RI Press release on disaster and persons with disabilities
RI press release on disaster and persons with disabilities Read More →
Post 2015 MDGs High Level Panel Report
Some 5,000 people, many of them from civil society, were consulted from around the world and their thoughts became the building blocks for the High Level Panel Report described as “bold and practical” that was presented at the ECOSOC chamber of the United Nations on May 31, 2013. Rehabilitation International was among the members of civil society which witnessed the event. Michael Anderson, Co-Chair of the Panel, in his remarks said the post-2015 MDGs has a universal agenda with five transformative shifts to end poverty in 2030, as follows: (1) leaves no one behind (2) sustainable development... [Read more]
Update from the UNICEF launch on May 30, 2013
UNICEF has launched the 2013 State of the World’s Children Report with focus on Children with Disabilities on May 30, 2013. Twelve hours earlier, a global launch spearheaded by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, the Vice President of Vietnam and the Director General of Australian Aid (AUSAID), was held in Danang, Vietnam. UNICEF Deputy Director Martin Mogwanja at his opening statement said this is the first report in 23 years on children with disabilities ever made by UNICEF so that it is important to recognize the breakthrough. It reflects that transformation in ways children with disabilities... [Read more]
DECISIONS ON DISABILITY IN WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY (WHA) IN GENEVA ON MAY 24, 2013
RI Global wrote a letter to the Director General of WHO in June 2012 asking her to ensure that the WHA in 2013 would adopt a new Resolution on Disability.Ecuadormade a concrete proposal on this issue which was debated and adapted on the EB meeting of WHO in Geneva in January. RI President participated in this meeting and made a statement on this issue. The World Heath Assembly adopted a new Resolution on Disability on May 24. This is an important outcome for persons with disabilities all over the world. This resolution has a strong urge to Member States and the same strong requests to the Director... [Read more]
WHO – SIDE EVENT ON THE HLM – THE HEALTH SECTOR’S CONTRIBUTION – IN GENEVA ON MAY 23, 2013
This was a technical briefing arranged by the WHO. The Director General of WHO made a welcome speech. The Event was chaired by Peter Woolcott, the Ambassador of Australia to the UN inGeneva. Professor Stephen Hawking made a speech presented on video and Dr Etienne Krug from WHO made a presentation on Disability and Health. This was followed by a Panel Discussion with the participation from a philosopher fromSwitzerland(PwD), the Ambassador of Spain, the Minister of Health fromNigeria, the Deputy Minister of Health fromSouth Africaand a representative from the US Government. They all focused on... [Read more]
RI Europe meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on April 18, 2013
RI National Secretaries from Germany,Finland,Great Britain,Norway,Austria,Poland,Sweden,Slovenia and CzechRepublic were hosted by Mr. Robert Cugelj, Institute/Hospital for Rehabilitation and RI National Secretary of Slovenia, for their first meeting in 2013. RI Europe is an important and active part of the RI Global network. In their bi-annual meetings RI National Secretaries exchange actual developments in the field of rehabilitation in the European countries and give new inputs for the worldwide work of RI. RI President Jan Arne Monsbakken discussed about the great success of the 22nd RI World... [Read more]
Final Report: 22nd RI World Congress in Incheon
The Final Report about the 22nd RI World Congress in Incheon is now available at these links: RI_Final Report(English).pdf RI_Final Report(Korean).pdf Read More →
RI President Jan Monsbakken’s statement to the WHO board
At its 132nd session, WHO‘s Executive Board adopted a draft resolution on disability that will be debated at the World Health Assembly in May this year. The resolution endorses the recommendations of the World report on disability and calls for WHO and Member States to ensure equal access to health services for persons with disabilities. It can be recalled that Rehabilitation International is one of the five non-governmental organizations which strongly backed the draft resolution. RI’s President Jan Monsbakken (see picture right) made a statement to the WHO Board at its meeting in January,... [Read more]
RI side event at the UN during 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, March 4, 2013
New York – Rehabilitation International in collaboration with the Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion conducted a well-attended side event titled: Violence Against Women with Disabilities – a Global Challenge” held at the UN Church Center during the first day of the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57), March 4, 2013. RI was encouraged to organize the side event following the report to the General Assembly of Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences. The report stated that violence against... [Read more]
Invitation March 4, 2013 RI Side Event at the UN Church Center NY
Rehabilitation International, in cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion invites you to a side event at the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The theme is “Violence against women with disabilities – a global challenge”. For further information please open the following link: http://www.riglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Violence-Aganst-Women-with-Disabilities-Side-Event-for-Commission-on-Status-of-Women.pdf Read More →
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