Catalina Devandas Aguilar: empowering people with disabilities.

Abstract:

:Catalina Devandas Aguilar talks to Stephanie Cheng about the impact of the 2008 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the importance of listening to people living with disabilities and what United Nations agencies can do to support their further empowerment.

authors

doi

10.2471/BLT.19.030119

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-01-01 00:00:00

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8-9

issue

1

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0042-9686

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1564-0604

pii

BLT.19.030119

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97

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    pub_type: 杂志文章

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    pub_type: 杂志文章

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    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: COCKBURN WC

    更新日期:1955-01-01 00:00:00

  • The environmental and health impacts of tobacco agriculture, cigarette manufacture and consumption.

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    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

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