The final day of the congress closes on a high with Special Interest Groups. With many delegates expressing the wish to attend 2 or 3 … Read More
UPDATE: XVII World Congress of WFD – 31st July
As we near the end of a week long program, our final Plenary presenters covered the two commissions of Developing Countries and Health. With most … Read More
Dr Liisa Kauppinen Fund
Istanbul, 30 July 2015 The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) has recently announced the launch of the Dr Liisa Kauppinen Fund in honour of … Read More
UPDATE: XVII World Congress of WFD – 30th July
The World Congress is well and truly under way with our 2nd day of Plenary addresses highlighting the two Commission topics. Our plenary presenters, both … Read More
UPDATE: XVII World Congress of WFD – 29th July
The day opened with two plenary presentations. The first, from Ms Hend AL-SHOWAIER of Saudi Arabia, set the scene for the congress on the big … Read More
Opening Ceremony of the WFD Congress
WFD President, Colin ALLEN and Turkish Deaf Association President Ercument TANRIVERDI opened the WFD Congress of 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey. The audience were treated to … Read More
XIX WFD General Assembly Day Two
Today being the second day of the XIX WFD General Assembly is often seen by many to be the most exciting day. This is due … Read More
XIX WFD General Assembly Day One
The XIX WFD General Assembly opened this morning at the International Conference Centre in Istanbul, Turkey. In front of 128 delegates from 74 countries , … Read More
Working Together – Manual for Sign Language Work within Development Cooperation
Today Finnish Association of the Deaf (FAD) and the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) presented a “Manual for Sign Language Work within Development Cooperation” … Read More
WFD Workshop
Today’s WFD Workshop included many interesting topics: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) parallel reporting, Deaf Women’s Rights and the presentation of … Read More