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Pakistan: NDF and USAID launch women’s empowerment project

7th July 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Nawabshah, Pakistan: 01st July 2016: The National Disability & Development Forum (NDF) recently announced a new project called ‘Empowering Women with Disabilities through Skills Development’. The project, coordinated and run by NDF is funded by the USAID Small Grants Ambassador Fund Programme. Mr. Abid Lashari, president of NDF speaking during the launch ceremony, said that […]

Filed Under: Asia, Field Pulse Tagged With: Pakistan, Women Empowerment

Smartphone app listing disabled friendly spots launched in Ho Chi Minh City

28th March 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Hand holding smartphone with accessibility button on top of screen

The Vietnamese NGO Disability Resource and Development (DRD) and the Hoa Sen University in Ho Chi Minh City have partnered and launched a smartphone app that provides disabled people with locations of disabled-friendly community venues. The app, which can be installed on both IOS and Android phones, was developed by disabled students at the university. […]

Filed Under: Asia, Field Pulse Tagged With: Accessibility, App, Vietnam

Disability and rehabilitation barriers in the North-East of India

16th March 2016 by Sunil Deepak

Three women holding their children

She was a young mother, holding her tiny baby girl close to her. ‘What is the problem with the baby’, I asked. Without saying a word she lifted the clothes from the baby’s back, showing a red mass protruding from the base of the spine. ‘How old is the baby?’ I asked. ‘Four months’ she […]

Filed Under: Asia, Field Pulse Tagged With: India, Rehabilitation

Indonesia to set up national disability commission

10th March 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Meeting recently held in Indonesia

The Indonesian government and the House of Representatives have reached an agreement to establish the National Disabilities Commission (KND) charged with improving the well-being and protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached in a meeting set up by government officials and the House Commission VIII specifically to discuss a bill addressing the welfare […]

Filed Under: Asia, Policy Watch Tagged With: Disability Commission, Disability Law, Draft Bill, Indonesia

Students attempt suicide at school for the blind in India

6th March 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Students with visual impairments who attempted suicide. Source: The Hindu

The Hindu reported how up to 12 students with visual impairments at the Shivasharana Haralaiah Residential School for Blind in India attempted suicide following alleged harassment by the school chairman Ashok Dodmani. The students claimed they had been beaten with sticks and repeatedly abused verbally by Dodmani, a bling man himself for four years: “We […]

Filed Under: Asia, News Tagged With: Blind, India, Suicide, Visual Impairment. School for the Blind

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