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Cambodia launches 5-year inclusive education plan

25 September 2024

By Wang Yanfang Intro: Cambodia has launched a five-year action plan which aims to ensure quality schooling for all children including those with disabilities. A five-year inclusive action plan which aims to ensure quality education for all children including...

French snowboarder retains world title after missing out the Games

29 March 2019 | Recent Reports

When day one of the 2019 World Para Snowboard Championships wrapped up Wednesday in Pyha, Finland, it was as if Maxime Montaggioni was never gone. The Frenchman returned to the top of the men’s SB-UL banked slalom podium, retaining his title from two years ago. But...

Simone Barlaam focused on fun

29 March 2019 | Recent Reports

Italy’s latest Para swimming superstar Simone Barlaam has an admirably simple recipe for success: “my aim is just to have fun”. It has worked so far. The Milan native may only be 18 years old but he is already a two-time world champion, a four-time European champion...

Indonesia eyes semifinal spot in deaf futsal regional tournament

29 March 2019 | Recent Reports

Indonesia targeted to enter the semifinals at the 3rd Asia Pacific Deaf Futsal Championships slated for this week in Thailand, a minister said here on Thursday. Youth and Sport Minister Imam Nahrawi said the Indonesian team needs to meet the target as a prerequisite...

Kenya set to host Africa Deaf Athletics Championships in Nairobi

29 March 2019 | Recent Reports

Over 25 countries are expected to converge in Nairobi for this year's Africa Deaf Athletics championship, which will run from Sept. 16 to 22. It will be the first time that Kenya will be staging the competition, aiming to get the stadium full to capacity and recreate...

UN calls for funding to grant more disabled children quality education

29 March 2019 | Recent Reports

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling for investments in the availability and affordability of assistive technologies such as special tablets and lightweight wheelchairs, a UN spokesperson said Thursday. "Evidence points to millions of children with...

RI Global Newsletter, February 2019

11 March 2019 | All news, Newsletters

UN Women held the Multi-Stakeholder Forum in the preparations for the CSW63 The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) will be held from 11 to 22 March 2019 in New York, under its priority theme “Social protection systems, access to...

RI Global Newsletter, January 2019

7 February 2019 | All news, Newsletters

The 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CScocD57) takes place in February The fifty-seventh session of the Commission for Social Development (CScoD 57) will take place from 11 to 21 February at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The...

Dylan Alcott aces Australia Day

31 January 2019 | Recent Reports

An emotional Dylan Alcott claimed the Australian Open quad wheelchair title for a fifth straight year, crowned champion in front of a huge home crowd in Melbourne on Australia Day. Alcott downed US rival David Wagner 6-4, 7-6(2) in a see-sawing final on Rod Laver...

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