Validity Foundation - Mental Disability Advocacy Centre

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Benon Kabale

Benon Kabale’s Recognition as the 2024 Recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights

Validity proudly congratulates Benon Kabale, our Ugandan client and a courageous survivor of institutionalisation, on being named the 2024 recipient of the prestigious Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights. The fellowship, established to honour the late Marca Bristo—a trailblazing disability rights advocate,… Read More

Innovating European lawyers to advance the rights of children with disabilities

Children with mental disabilities, including those with intellectual and psycho-social (mental health) disabilities are perhaps one of the most marginalised groups in the European Union, frequently overlooked by policy-makers, lawyers, judges and broader society. Through research, Validity (formerly MDAC) and our partners have found that children with disabilities experience multiple… Read More