Global Leadership

Leadership

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Genevieve Fitzgibbon

President and CEO of Keystone Human Services International
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Ludmila Malcoci

Regional Director, Central and Eastern Europe
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Dorodi Sharma

Dorodi Sharma

Director of Development and Engagement
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Promoting Integration and Valued Roles

Keystone Human Services designs and implements culturally relevant community-based services and service systems that promote full integration and culturally valued roles for people with disability within their communities.

Being a valued part of the community matters. Person-centered planning and advocacy from those with lived experience guide our work to develop sustainable systems.

We are proud to be part of a global disability rights movement, alongside advocates, leaders, and organizations from around the world.

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Reports

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01
Dec

Adaptation of Case Management Tools Under the Juvenile Justice System for Full Community Lives

This report presents suggested adaptations to include disability-related questions across three key case management tools under the Indian Juvenile Justice Act 2015 - the Social Investigation Report, Individual Care Plan and Case History Form. It also documents the consultative process undertaken for these adaptations and offers practical recommendations to help child protection systems better identify,...
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01
Dec

Disability and Child Protection Laws in India: A Study of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 and Disability Laws

This report examines how India’s child protection laws interact with disability legislations, highlighting areas where greater focus is required to bring consonance to ensure that the rights of children with disabilities in need of care and protection are upheld. Through a comparative legal analysis of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 primarily with the Rights of...
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18
Nov

Care Reform to Include People with Disabilities in India: Analyzing States’ Readiness and Responsiveness

This report documents the finding of the exercise undertaken by the Children and Families Together (CAFT)-India consortium to assess how Indian states are positioned for care reform that includes people with disability. Drawing from data across States, this highlights each State’s existing care systems and practices, offering valuable insights for policymakers, practitioners, and organizations advancing...
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Children and Families Together – India consortium, with KHSI, did an assessment of the care and protection of children with disabilities in India.
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May

Recognizing that Children with Disabilities Are Children First: A Study on the Situation of Care and Protection of Children with Disabilities in India

Based on the importance of including children with disabilities in the growing movement toward deinstitutionalization and care reform, the Children and Families Together – India consortium, with Keystone Human Services International as the prime, undertook an assessment of the situation of care and protection of children with disabilities in India. The reports focuses on key...
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Keystone Human Services at the UN

Through Special Consultative Status at the UN, we bring discussions of disaster response, deinstitutionalization, and advocacy for and with people with disability to a global stage, influencing decision-makers at the highest international level.

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Advocating for EU Support for Deinstitutionalization in Moldova

Keystone Human Services International’s Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe developed a position paper addressed to the European Union to advocate for financial support for community living and ending institutionalization of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Moldova. Keystone Moldova, EASPD, Validity Foundation, Institutul pentru Drepturile Omului (IDOM), and Alianta Organizatiilor pentru Persoane cu Dizabilitati (AOPD) have each endorsed the position paper and the proposed initiative.

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KHS’s Listen Include Respect Initiative

What does it mean to provide good support? Keystone Human Services is working to strengthen our understanding of individual rights and support full participation. Our goal is to ensure people accepting supports from Keystone Human Services are listened to and included, and their rights are respected. Over the past year, we have partnered with self-advocates, exploring together how the Listen Include Respect global guidelines for meaningful participation for people with disabilities can impact an organization that provides direct support.

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Participation in the UN Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Keystone Human Services joined the conversations at the United Nations Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, where we explored how individual choice and decision making are supported well and how we can shift mindsets around the perceived capacity of people with intellectual and developmental disability, as well as the critical role direct support workers play in partnering with people with disability to create more communities where everyone belongs.

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Consultancy

Keystone Human Services partners with people with disability, families, governments, and other organizations and leaders to support the disability rights movement and the development of community-based services for people with disability. We provide consultation and education around dismantling institutions and developing responsive, effective supports that help people move toward belonging, acceptance, and a rich community life.

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Advocacy

We join people with disability in their advocacy for full participation in the community and social justice. Disability rights are human rights.

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Education

Children with disability have the right to an education, to be included in school and in the classroom with the opportunity to learn, build relationships, and develop the skills they need to thrive in their communities. We provide consultancy and opportunities for schools and educators to build their capacity to provide fully integrated education, as well as addressing the mindsets and other barriers to full participation in school.

Learn more about our consultancy, recent education initiatives, and the Alternativ Theater’s anti-discrimination efforts.