWENeed 2025, Elizabeth Ombati reflects on these questions.Through her words, she writes about the everyday acts of courage and care that shape our movement, from resisting violence and segregation to rising

About CIC-K and TCI’s #WhatWENeed campaign Championing for Inclusive Communities in Kenya (CIC-K) is a membership, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization registered as an NGO in Kenya since 2022. CIC-K’s mandate is to promote human rights-based advocacy on community inclusion of mental health psychosocial support services for persons with psychosocial disability. CIC-K is a Full Member of

Solidarity, Emotional Awareness, Social Justice and Compassion: Insights from The Red Door’s Community Mental Health Program in India By Pranami Tamuli The Red Door’s Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) interventions with young women and girls from structurally excluded communities in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have been extremely edifying, offering critical insights into

Comprehensive Legal Reform Aligned with Human Rights Standards – In Bangladesh and Beyond

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REMISI (Indonesia Revolution and Education for Social Inclusion) is an organization that advocates for the rights of youth with psychosocial disabilities in Indonesia. Their blog highlights the urgent need for peer support groups, inclusive workplaces, and fair representation in policy-making to create a more inclusive society for Young persons with psychosocial disabilities. Download

By Korean Disability Forum “FootAct” and “Deinstitutionalization Coalition of Korea” have been leading the cross-disability DI movement in South Korea, especially with “Deinstitutionalization Coalition of Korea” being the first coalition mainly consisted of members who are survivors of institutionalization themselves. In 2024, they wrote a declaration of DI rights and presented it in July. The

On November 13 & 14, 2024, Inclusion Canada and People First of Canada hosted the 15th annual federal policy forum on inclusion. This year’s theme was Roofs and Rights – Inclusive Housing Policy and People with Intellectual Disabilities. This event brings together policymakers, self-advocates, families, academics, and the disability community to discuss current issues and explore

Bhargavi Davar & Aleisha Carroll 2024 This ‘Disability Equity and Rights: Challenges, opportunities, and ways forward for inclusive development’ publication was prepared under the DFAT – CBM Inclusion Advisory Group Disability Inclusion Technical Partnership, an Australian aid initiative implemented by CBM Inclusion Advisory Group and the Nossal Institute for Global Health at the University of