A study published in The Lancet Global Health on April 24, 2025, has revealed a stark reality for global mental health: more than 80 percent of countries and territories lack recent, nationally representative data on the prevalence of mental health conditions, with...
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Universal Design in Kindergarten and School, Guidelines and Universal Tools
21 February 2023 | All news, From The Field, Newsletters, Press Releases, Working Commissions
The project Universal Design in Kindergarten and School, Guidelines and Universal Tools, is a project in cooperation between Rehabilitation International (RI) Norway and the Education Commission in RI International. The project is funded by grants from Global...
RI Europe celebrates the RI Centennial Anniversary in Oslo, Norway
14 November 2022 | All news, From The Field, Newsletters, Press Releases, Recent Reports, RI In The News
100th anniversary is a remarkable milestone for RI that grew from its small-town roots in the American Midwest in 1922 to an internationally prominent organization in the past century. Generations of successors of RI members have been making...
RI Centennial Celebrations to take place on May 2023 in Beijing, China
14 November 2022 | All news, From The Field, Newsletters, Press Releases, Recent Reports, RI In The News
Due to the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and public health concerns, and with the consent of the Rehabilitation International Executive Committee members, the Rehabilitation International Centennial Celebrations, planned to take place on December 1st to...
RI Global- Guide on Accessibility in Enterprises” – funded by the RI Global Disability Development Fund (GDDF) and implemented by DGUV and DVfR- RI National Member Organization- Germany
11 January 2022 | All news, From The Field
Rehabilitation International offers consultations for their members or other state-run institutions or top managers in enterprises who are willing to learn more on how to transform some of the golden rules mentioned in these guidelines into practices for their...
Empowering Women and Girls, including SRHR
2 January 2020 | From The Field, Newsletters, Position paper, Recent Reports
RI in cooperation with the UNFPA organized the Plenary Session: Guidelines for Providing Rights-Based and Gender Responsive Services to Address Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for women and young persons with disabilities took place...
Laureates of the Rehabilitation International Award for Outstanding Achievements 2019
9 October 2019 | All news, From The Field, RI In The News, Statements
The Award Committee of Rehabilitation International has decided to award the 2019 RI Award for Outstanding Achievements in Innovation to Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa “for her Innovative work in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities globally” The Award...
Laureates of the Rehabilitation International Award for Outstanding Achievements Announced
29 September 2019 | All news, From The Field, Newsletters, Position paper, Press Releases, RI In The News
On September 27, 2019, the Award Committee of Rehabilitation International(RI)Award for Outstanding Achievements convened in Beijing and announced the Award winners. The three laureates are from Ecuador, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka respectively. Zhang Haidi, President of...
The RI Award for Outstanding Achievements 2019 is now open for applications
12 August 2019 | All news, From The Field, Newsletters, Position paper, Press Releases, Recent Reports, RI Award for Outstanding Achievements, RI In The News
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...
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