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DISABILITY RIGHTS FUND
Disabled Women & Girls
The
Disability Rights Fund (DRF) is a collaboration between donors and the
disability community to advance the new UN Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
The first human rights treaty of the 21st century and the fastest-negotiated UN treaty ever, the CRPD is also unique for its unprecedented inclusion of civil society in the drafting process.
Building on the momentum of this landmark treaty and on its mandate on States Parties to include people with disabilities and their representative organizations-Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs)-in Convention implementation, the DRF focuses grantmaking on building the capacity of DPOs to be full and equal participants in the achievement of rights for the world’s 650 million people with disabilities.
With modest grants, the DRF supports country-level DPOs in the Global South and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union to participate in treaty ratification, implementation, and monitoring efforts.
DRF is a fiscally sponsored Project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)3 public charity that provides back-office services, a legal framework, and capacity-building support for projects that share Tides vision of a just, healthy, and sustainable world. DRF is also a Grantmaking fund of the Tides Foundation, which partners with donors to increase and organize resources for positive social change.
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