The theme for today is “Achieving Sign Languages Rights for All”.
Friday 22nd September 2023 “The legal recognition of national sign languages is an important step towards achieving basic human rights for all […]
The theme for today is ‘Putting Deaf People on the Agenda’.
Thursday 21st September 2023 “Deaf communities worldwide work to ensure policies and programs reflect the lived realities of deaf people’s lives. Today, […]
Wednesday 20th 2023 – Theme of the day: “Realising – Nothing without us.”
Deaf communities are experts on D/deaf lives. CRPD Article 4.3 makes it clear that governments have an obligation to consult with organisations […]
“Building Capacity Across the Globe”
Day Two Around the world, millions of deaf people still lack access to fundamental human rights. The WFD has inaugurated a 60+ […]
International Week of the Rights of the Deaf People September 18th – 24th 2023
The theme is ‘A World Where Deaf People Everywhere Can Sign Anywhere!” Each day, a different theme will be from Monday to […]
Matariki Kāinga Hokia: Marariki calls you home.
Matariki A brief blog Over the years, numerous festivities, legends, and public holidays revolve around astronomy. For instance, in Ancient Greece, the […]
Deafblind Awareness Week (26th June to 2nd July 2023) Theme – Tune in to your sight and hearing. We’re here for everyone living with deafblindness – right from day one.
Sharing information about Helen Keller Day – 27th June “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or […]
Human Rights Day 10th December 2022: Let’s focus on the D/deaf people and D/deaf with disabilities people in the community.
Last Thursday, 8th December 2022, I finished the EGL (Enabling Good Lives) Leadership Waikato meeting. Many of the representatives of their groups […]
Human Rights Day – December 10th 2022
2022 Theme: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All In its preamble, the UDHR highlighted the “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the […]
International Day of (Dis)Abled Persons – 3rd December 2022
This year’s theme is “Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world “. Quote from the […]