A Conversation on Gender Equality and Disability Rights

Human Rights Heroes

Judith Heumann, the State Department’s Special Advisor for International Disability Rights has a discussion with Silvia Quan about the role of advocacy in changing policies and attitudes towards people with disabilities. Silvia is nearing the end of her term as Vice-Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and she played an important role in the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. She is active in several institutions in her native Guatemala, including the National Council for the Disabled and the Disability Rights Advocacy Unit in the Ombudsman’s Office.