JAKARTA, Oct 24, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The ‘High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Final Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities’ (HLIGM APDPD) closed on Friday (Oct 21) with 53 Asia-Pacific and 9 associated countries adopting the landmark Jakarta Declaration, marking the start of the fourth ‘Asian and... » read more
JAKARTA, Oct 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The High-level Intergovermental Meeting on The Final Review of The Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities (HLIGM APDPD) was closed with the Jakarta Declaration agreement, which marked the start of the fourth decade of Asia and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities. Participants... » read more
JAKARTA, Oct 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The High-level Intergovermental Meeting on The Final Review of The Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities (HLIGM APDPD) was closed with the Jakarta Declaration agreement, which marked the start of the fourth decade of Asia and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities. Participants... » read more
JAKARTA, Oct 20, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The High-Level Intergovermental Meeting on the Final Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities (HLIGM-FRPD), has started this morning at Fairmont Hotel, Jakarta, Wednesday (19/10). The meeting took place hybrid from 19 to 21 October, and attended by 53 member states... » read more
SINGAPORE – A new initiative to create training and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in human resource (HR) services is one example of how employers can promote inclusive hiring, said President Halimah Yacob on Friday (Oct 15). To be commissioned in the first quarter of next year, the HR Power Bank initiative by Human... » read more
SINGAPORE – Temasek Polytechnic (TP) student Cheng Ewe-Hsuen suffers from a rare disorder that affects her heart and other organs, and has caused her to lose her sight in her right eye and most of her left eye. But she is not letting that stop her from achieving her dream of one day becoming a... » read more
SINGAPORE – A new action map will lay the foundations for organisations and agencies in improving the lives of caregivers of persons with disabilities in the coming years. The Caregiver Action Map launched on Tuesday (July 6) is a guide for social service agencies and other organisations seeking to develop or improve support for caregivers... » read more
SINGAPORE – Public health would not be compromised in any significant way if persons with disabilities who cannot bear traditional Covid-19 testing methods like nasal swabs are given less intrusive tests, experts said, following accounts by caregivers whose loved ones were traumatised by the process. Associate Professor Alex Cook, vice-dean of research at the Saw... » read more