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CBR/CBID workers have a very important role to play in the COVID-19 pandemic. Their actions can help to protect and support persons with disabilities, families with members with disabilities and vulnerable members in the community such as the elderly or homeless. In...
The RI Award for Outstanding Achievements 2019 RI is delighted to announce the application for the RI Award for Outstanding Achievements 2019 is now open. The celebration is an international award to recognize individuals and organizations who or which have made...
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon the 20th ratification. Article 40 of the Convention stipulates that “The States...
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 FROM SCHOOL TO WORK Guidelines on how to support people with disabilities in education and into working life* *Decision of the RI Executive Committee meeting on October 22/23, 2016,...
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 A draft resolution titled “Toward the full realization of an inclusive and accessible United Nations for persons with disabilities," which was tabled by six United Nations Members...
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Veijo Notkola, Chair of RI's Policy and Service Commission, created a report on important areas of research in terms of Return to Work policies. Issues facing young people with disabilities...
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 From September 25-27, States will meet at the United Nations in New York to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2015-2030. This marks a historic turning point in the lives of...
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 RI Secretary General Venus Ilagan was recently invited to participate in a study run by the Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP), a collaborative think tank on disability policy for...
This week, UN Women released a report entitled Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights. Read the full report here. This report includes several mentions of persons with disabilities. The following summary highlights these...
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