MDRI's Work in Latin America

MDRI's Americas Programs bring attention to human rights violations against people with disabilities in the Americas, support the development of disability rights advocacy in the region, and engage in policy advocacy on a regional level that includes the rights of people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities.

Through the Americas Programs, MDRI collaborates with local organizations to:

• expose abuses against people with disabilities;
• make recommendations for mental health reform;
• help craft mental health legislation;
• help train and support new organizations run by people with disabilities and their families;
• work with established, mainstream human rights organizations to promote the inclusion of disability rights into their core advocacy agendas;
• work through the inter-American human rights system of the Organization of American States to bring about legal recognition and enforcement of the rights of people with disabilities.
  
  

Current Country Projects in Latin America:

Argentina | Paraguay | Peru

Staff Contact: Alison A. Hillman de Velasquez