Disabilities
- Mon Jan 24 2005
Meeting on Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities
There will be an Ad Hoc meeting on a United Nations Convention, from 24 January–4 February.
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Social Development
/Disabilities
- Tue Nov 16 2004
Disability and inclusive development
The World Bank will organize its second international disability and development conference to be held on On November 30 to December 1, 2004.
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Disabilities
- Wed Apr 21 2004
Addressing disabilities
This issue of The Drum Beat provides just a sampling of the many initiatives and materials that explore disability-related communication issues.
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Disabilities
- Mon Mar 29 2004
Disabled Peoples' International World Summit 2004: diversity within
DPI World Summit Workshops focusing on Youth have been organized and abstracts have been selected. The names of presenters and titles of presentations, along with complete abstracts, have been posted on the DPI World Summit website for your information. Information on the workshops focusing on women, indigenous peoples, and other topics will be posted in the same manner as soon as the selected abstracts are available.
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Disabilities
- Fri Feb 13 2004
25% of Sharayu’s workforce is disabled
In India, Subhash Chuttar employs over 36 mentally and physically challenged men and women who work at jobs ranging from riveting, drilling and greasing to polishing and packing.
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Human Rights
/Disabilities
- Thu Jan 29 2004
The rights of persons with disabilities
The Working Group established by the Ad Hoc Committee will meet from 5 to 16 January 2004 to draft a text of an international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
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Social Development
/Gender
/Disabilities
- Mon Jan 19 2004
UN Millennium Goals do not adress disability
Inclusion International, a federation of 200 organizations advocating for the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities worldwide, calls on world leaders and governments to step up efforts to ensure that the world's most vulnerable people are included in efforts to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
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Disabilities
- Sun Jan 18 2004
Physically challenged people demand equal status
For the past two days, a contingent of 300 to 400 physically challenged people has been raising slogans against the WSF. Their demand was to make the WSF barrier-free for the physically challenged.
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Disabilities
- Wed Dec 03 2003
3 December: International day of disabled persons
The General Assembly proclaimed 3 December in order to further integrate people with disabilities into society.
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Indigenous Peoples
/Gender
/Disabilities
- Fri Oct 31 2003
UN Third Committee resolutions
The Third Committee (social, humanitarian, cultural) approves six draft resolutions on social development, women´s issues, disabled persons, indigenous people and crime prevention.
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