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Promoting Accessible Tourism for All
Promoting accessible tourism for all can be a useful strategy for building inclusive and sustainable societies. This was the main message coming out ...
High-level Political Forum and the engagement of persons with disabilities
Orsolya Bartha Senior Advisor at International Disability Alliance (IDA) & Elizabeth Lockwood CBM Representative at the UN – International ...
Four charts on gender gaps we still need to close
The World Bank Group has just launched a new gender data portal that brings together sex-disaggregated and gender-relevant data on topics ranging ...
New App Will Serve As ‘TripAdvisor’ For People With Disabilities
Who knew stairs would lead to a positive step in accessibility?
After booking a “wheelchair accessible” hotel that ended up having ...
Top Accessible Travel Tips From 7 Disability Travel Bloggers
The experiences that I write about on this blog are shaped by my own abilities and limitations – a perspective that is unique to me. While I ...
Airlines fined up to $550K for disabilities complaints
WASHINGTON – Three European airlines – Air France, British Airways and Lufthansa – were penalized up to a combined $550,000 for ...
Incheon Strategy to Make the Right Real for Persons with Disabilities in Asia ...
Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Type: Books
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ABSTRACT
ESCAP produced an easy-to-understand version of the ...
Disability and health
Fact sheet N°352
Reviewed December 2015
Key facts
Over a billion people, about 15% of the world's population, have ...
Model of Independent Living Center in Vietnam
On January 19th 2016, in Hanoi, Department of Social Assistance (Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs) in cooperation with Hanoi ...
Senior Leadership Program
From the 16-20th of March 2015, ICRC-SFD collaborated with the American University of Yale to organize the first workshop in the frame of the Senior ...
Sport for PWDs - an opportunity to success
The young lady, Lai Thi Ngoc Anh, was born in the Thi Cau district, Bac Ninh province during the autumn of 1992.
When Ngoc Anh was 10 years ...
Multidisciplinary approach: The key to successful rehabilitation
Among successful strategies to improve the outcome of rehabilitation activities, including the provision of mobility aids, multidisciplinary approach ...