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Ghanaian with disabilities need quality education: ISODEC
Africa May 20, 2013
GHANA: The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), a civil society organization, has appealed to government to, as a matter of urgency, implement the 2006 Disability Act to Continue reading the story...Nigerian with hearing disabilities seek inclusion in SURE program
Africa May 13, 2013
ILORIN: People with hearing disabilities under the aegis of the Nigeria National Association of the Deaf called on the Federal Government to include them in the Continue reading the story...Conference to conclude a treaty to facilitate access to published works by persons with print disabilities in Morocco
Africa May 12, 2013
MARRAKESH: Further to the decision of the WIPO General Assembly which met in extraordinary session on December 17 and 18, 2012 and the Preparatory Committee that followed, the Diplomatic Conference Continue reading the story...Huawei South Africa to launch ICT Training for people with disabilities
Africa May 6, 2013
Huawei South Africa is committed to developing literate and educated communities. Therefore, Huawei has partnered with Khulisani to launch a mobile Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Continue reading the story...ICT for people with disabilities
Africa Apr 29, 2013
NIGERIA: One area where Nigeria has had its greatest leap in its transition to democracy is in the telecoms sector. Between 1975 and 1998, the then Continue reading the story...Deputy Minister advocates for disability compliance in South African universities
Africa Apr 16, 2013
SOUTH AFRICA: Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, Deputy Minister of the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, visited the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) in the continuation Continue reading the story...Ghana government to provide employment for persons with disabilities
Africa Apr 16, 2013
GHANA: Government is engaged in discussion with the Ministry of Education for an arrangement to provide permanent employment to 2,500 Persons With Disabilities under the basic Continue reading the story...Ghanaian with disabilities to sue government institutions
Africa Apr 5, 2013
GHANA: All government and state institutions risk being sued for not restructuring their buildings and making them easily accessible to persons with disabilities. All government and state Continue reading the story...Lagos to fully implement ICT law for persons with disabilities by 2016
Africa Apr 5, 2013
LAGOS, NIGERIA: The Lagos State Government says it will begin full implementation of the Information Technology (IT) law that seeks to protect persons with disabilities in 2016. The state Continue reading the story...Liberia urged to make information accessible for persons with disabilities
Africa Apr 4, 2013
The Government of Liberia and private institutions have been urged to make information accessible to persons with disabilities in the country. The call was made by Aaron Continue reading the story...Africa Archives
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