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Georgian court orders government to provide assistant to person with disabilities

Activists hope that the ruling will set a precedent for the government’s obligations to people with disabilities.

Georgian court orders government to provide assistant to person with disabilities

Activists hope that the ruling will set a precedent for the government’s obligations to people with disabilities.

Opinion | Women with disabilities have the same right to a private life as anyone else

In Georgia, the social stigmas around disabilities combine with patriarchal attitudes in destructive ways.

Opinion | Women with disabilities have the same right to a private life as anyone else

By Esma Gumberidze

In Georgia, the social stigmas around disabilities combine with patriarchal attitudes in destructive ways.

Armenian Health Ministry proposes forced sterilisation of people with disabilities

Ammendments proposed by the ministry would allow courts to order the sterlisation of people with intellectual disabilities.

Armenian Health Ministry proposes forced sterilisation of people with disabilities

Ammendments proposed by the ministry would allow courts to order the sterlisation of people with intellectual disabilities.

Soviet-era conditions persist for Armenian prisoners with disabilities

Prisoners with disabilities must contend with a lack of adapted living spaces, a lack of healthcare, as well as exclusion from prison life.

Soviet-era conditions persist for Armenian prisoners with disabilities

By Alina Nahapetyan

Prisoners with disabilities must contend with a lack of adapted living spaces, a lack of healthcare, as well as exclusion from prison life.

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