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Training of Communicators with Disabilities in Bolivia |
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Organisation: SECRAD Servicio de Capacitación en Radio y Televisión para el Desarrollo – Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo”
Country: BOLIVIA
SECRAD was created by the San Pablo University of Bolivia as an extra-mural centre to provide training for popular and indigenous communicators from marginalised sectors. It also provides advice and support to grassroots groups wanting to implement communication strategies for development while documenting and researching such strategies. Its work with indigenous groups is well known throughout Latin America. SECRAD is now tackling the social exclusion and social ‘invisibility’ of people with disabilities. Exclusion and invisibility have been a huge obstacle in the participation of disabled people in society and a gross infringement on their rights as citizens in Bolivia. As a way of beginning to tackle this situation SECRAD and the Association of Parents and Friends of People with Mental Disabilities organised the First International Workshop on Communication and Disability where media discrimination and the lack of public policies were discussed and a plan of action put into place. This was followed by research on the perception of people with disabilities of their communication and information rights, a public awareness campaign to promote their rights as citizens, socialization and dissemination of a style guide for communicators, editors, journalists, etc and training for communicators on a rights-based coverage of disability issues and disabled people. The current project seeks to provide follow up and provide communication training to people with disabilities. The project contemplates several workshops in three different Bolivian localities. Contact: Lic. Mgr. José Luis Aguirre Alvis
Email address: secrad@ucb.edu.bo
Website: http://www.secraducb.bo/
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