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Abandoned by the state : violence, neglect, and isolation for children with disabilities in Russian orphanages

"Human Rights Watch calls on the Russian government to immediately end violence and neglect towards children living in institutions. Russia should also reduce the number of children in institutions by transitioning them out of orphanages into birth or foster families. In the long term, Russia should make a plan to end institutionalization of children with disabilities [...]." -- back cover.

Barriers everywhere : lack of accessibility for people with disabilities in Russia

"In Russia, official estimates suggest that 9 percent of the population, or 13 million people, have disabilities. The Russian government has taken significant steps in recent years to better protect their rights, including by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in September 2012 and by hosting the Winter Paralympic Games in March 2014 in Sochi. Yet for many people living with disabilities in Russia, many basic daily activities--such as going to work or school, meeting friends, going to the doctor, or buying groceries--remain difficult, if not impossible. Barriers Everywhere is based on interviews with over 120 people with physical, sensory, developmental, and intellectual disabilities in six cities in Russia, as well as with local nongovernmental organizations and representatives of disabled persons organizations. The report examines access to the physical environment, transportation, employment, private businesses, and health and rehabilitation services. It finds that different types of physical barriers, as well as discriminatory practices on the part of employers, transport operators, and others, prevent many people with disabilities from leaving their homes, getting necessary medical care and education, enjoying meaningful employment, and participating more broadly in society. The report calls on the Russian government to build on important commitments already undertaken, rigorously enforce federal accessibility laws, and raise awareness among people with disabilities of their rights"--P. [4] of cover.

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War and health : the medical consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

"War and Health" explores medical consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Provides a detailed look at how war affects human life and health far beyond the battlefield Since 2010, a team of activists, social scientists, and physicians have monitored the lives lost as a result of the US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan through an initiative called the Costs of War Project. Unlike most studies of war casualties, this research looks beyond lives lost in violence to consider those who have died as a result of illness, injuries, and malnutrition that would not have occurred had the war not taken place. Incredibly, the Cost of War Project has found that, of the more than 1,000,000 lives lost in the recent US wars, a minimum of 800,000 died not from violence, but from indirect causes. War and Health offers a critical examination of these indirect casualties, examining health outcomes on the battlefield and elsewhere-in hospitals, homes, and refugee camps-both during combat and in the years following, as communities struggle to live normal lives despite decimated social services, lack of access to medical care, ongoing illness and disability, malnutrition, loss of infrastructure, and increased substance abuse. The volume considers the effect of the war on both civilians and on US service members, in war zones-where healthcare systems have been destroyed by long-term conflict-and in the United States, where healthcare is highly developed. Ultimately, it draws much-needed attention to the far-reaching health consequences of the recent US wars, and argues that we cannot go to war-and remain at war-without understanding the catastrophic effect war has on the entire ecosystem of human health.

Online EBSCO Academic Comprehensive Collection