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Sep 17, 2020 · According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly fifteen per cent of the world's population have some or the other form of disability, making them the largest global minority, facing physical and attitudinal barriers in the form of prejudices. Continuous discrimination denies them equal access to education, employment, health care and ...
- Respecting the rights on persons with disabilities | UNESCO
Over a billion people - approximately 15 per cent of the...
- Respecting the rights on persons with disabilities | UNESCO
Apr 18, 2023 · Responding to UNESCO’s call for photos showcasing the leadership and participation of persons with disabilities in our society, in the past week, a variety of photos were posted on Sina Weibo, showing persons with disabilities participating in work, study, and social services, and enjoying sports, culture, traveling, handicraft, and other types of social activities.
(UNESCO, 2014: 11). Cost. It is important to find ways to meet the needs of the most marginalized without additional funding (UNESCO, 2017). Approaches, such as analysing data from household surveys, suggest that the returns on investing in education for children with disabilities are high and similar to those for people without disabilities.
Dec 2, 2012 · Over a billion people - approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population - live with a disability of some sort. Including persons with disabilities in all aspects of social life is a major challenge. UNESCO is particularly concerned about ensuring their access to quality education on the one hand and information and knowledge on the other.
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The lack of data on this equity deserving groups2 hinders the possibility of serving people with disabilities better, leading to the omission of various forms of disability, promoting the belief that disabled people have reduced performance standards, and substantiating a lack of awareness and discriminatory attitudes from the higher education ...
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including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations". Measurement of disability An important challenge in producing internationally-comparable data on persons with disability is how the term ‘disability’ is understood. There is no uniform definition, often confusion on what constitutes a disability,
