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Asian Ministers Seek Disaster Risk Reduction Inclusive of People with Disabilities

-In a series of side events to the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Bangkok, ...

Championing "Innovation for Inclusive Development" in Southeast Asia

Are you working on innovations to address poverty? Are you engaging grassroots communities, especially the poor and ...

RI, US partnership deepens both countries` ties: US envoy

US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O. Blake said the economic partnership agreement between the United States and ...

Nobel-winning U.S. economist Gary Becker dies at 83

Gary Becker, whose work applying the principles of economics to a wide range of human behavior won the Nobel Prize in ...

Visually impaired demand rights to vote by secret ballot

Within the next 15 days, Indonesian people will cast their votes in the legislative elections, but those with visual ...

Indonesian Election Commission sued for providing no braille templates

The Indonesian General Elections Commission (KPU) will be sued by several associations for the blind grouped under ...

President holds get-together with ASEAN Para Games 2014 athletes

On Tuesday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held a get-together at the Bogor Presidential Palace with the ...

Prince Charles arrives in Sri Lanka for Commonwealth Summit

British Prince Charles and his wife arrived in Sri Lanka on Thursday for the Commonwealth leaders summit. The ...

The disabled are nothing abnormal in society

People with disabilities are normal part of human diversity that should get equal treatment from the society, a ...

Assistive Technology & Rehabilitation Experts to Convene in Singapore in February

- For the first time in Southeast Asia, an exhibition dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons with ...

Sevie Wonder cancels show at Israel defense forces fundraiser

Veteran singer and United Nations Messenger of Peace Stevie Wonder has canceled a plannedn performance for the Friends ...

14 killed in fire at german workshop in Black Forest

At least 14 people were killed on Monday in a fire at a workshop for people with disabilities in the Black Forest of ...

RI, Fiji strengthen cooperation in social welfare

Indonesia and Republic of Fiji have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the area of social welfare through a ...

China adopts mental health law to curb forced treatment

China adopted a law on Friday to protect for the first time the rights of the mentally ill after years of accusations ...

Road accidents kill 16,000 annually in Mexico

At least 16,000 people are killed each year in Mexico by traffic accidents, with total property damage up to 11.538 ...