MIUSA Building an Inclusive Development Community Technical Assistance Training in Jordan - February 2010
In February 2010, MIUSA conducted a technical assistance visit to Jordan as part of its USAID-funded "Building an Inclusive Development Community" (BIDC) project. MIUSA CEO Susan Sygall, along with Susan Henderson, Executive Director of the Disability Rights Education Defense Fund, and Yetnebersh Nigussie, Program Director of the Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development, met with disabled leaders, USAID Mission staff, and USAID partner organizations including Mercy Corps and the Academy for Educational Development (AED).
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Inclusive Development Training
Yetnebersh Nigussie of the Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) conducting training on the twin track approach to inclusive development.
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Inclusive Development Workshop
USAID-supported development agencies gather at an inclusive development workshop to discuss strategies for inclusion
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Problem Solving
Jordanian women with disabilities proposing solutions to inclusion barriers in development programs
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Human Rights Perspective
Yetnebersh Nigussie of ECDD presenting on disability from a human rights perspective
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Building Partnerships
Participants at a MIUSA workshop discussing strategies for building partnerships between DPOs and international development actors
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MIUSA Disability Rights Workshop
MIUSA CEO Susan Sygall (left) listening to a question on strategies for promoting disability rights and tools for advocacy from a workshop participant
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Women's Leadership Strategies
Disabled women leaders in Jordan work with MIUSA staff on women’s leadership-building strategies
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Inclusive Tourism
MIUSA team working with staff from a USAID tourism project on strategies for inclusive tourism
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Disability Rights Movement in the U.S.
MIUSA training team presenting to Jordanian DPOs on how US activists succeeded in promoting disability as a human rights issue
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Strengthening Disability Leadership in Jordan
DPO workshop participants working on strategies for strengthening disability leadership in Jordan.
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USAID Jordan Presentation
USAID/Jordan presenting to DPOs on strategies for partnership with development agencies
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MIUSA in Jordan
MIUSA training team with staff from the Academy for Educational Development (AED) in Amman
