Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 15-21 October 2016

Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 15-21 October 2016

AUSTRALIA: Sit Down, Shut Up and Watch Film Festival 'Gives Persons with Disabilities a Voice' on the Big Screen
www.abc.net.au

INDIA: Poet with Disability Assaulted for Not Standing for National Anthem
www.thecitizen.in

INDIA: 'Do I Have to Wear A Disability Badge': Soldier's Son, Paralysis Survivor Hit Over Anthem (VIDEO)
www.ndtv.com

WORLD: Half of the World's Children with Disabilities are Out of School - Report
www.taiwansun.com

WORLD: Why More Women Suffer from Preventable Vision Disabilities   
www.newsdeeply.com

VIETNAM: Vietnam Airlines Offers Special Services for Passengers with Disabilities 
www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn

NEPAL: Nepalese Parliament Endorses Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 
www.globalaccessibilitynews.com

WORLD: Effects of Disability on the Family as a Whole
www.nwitimes.com

CHINA: Consulate Investigates Chinese Children with Disabilities Begging in Malaysia
www.ecns.cn

WORLD: Where Zika Struck Hardest, Brazil Moms Say More Help Needed
www.borneobulletin.com.bn

WORLD: Sustainability Gap Decreases as Regional Differences in Social Services Down - Report
www.finlandtimes.fi

MIDDLE EAST: King Orders Tuition Paid for Person with Visual Disability
www.arabnews.com

INDIA: Volunteers Call for Medico Legal Aid for Persons with Disabilities
www.tribuneindia.com

AUSTRALIA: When Kids with Autism are Murdered
www.briannonlee.com

INDIA: Injured by Forces’ Action, Disabled by Government Apathy
www.greaterkashmir.com

VIETNAM: British Woman Offers Shelter for Children with Disabilities
www.vietnamnews.vn

WORLD: Disability Support Center by Architekten CM Features Tinted Concrete Ramps and Retractable Awnings
www.dezeen.com

AUSTRALIA: NSW Premier to Set Up Working Party to Review Paramedics Death & Disability Scheme  
www.singletonargus.com.au

WORLD: Improving the Health of Vulnerable Groups Research Program Consortia in LMICs 
www.ngonewsafrica.org

MIDDLE EAST: Six Arrested in Connection with Human Trafficking Network of Persons with Physical Disability
www.jpost.com

CHINA: Beijing Encourages Persons with Disabilities to Be Connected (PHOTOS)
www.chinahumanrights.org

INDIA: Zunheboto to Host Games for Persons with Disbilities  
www.morungexpress.com

HONGKONG: Disfigured Victims Plead for 'Face Equality'
www.thestandard.com.hk

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