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VNDI's reflections, behind-the-scenes and updates on the intersection of race and disability in Brazil.
The movement delivers a briefing on disability, race, gender, care and the results of the intersection of vectors of oppression in the lives of Brazilian girls, young women and women with disabilities.
In an era when global challenges demand innovative solutions, Geneva has become the focal point of a groundbreaking event titled “Shaping Futures: Amplifying Minority Voices through Youth, Traditional…
Enrollment is open for the course "Training of Black Leaders with Disabilities", organized by 'Lab Reviravolta' in partnership with "Vidas Negras com Deficiência Importam" (VNDI).
VNDI is cited in the series that offers an overview of the Black population with disabilities in Brazil. Original article: https://www.gov.br/mdh/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2023/novembro/novembro-negro-um-panorama-sobre-a-populacao-negra-com-deficiencia-no-brasil The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship…
Brasília, October 2, 2023 Considering our unconditional defense of the principles of Inclusive Education as a right won and sustained by the current National Policy on Special Education…
Today, September 21, National Day of Struggle for People with Disabilities, VNDI-Brasil is outraged by the court decision that kept Sônia Maria de Jesus, a Black woman with…
A Bill moving through the Chamber of Deputies opens the door to clinical intervention in schools, to charging families for supports that schools must provide to students with disabilities, and to requiring a medical report to guarantee educational support
Black people with disabilities are more vulnerable to discrimination and prejudice, and this includes the whole issue around “racial profiling”, a practice used by police or public security…
For years, Deaf Communities have been fighting to guarantee the linguistic rights of Deaf people who use Libras as their legal means of expression. Goal 4.7 of the…
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has made historic recommendations on intersectional discrimination on the grounds of race and disability to the Brazilian government.…
