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WFD RSA would like to take this opportunity to wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR and a prosperous year ahead in 2021.

According to the United Nations General Assembly through the WFD proposed, September 23 was set as International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL), September 21-27 was set as International Week of the Deaf (IWDeaf) with...

According to the Concept Note from the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) regarding to International Day of Sign Language, which is a day when Deaf community celebrates the successful recognition and inauguration of...

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) has joined WFD as an ordinary member in 2019 and at the same time becoming the 17th Ordinary Member of WFD RSA. WFD RSA would like to...

Updates on WFD RSA Meetings 2020 Due to the recent and current COVID-19 epidemic, many countries have imposed travel restrictions, including India. India has stopped issuing visitor visas. In light of the situations, WFD...

Written Report of the Video: This is Yasunori Shimamoto attending an ESCAP webinar “Protecting and Empowering Persons with Disabilities in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic” on 15 May 2020 (Friday), 09:00 to 11:00,...

COVID-19 is very serious matter that this virus has spread almost all over the world. BE SAFE AND STAY AT HOME! WFD RSA YS & COC team have planned to postpone the WFD RSA...

WFD has completed ZOOM Meetings with nine regional secretariats, one of which is the WFD RSA. WFD convened a Zoom meeting with WFDRSA-OMs. OMs shared the prevention and control situation of COVID-19 from each...

Please find the following links from the Organizing Committee and the host of 2020 WFD RSA Representatives Meeting – All India Federation of the Deaf (AIFD). Links of the official websites of the 2020...

The Nippon Foundation, Deaf Aotearoa and the WFD RSA have organized together a meeting for delegates from Deaf Associations in the Asia Pacific regions to discuss about the legal recognition of sign languages. Delegates...