On the occasion of RI's centennial anniversary, we are pleased to announce the RI Centennial Award of Outstanding Contributions that will be presented in conjunction with our Centennial Anniversary Celebrations, to commend individuals or organizations that have made...
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RI Global Press Release: RI Intervenes at CSocD55 High-Level Meeting on Disability
4 February 2017 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Persons with disabilities are at greater risk of poverty than persons without disabilities in both developed and developing countries, panelists at the Commission on Social Development...
RI Global Press Release: RI Global Mourns the Passing of M.B. Lee
28 January 2017 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 With heavy hearts, Rehabilitation International announces the death of longtime board member, former president and great friend, M.B. Lee. Lee, the immediate Former President of the Hong Kong...
RI Global Position Paper: FROM SCHOOL TO WORK — Guidelines on how to support people with disabilities in education and into working life
24 January 2017 | All news, Position paper, Recent Reports
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 What’s On: January 2017 Newsletter, a Hopeful Year Ahead
18 January 2017 | All news, Newsletters
RI Global What's On January 2017: RI Begins a Hopeful Year Ahead View this email in your browser Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House during the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on 2 December 2016. January 2017...
RI Global Annual Report 2015: Reaching Toward the Future
21 December 2016 | All news, Recent Reports
RI Global: Annual Report 2015 View this email in your browser Annual Report 2015 Reaching toward a brighter future Nearly 32 years ago, the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) was not even on the agenda of the United Nations, the U.S. had not...
RI Global What’s On: December Newsletter, Day of Disabilities
14 December 2016 | All news, Newsletters
December What's On: Year in Review, Up Ahead View this email in your browser A disabled advocate enters the High-Level debate during the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on 2 December. December 2016 Newsletter: The Year in Review and Up Ahead...
RI Global Photo Essay: The UN International Day of Person with Disabilities
9 December 2016 | All news, From The Field
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Since 1992, the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) has been celebrated annually on 3 December around the world. The theme for this year’s International Day...
RI Global From the Field: International Day of Disabilities 2016 — SDGs and Inclusion of PwDs
7 December 2016 | All news, Press Releases
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Although the decade since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — one of the most widely-ratified human rights treaties in UN history — has...
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