Who We Are / Members

Our mission, our values, our people

Our Members

WFD’s membership consists of the following categories:

Any recognised or registered national organisation of the deaf, with legal status, that has an established position in its country, its majority of members are deaf persons, and its vision and aims similar to those of the WFD, may apply for Ordinary Member status. Ordinary Membership is limited to one national organisation of the deaf in each country. The WFD Board has the authority to approve exceptions for extraordinary circumstances.

The list of the our Ordinary Members

ALBANIA GERMANY NIGER
ALGERIA GHANA NIGERIA
ARGENTINA GREECE NORTH MACEDONIA
ARMENIA GUATEMALA NORWAY
AUSTRALIA GUINEA PAKISTAN
AUSTRIA HONDURAS PALESTINE
AZERBAIJAN HONG KONG, ROC PANAMA
BAHRAIN HUNGARY PARAGUAY
BANGLADESH ICELAND PHILIPPINES
BELARUS INDIA POLAND
BELGIUM INDONESIA PORTUGAL
BENIN IRAN QATAR
BOLIVIA IRELAND ROMANIA
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA ITALY RUSSIAN FEDERATION
BOTSWANA JAPAN RWANDA
BRAZIL JORDAN SAMOA
BULGARIA KAZAKHSTAN SENEGAL
BURKINA FASO KENYA SERBIA
BURUNDI KOREA SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON KOSOVO SLOVAKIA
CANADA KUWAIT SLOVENIA
Republic of CHAD LAOS SOMALIA
CHILE LATVIA SOUTH AFRICA
CHINA LEBANON SPAIN
COLOMBIA LESOTHO SRI LANKA
Republic of CONGO LIBERIA SUDAN
COSTA RICA LITHUANIA SWEDEN
COTE D’IVOIRE MACAU SWITZERLAND
CROATIA MADAGASCAR SYRIA
CUBA MALAWI TAJIKISTAN
CZECHIA MALAYSIA TANZANIA
Democratic Peoples’ Republic of KOREA Republic of MALI THAILAND
DENMARK MALTA TOGO
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MAURITANIA TUNISIA
ECUADOR MEXICO TÜRKIYE
EL SALVADOR MOLDOVA UGANDA
ERITREA MONGOLIA UKRAINE
ESWATINI (former Swaziland) MONTENEGRO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ETHIOPIA MOROCCO UNITED KINGDOM
FIJI MOZAMBIQUE USA
FINLAND NAMIBIA URUGUAY
FRANCE NEPAL UZBEKISTAN
GABON THE NETHERLANDS VENEZUELA
GAMBIA NEW ZEALAND ZAMBIA
GEORGIA NICARAGUA ZIMBABWE