For #WhatWENeed 2025, Monirul Islam, Human Rights Defender and Founder of the MindfulRights Project, reflects on the struggles of persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities, who routinely face exclusion, violence, and discrimination. Society often ignores their pain, and systems meant to uphold their rights frequently fail.
Monirul highlights that most survivors have no pathway to justice, because the violence they face often goes unrecognized and without remedy. Every person deserves to be seen, heard, and treated with fairness and dignity, on an equal basis with others.
