World Federation of the Deaf

The WFD Board met in Reykjavik, Iceland. 🇮🇸 4 days of meetings were the opportunity to review progress on the action plan 2023-2027 and ongoing projects. We would like to thank the Icelandic Association of the Deaf, our Ordinary Member, for their warm welcome.

WFD was in Italy for the #G7 on inclusion and disability, a gathering of the world's 7 top countries by economy and other invited countries. 🌐 We took the opportunity to present the needs of our members, many national associations of the #deaf, to the leaders who were present.

Don't miss the launch of the regional report highlighting the perspectives of African women with disabilities on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. 🗓 24October 2024 ➡ https://lnkd.in/eHdTPfhd

The WFD Vice President, Kasper Bergmann, took part in the Health Equity and Disability: A Global Expert Consultation hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WFD has raised awareness of the challenges faced by deaf people on access to healthcare and made recommendations on the right to the highest attainable standard of health.

In 2025 the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) will take place in Rome, Italy. 🇮🇹 The WFD is working with ICED for a good Congress that can highlight good examples of inclusive multilingual education for deaf children, as well as research on different aspects of deaf lives. If you have research, please submit a paper for presentation ➡https://lnkd.in/e8CQEzYV Deadline for submission: October 15th, 2024 Let's show how multilingual education for deaf children can support their natural language acquisition.

The WFD President gave a presentation at Copels in Brazil. 🇧🇷 Over 800 participants attended the congress, which focuses on the Linguistics and Sign Languages & Translation and Interpretation of Sign Languages. It was also an opportunity to meet the President of Feneis, the national association of the deaf in Brazil and our Ordinary Member.

During the International Week of Deaf People, the WFD proudly took part in a series of significant events across the globe, marking the celebration of the Deaf communities's culture, rights, and contributions. From New Zealand to Finland, Mexico, Canada, Montenegro and Thailand, WFD representatives were on the ground, engaging with local deaf communities and raising awareness about the importance of equal access and recognition of national sign languages. #IWDP #IWDP2024

📢 Reminder! Join us for the seminar on Deaf People in Conflict Zones and Humanitarian Crisis Contexts! 🌐 🗓️ Date: 5 October 2024 👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/dmZSjgMP #deaf #DDR Mason Perkins Deafness Fund ONLUS Maya de Wit, PhD Herbert Klein peninnah vulimu

[International Week of Deaf People 2024] 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 Let’s support deaf children and their families connections with deaf communities to ensure early exposure to national sign languages and access to language rich environments.  Sign up for Sign Language Rights by sharing a video on social media of your vision for the future of our deaf communities. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gkTq8-kM #IWDP #iwdp2024 #SignLanguageRights #deaf

[International Week of Deaf People 2024] 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟴 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗳 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the deaf communities through our sign languages and cultures. Deaf Culture involves the behaviours, traditions, beliefs, values, history, humour, art that exists within Deaf communities. We are proud of our linguistic and cultural identities. Sign up for Sign Language rights by hosting an event today that demonstrates the rich cultures of our deaf communities. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gkTq8-kM #IWDP #iwdp2024 #SignLanguageRights #deaf