We are honored to share thar the United Nations has recognized our organization by granting us the special consultative status. A key milestone to actively advance our mission to construct an accessible world and with equal opportunities for everyone. What does this mean for our region? As of, Fundación Comparlante has the right to assign […]
Target shooting for blind people? Wheelchair fencing? Is this possible? You bet! Comparlante tells you what an adapted sport is, and which are its characteristics. An adapted sport is “a form of sport aiming at supporting and encouraging sporting activities for everyone”. This means to adapt spaces, objects, tools and/or regulations to ease and allow […]
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The team of Fundación Comparlante offered a training on accessibility and the daily life of persons with disabilities to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)´s workers. Thanks to our partneship with the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion area, we offered different trainings and sensitization campaings over the year, and we close the year with a rewarding meeting […]
Our President, Lorena Julio, would like to invite you to the launch of the second volume of the series Inclusion vs Equity “Questioning privileges that delve into inequalities”. The event will take place on Thursday December 15th at 7 at night in the Room Cortázar at the National Library in Buenos Aires, street Agüero 2502, […]
Human Rights Day, a date to reflect Every December 10, the Human Rights Day is celebrated worldwide, a date in which the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) back in 1948. This historical document set forth the rights to every person as human being regardless of race, color, religion, sex, […]
A fight that does not stop The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. It aims at promoting rights, development and the welfare of persons with disabilities in all areas of society, as well as raising awareness of their situation in all aspects […]
Fundación Comparlante celebrates the “Month of Universal Accessibility” at the National Assembly of Ecuador. In 2019, all the Parties in the National Assembly of Ecuador with a unanimous vote established November as the Month of Universal Accessibility. In the context of this celebration, Invisibilidad Consentida, part of the Accessible Art Program, was exhibited. The works […]
Fundación Comparlante and the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion of Ecuador (MIES by its Spanish acronym) signed a Letter of Commitment aiming at promoting actions in favor of accessibility and rights of persons with disabilities. Lorena Julio, President of Fundación Comparlante, and Jeimy Hernández, Subsecretary of Disabilities, agreed upon exhibiting Invisibilidad Consentida in the […]
The UN General Assembly declared November 5th, 2014, as the International Caregiver Day to sensitize, raise awareness and draw attention to this work, often a silent , that millions of caregivers carry out to take care of other people, as well as to honor the figure of the caregiver. Fundación Comparlante interviewed the caregiver, Dalana […]