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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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