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RI Global Media Alert: Civil Society Global Forum 2015
27 May 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Civil Society Global Forum Realising an Inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda Monday 8 June 2015, 10am– 6pm United Nations Headquarters, New York Conference Room 4 Watch via webcast:...
RI Global Press Release: Disaster Recovery in Nepal — Mainstreaming Disability
3 May 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 On 25 April 2015 at 11:41 local time, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, with an epicenter 8.1 km northwest of the country’s capital, Kathmandu. During and in the aftermath of this horrific...
RI Global Media Alert: RI Global to Hold CSW59 Side Event
18 February 2015 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 On 12 March, during the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59), Rehabilitation International (RI) will hold a parallel event entitled “Women with Disabilities: 20...
RI Global Press Release: Celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2014
3 December 2014 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Today, 3 December, marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The theme of this year's commemoration is "Disability-inclusive Sustainable Development: The Promise of Technology",...
RI Global Press Release: President Meets with Dignitaries in China
27 November 2014 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 In mid-November, RI President Jan Monsbakken traveled to Beijing, China to discuss accessibility issues related to development in the Asia-Pacific Region at an event coinciding with the 22nd...
RI Global Press Release: RI Global Signs MoU with KSRPD
12 November 2014 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Rehabilitation International has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Korean Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (KSRPD) for the Global IT Challenge for Youth with...
RI Global Press Release: New President Elect + Other News from the RI General Assembly Meeting in Warsaw
11 November 2014 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 From 4-6 October, the RI Executive Committee, Commissions, and General Assembly met in Warsaw, Poland to discuss various topics related to the present situation of RI and future plans. As part...
RI Global Press Release: Nominees for RI President-elect Announced
7 August 2014 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 The members of the Nominations Committee (NC) approved by the General Assembly in Incheon, South Korea are: Friedrich Mehrhoff, Barbara LeRoy, Hashem Taqi, Etsuko Ueno and Shirley White. The NC...
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