#persons with disabilities

Collection of persons with disabilities news, found 227 news.

Disabled Indonesian delegates attend UN meeting

A total of 18 people with hearing disabilities are in the Indonesian delegation attending the UN meeting on the Rights ...

Australian performer to celebrate achievement with disabilities in Jakarta

To mark the International Day of People with Disabilities the Australian Embassy here is to host the Music for All ...

Indonesia has potential to become developed, prosperous country: President

Indonesia is likely to become a developed and prosperous nation based on its own social and economic capital, ...

U.N. Conference in Sendai Adopts Action Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction Incorporating Disability-inclusive Perspectives

-The third U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held from March 14 to 18, 2015, in Sendai, Miyagi ...

The United Nations And MixRadio To Celebrate International Day Of Happiness

- Today, a host of superstars have teamed up with the United Nations and the world's most personalised music streaming ...

40.9 million people are at risk of landslides:Agency

As many as 40.9 million people, which is 17.2 percent of the population of Indonesia, are in danger of landslides, a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ASEAN committed to giving wider access to disabled people

Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Wardana said ASEAN was committed to providing wider access to people with disabilities ...

RI First Lady sees off disabled people relaxed walks

First Lady Ani Yudhoyono saw off around 1,000 disabled people who participated in the relaxed walks here on Sunday in ...

RI seriously concerned about disabled persons` welfare

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri said the fact that Indonesia has ratified the UN Convention on the ...