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17/04/2012  Living real lives in the community - innovation in services for persons with disabilities and lessons for families and older persons. 

On the 17th of April, the Lifecourse Institute, NUI Galway hosted the following public lecture: 

’  Living Real Lives in the Community – Innovation in Services for Persons with Disabilities and 

                                         Lessons for Families and Older Persons.’

Dr. Michael Kendrick spoke at the event. Dr. Kendrick is a pioneer on community living and a global consultant. 
  
He spoke about finding ones interests and likes through trial and error. He also discussed fnding a role within the comminity and being involved with a community. 

Dr. Kendricks lecture is available below.

26/09/11 Joint ICSG and Lifecourse Institute Seminar

Dr Eilionóir Flynn, Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Disability, Law and Policy will present a seminar on "Towards a Convention on the Rights of Older People? Progress to date in the UN open-ended Working Group on Ageing. This seminar will take place on Monday 26th September 2011 at 1pm in CA110 - St Anthony's NUI Galway.

Abstract:
In the past 12 months, discussions about the possibility of a new Convention on the Rights of Older People have been gaining increasing momentum within the United Nations. At the second session of the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing in New York last month, the South American states, as a group, endorsed proposals for a new binding human rights instrument to protect the rights of older persons and expressed support for the appointment of a Special Rapporteur to strengthen the protection of the rights of older people.

However, the proposal to draft a new Convention at this juncture was opposed by the European Union on behalf of its 27 member states. The EU, and other states which were opposed to the drafting of a Convention at this stage, argued that no normative gap exists in the current international human rights framework regarding older people, and that any lack of protection is due to the failure to implement existing human rights standards. This paper will explore possible next steps in the forthcoming meetings of the Working Group in 2012, with reflections on the experiences of the disability community in negotiating and drafting the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

01/08/11 Lifecourse submission to UN working group on ageing

This is a side-event being organised by Human Rights Watch, Lifecourse Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Mental Disability Advocacy Center and Rehabilitation International to run at the Second Session of the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing which will take place in New York on 1-4 August.

For more information please click here

The following discussion paper was prepared by the Lifecourse Institute and other partners in preparation for the side event.
Please click here.

24/06/11 Equality through the ages: an exploration of key gender equality issues affecting individuals through stages of the life cycle

A one-day seminar hosted by Gender, Law, Equality and Rights (Gender ARC*) in Áras Moyola, NUI Galway

To register and for further information please contact either

Dr Lucy-Ann Buckley, NUI Galway (email Lucy-Ann.Buckleynuigalway.ie; telephone 091 493661)

or

Dr Patricia Conlan, University of Limerick (email Patricia.Conlanul.ie)

*Gender, Law, Equality and Rights is a theme of Gender ARC (Advanced Research
Consortium on Gender, Culture and the Knowledge Society). Gender ARC, a research
network specialising in gender-related issues, was established in 2010 as part of the NUI
Galway/ University of Limerick Strategic Alliance. Equality Through the Ages is the first of a
series of events to be hosted by Gender, Law, Equality and Rights. This public event is
funded by Gender ARC and the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, and organized in
association with the Law School, NUI Galway.

Read the Press Release: http://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news.php?p_id=1663   

18/05/11 Lifecourse Institute - Distinguished Lecture

“Inequality and Diversity across the Lifecourse: Intercultural Perspectives” by Prof. Jagdish Gundara, UNESCO Chair, University of London & Dr Siobhán Mullally, Faculty of Law, University College Cork

Wednesday, 18th May, 5:30-7:00pm in Room MY243, Aras Moyola, NUI Galway

The Child and Family Research Centre in NUI Galway, together with the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy would like to invite you to the second Lifecourse Institute Distinguished Lecture that will address the issues of diversity and inequalities and their effects across the lifecourse. Ireland is currently at a crossroads and has not yet fully addressed how it intends to address inequalities and diversity as it moves forward. Lessons from the UK and elsewhere in Europe will be drawn on.  

Speakers confirmed: 

• Professor Jagdish Gundara, UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Education in the University of London. Prof. Gundara has acted as an advisor on interculturalism to a range of governments.  
• Dr Siobhán Mullally, a distinguished academic in the field of human rights law, diversity and immigration. Dr Mullally is currently a senior law lecturer in University College Cork and former co-director of the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights and Chairperson of the Irish Refugee Council.   

The lecture is open to all. Light refreshments will be served. Full information can be found in this flyer (PDF).

RSVP: Iwona Jakubczyk ( iwona.jakubczyknuigalway.ie)

To see press release, click here: http://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news.php?p_id=1612


Please view video presentations from this Lecture:

Prof. Pat Dolan's address

Prof. Jagdish Gundara's presentation

Dr. Siobhan Mullaly's response

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