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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: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 17 March, New York, NY – Hewing closely to its theme of “Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work” Rehabilitation International ensured women of all abilities had a...
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 For the second consecutive year, both of the key job market indicators increased significantly for people with disabilities. In 2016, the monthly employment-to-population ratio increased from...
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: 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: 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: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 “Achieving a truly inclusive and transformative New Urban Agenda requires a holistic and people-centered approach. We need to engage persons with disabilities as both agents and beneficiaries...
Top 50 most influential disabled people announced as the RIWC comes to Edinburgh Powerful Media and Shaw Trust have announced a list of the 50 most influential disabled people globally, ahead of an international disability empowerment conference starting tomorrow...
RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 As the Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) to the CRPD wound down at the UN, RI Global stepped up its action with an eye to keeping Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) on the agenda of several...
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