The Center for Gender and Development Studies is, as of October 2020, an Institutional Member of the World Disability and Rehabilitation Association. Based in Sri Lanka, the WDRPA’s mission is as follows: “As advocates, to motivate, empower and engage persons with disabilities globally. As practitioners, to assist in creating and developing the highest quality of inclusive, innovative and educational content in the field of disability rehabilitation and improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities. As professionals, to support, produce, and disseminate scholarly work, raise awareness and build bridges for advocacy, promote social justice and diversity endeavors for persons with disabilities.” CGDS’s Deputy Director, Dr. Lynn Rose, is a lifetime member of WDRPA and serves as the organization’s country representative for Iraq. We at CGDS believe that gender justice goes hand in hand with social justice, including disability rights.
Photo description: Uppercase letters in blue spell out WDRPA. Embedded in each letter is a white silhouette of a human figure with a disability. From left to right, we see a person with a prosthetic lower arm; a person with one leg, using a crutch; a person with two below-knee prosthetic legs; a person using a white cane; and a person using a wheelchair. Beneath these uppercase letters are smaller, upper-and lowercase letters, also in blue, spelling World Disability and Rehabilitation Professional Association.