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The National Disabled Development Foundation was established on 16 November 1999 by the government of Bangladesh. The foundation was restructured by the Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government in 2007. The Bangladesh Awami League government cancelled the reformation and restructure process on 26 May 2016. [4]
Rebecca A. Hare Cokley (born December 4, 1978) is an American disability rights activist and public speaker who is currently the first U.S. Disability Rights Program Officer for the Ford Foundation. [1] Prior to joining Ford, Cokley was the founding director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. [2]
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is a United States governmental agency that provides leadership and support for a comprehensive program of research related to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
9th World Assembly of Disabled Peoples International, 2016. NCPEDP which regularly conducts workshop to champion disability rights, has also constituted the National Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (NCRPD) consisting of disability sector leaders and experts from across the country, that meet at regular intervals to discuss ongoing pertinent issues concerning people with ...
The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCWD) is an agency in Nigeria.The agency was established in 2020. [1]The aim of this agency is to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities, and to make every one of them have equal rights and opportunities like their counterparts with no disabilities.
In a press release done before the Commission conclusion on the country's first-ever National Action Plan on Disability Inclusion 2018–2022, UNDP stated that country still has a long way to go in ensuring that people with disabilities are guaranteed of, and can fully enjoy their human rights, an assessment of the current National Action Plan ...
Named for disability rights activist Paul G. Hearne, who served as director of the National Council on Disability, founded the first legal services office for the disabled, directed Just One Break Inc. from 1979 to 1989, and contributed to the drafting of the historic Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. [21]
Monitors and assesses the implementation of the national and international mandates on disability in consultation with concerned government organizations, non-government organizations, people's organizations and local government units; [5] Strengthens database on disability for policy formulation and program development.