Dear Avinash, Regarding the DPI issue, can you please indicate what is the official stand?
Thank you, Aarthi On 7/17/15, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > I will not prefix much to this story however have several articles to > substantiate that the Chair in question publickly maintained last year > in India that "disability is a apolitical" issue. Its very political. > The issue of less representation of the global south is well-taken > however if we understand this in larger context its in all > organisations be it WTO,IMF or other disability NGOs such as handicap > International and the Rotery club. Its real-politics and is pervasive > in all organisations. In India, disability organisations function in > such manner where individuals become bigger than organisations. > > http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dpi-allegations-completely-baseless-javed-abidi/article7431718.ece > “I am very much the global chair of Disabled Peoples’ International > [DPI]. The so-called statement that is circulating is not an authentic > or an authorised statement from the DPI executive council,” Javed > Abidi told The Hindu . > > His reaction comes in the wake of a statement issued by the DPI world > council recently stating the Mr. Abidi’s autocratic leadership style > had damaged the council’s image. > > DPI is grassroots, cross-disability network with member organisations > in over 110 countries. > > Mr. Abidi added that this was false claim that has been made by a > bunch of his detractors. “The hollowness of this claim can be gauged > by just the following fact. The DPI world council [with political > representation from all over the world] has 34 members. Of them, only > five were physically present in Dhaka.” > > He noted that all decisions that are being labelled as “autocratic” > were taken by the DPI executive council and world council in an open, > transparent, and democratic manner.“The slander campaign is reflective > of a larger malaise of the global disability movement,” said Mr. > Abidi. > > He noted that richer nations were controlling the discourse on > disability issues. > > “If you look around, global disability organisations have people from > the global north controlling their governance,” he said. > > Speaking about problems he faced while working with DPI, Mr. Abidi > said that “800 million of the world’s one billion people with > disabilities live in the global south. Yet, the powers and decision > making of the disability movement have been historically in the hands > of the global north. My election as the DPI global chair was in that > sense, reflective of a stirring within the global south.” > > “Given that the power structure has been questioned, it is expected > that the ones who have ruled the roost for 30 years would try every > trick in the book to ensure that the reforms that my colleagues in the > DPI executive and world council are trying to bring fail.” > > He added that strict action will be taken against those who are > responsible for this attempted coup of sorts. > > > > Abidi added that strict action will be taken against those who are > responsible for the attempted coup of sorts > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
