Commemorative event: Entry into Force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol, New York, 12 May 2008 Let me first congratulate all parties involved with the ...

The Ministry of Social Development and Family (MSDF) and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) signed a memorandum of ...

Organizer: Co-ordinated by International Disability Alliance with the support of DPI, DRF, GPDD, HRW, IDDC and RI Co-Sponsors: PM of Australia, Bulgaria, Mexico and New Zealand, and UN DESA ...

(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The Ministry of Social Development and Family (MSDF) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Disability Alliance (IDA). The MoU aims to enhance ...

On the sidelines of the UAE’s participation in the Second World Summit for Social Development, held under the auspices of the United Nations in Doha, the Zayed Authority for People of Determination ...

(New York) – People with disabilities face added risks of abandonment, neglect, and do not enjoy equal access to food, health care, and other assistance during conflict, displacement, and ...

Last week I was delighted to represent HelpAge International at the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) general assembly to discuss how people with disabilities may face ...

In Central African Republic, 11-year-old Dieu Fera is one of the lucky ones. He is blind but is able to attend school. “I come to school to learn to read and write. I want to become a teacher so that ...

The third Global Disability Summit will take place in Berlin, Germany, in the first week of April. The first Summit took place in 2018 and was co-hosted by the Kenyan government together with the UK’s ...

"Designing accessible infrastructure, education programs, and health systems could change the entire trajectory in the life of a person with a disability." — Mari Pangestu, World Bank "I look forward ...