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Source: UN News
18 June 2024 | Disabilities

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 5 fast facts

Imagine daily life without your sight, hearing or a limb or living with the challenges of neurodiversity or paralysis. That’s a reality for some. One in six of us – or 16 per cent – of the global population had a disability in 2023, according to the…
Source: UN News
18 June 2024 | Disabilities

Tunisian Change Maker Invents a Sustainable Vehicle

Khadija Jallouli, a young Tunisian entrepreneur with a disability, has called for redoubling international efforts aimed at integrating people with disabilities and involving them in decisions related to finding solutions to the challenges they face…
Courtesy of Nick Herd | Nick Herd is a Canadian activist, actor and talk show host.
10 June 2024 | Disabilities

First Person: Guest editing UN News’s first live blog takeover

Activist, actor and talk show host Nick Herd will be leading the UN News team as its first ever guest editor on Tuesday, when people from around the world gather at UN Headquarters to take part in the largest global meeting on issues that…
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe | The UN hosts events around the year focused on disabilities issues, including its annual observance of World Down Syndrome Day, where participants discussed the theme “Leave no one behind in education”.
10 June 2024 | Disabilities

What’s going on at COSP17?

Hundreds of people with disabilities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society representatives alongside ambassadors from around the world are due to meet at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday to discuss the challenges and…
Photo Copyright: University of Tokyo UNiTe
09 June 2024 | Disabilities

COSP17 "Youth Voices and the Message Song"

Youth, making up 25% of the global population, are pivotal in spearheading change. The University of Tokyo UNiTe is a dynamic youth organization that has been connecting young people with the United Nations efforts to protect and promote the rights…
Photo by: KHADIJA JALLOULI
05 June 2024 | Disabilities

Rethinking disability Inclusion

The UN DESA's Division for Inclusion and Social Development (DISD) recently conducted an interview with Ms. Khadija Jallouli, the founder and CEO of Hawkar. Despite facing physical challenges, Khadija has dedicated her knowledge to the mobility…
Photo: Down Syndrome International
22 March 2024 | Disabilities

World Down syndrome Day, 21st of March

The 21st of March was Down syndrome Day! Let's work together to promote inclusion and provide support in healthcare, education, and all aspects of life. What is Down Syndrome? Down syndrome occurs when an individual has an extra partial (or…
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20 March 2024 | Disabilities

Moving from Surviving to Thriving: Autistic Individuals Share Regional Perspectives

Ever since the United Nations General Assembly designated 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) in 2007, the United Nations has observed the day as a means to affirm and promote the full realization of all human rights and fundamental…
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28 February 2024 | Disabilities

Elevating Lives: Best Practices of Human Rights Based Supports

8th February 2024, CSocD62 Virtual Side Event, organized by Young Adult Institute Inc (YAI), a US-based community service provider for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  The panel engaged valuable perspectives on…
Source: FAO
05 February 2024 | Disabilities

Providing That Disability is Not Inability

Creating job opportunities in agriculture for youth with disabilities in Kenya. Stephen Omondi Odhiambo signs the word “HEN” to his wife, Dorah Akungu, and she immediately understands. By fingerspelling words, Stephen has taught her, his family and…
New HI Report:Always Included Uninterrupted education for children with disabilities before, during, and after a crisis
08 December 2023 | Disabilities

Always Included Uninterrupted education for children with disabilities before, during, and after a crisis

In the challenging contexts of 27 low and middle-income countries where Humanity & Inclusion and its partners operates, we've observed that maintaining the continuity of education is of utmost importance, especially during transitions from…
Digital Assistive Technology Challenges and Opportunities:  The Potential of Mobile Devices
10 July 2023 | Disabilities

Digital Assistive Technology Challenges and Opportunities: The Potential of Mobile Devices

Digital Assistive Technology Challenges and Opportunities: The Potential of Mobile Devices Side event CRPD Conference of State Parties 2023 Theme - Digital Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities Jointly organized by UNICEF, WHO, ATscale, GDI…

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