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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