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Hi Maria and all, it would be really nice if you have the time if you could reflect and educate (I mean informally, not to ask you to do extra lot of work) on notions of *globalization* around today that can mean uniting persons with disability in a productive network of people assembling (as a group of individuals as well as "mainstreamed"), or, by contrast, creating an economic elite itself networked but excluding those less resourced and much in need, so often isolated from the 'in-net' by the very needs - and not by objective measure whether able to participate with reasonable accommodation(s).
I ask this because as soon as the media broadcast re "globalization" one has to listen carefully: what are they talking about? Who are they talking about as intended beneficiaries? Why (with what purpose) and how are they filtering unavailable-to-us messages or agendas when they reach to us ... the examples I list are just samples. It would be good to know what people feel about the concept(s) of globalization for good and ill or other, in any form of input - thoughts, feelings, more.
Sending best wishes, :) LindaMF.
Individual Email. References: [L. D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D., U.N. Disability Convention Rep. of Communication and Coordination Committee for the U.N. (CCC/U.N.) NGO , and U.N. Rep - Information Habitat NGO. Speaker the National Disability Party and Chronic Pain Caucus Chair.
----- Original Message -----From: Maria Veronica Reina...Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:20 PMSubject: [DisabilityConvention] Human Rights, Medical Matters, and economic interests...[bold emphasis supplied/ldmf; see full post by Maria, prior].Being an Argentinian, I am fed up with the advice of those UN financing bodies that, seeing a little bit of improvement in my country now, start promptly to claim more *dis-regulations* and *modernization* that means privatization of the health system and the social security system, and reduction of public services and other state activities, which are the only source of services and job positions that the poor and many disabled people can reach. They donīt want the state to spend money even in public health, they want the country to give back money to the donors or creditors. The only thing they seem to want is that.I am not just accusing the donors and the international actors of our all problems.We, Argentinians, are responsible. Nevertheless also Wall Street and the financial bodies played an important role in our current crisis. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A15438-2003Aug2¬Found=trueOne of the most affected population is the disabled oneDespite my country is not the only one in this situation, last year, during the temporary forum on poverty and disability, just few people talked about deep causes of exclusion and how globalization and the international financing bodies are affecting PWDs worldwide, in my opinion.My heart feels really dissapointed when we insist on talking about disconnected *good practices* while the general spirit is to take money back from the defaulter countries subordinating the rest of the issues......MV
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