Dear sir, this meeting will be very usefull for persons with disability and concern professionals.
sir, if possible please send more details and also send meenutes of meeting on personal mail. thanking you devnandan kumar On 6/5/07, Nilesh Singit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *People with Disabilities and Empowerment* > > Disability Rights Initiative, Bombay, invites all to > participate in a > meeting with Justice Zakeria Mohammed Yacoob of South > Africa. Justice > Zakeria Mohammed Yacoob of the South African > Constitutional Court is > visiting India and meeting with its people. Justice > Yacoob is > delivering a series of lectures all over the country > and he will be > speaking in Mumbai on 11th June 2007. > > Justice Yacoob will share his experiences on > disability issues and > enumerate the importance of understanding that > problems faced by > disabled persons are not to be seen in isolation. The > struggle for > equality of disabled persons should go hand in hand > with the struggle of > equality by women, by Dalit and all those who are > discriminated, with no > food, shelter, employment or on the basis of sexuality > to come together > as a single voice. He will speak variety of issues > concerning the > struggle to achieve social equality and justice. > Justice Yacoob > believes that India and South Africa have a lot to > learn from each other > as both countries have many similarities as the > respective constitutions > of both the countries are the product of the struggle > for freedom, > fighting imperialism. However, constitution and > legislation themselves > are not sufficient to achieve social justice, there > are springboards for > greater change and the duty of that court is to define > and defend a > fundamental belief in human rights and > non-discrimination. > > The participants can interact and ask questions and > this would be > followed by a quick overview of the disability > movement in India . > > > > > About Justice Yacoob > Zakeria Mohammed Yacoob, born in 1948, became blind at > the age of > sixteen months as a result of meningitis. Justice > Yacoob was a member of > the executive of the Natal Indian Congress from 1981 > to 1991. He helped > to plan and organise, participated in, and addressed > numerous mass > meetings aimed at supporting the struggle against > apartheid. He was > chairperson and a member of the executive of the > Democratic Lawyers > Association. Presently Justice Yacoob sits on the > Constitutional Court > of South Africa and is Chancellor of the University of > Durban-Westville. > He is also the Chairperson for the South African > National Council for > the Blind, where he sits on the Executive Committee > and the National > Management Committee. > > > Venue: > YWCA > 2nd Floor > Madam Cama Road, > Opp. Regal Cinema > Mumbai - 31 > Colaba > Date : Monday, 11th June 2007 > Time : 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm > > Please Contact Raju Waghmare 09820946125 > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up > for > your free account today > http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > -- Devnandan Kumar. Rehabilitation Society of the Visually Impaired C-223, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow-20, India Contact No- 9412171026, 0522-3019456 website- www.rsvinet.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
