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Gala performance by artists from the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe

3 February 2024

The China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) hosted an event to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Beijing on Jan. 30, attended by over 100 representatives from embassies in China, U.N. agencies, international organizations and businesses, and called for more...

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...

RI Global What’s On: The World Congress Recap

25 November 2016 | All news, Newsletters

Newsletter: The World Congress Recap View this email in your browser The 23rd RI World Congress saw Princess Anne, Dr. Stephen Duckworth and Chinese performers converge on Edinburgh, Scotland from 25-27 October for a celebration of inclusiveness. Newsletter: RI World...

RI Global Press Release: President Zhang Haidi Launches Tech Competition

23 November 2016 | All news, From The Field

RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 On 22 November, Zhang Haidi kicked-off the 25th Global ICT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities (GITC), a capacity-building project that helps youth with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific...

RI Global What’s On: November Newsletter, Back to Work

14 November 2016 | All news, Newsletters

November Newsletter: Back to Business View this email in your browser RI Global has returned from its World Congress with a packed schedule for 2017 kicking it all off with the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on 2 December! November 2016...

RI Global Photo Essay: General Assembly, Edinburgh

3 November 2016 | All news, From The Field, World Congress

RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Each year, the Rehabilitation International General Assembly meets to report on the work achieved and the road ahead. In 2016, the GA meeting coincided with the 23rd Annual World Congress, put...

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