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New research reveals strategies for global disability inclusion

90 per cent of businesses are recognising the importance of disabled employees and customers A new study of 120 global brands shows how over 90 per cent of businesses are recognising the importance of disabled employees and customers. The study is the first to consider how businesses are serving the needs of disabled people at […]

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DISABLED ALLIANCE SLAMS DEPARTMENT

The SA Disability Alliance (SADA) have slammed the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities as being out of touch and not serious about issues faced by people with disabilities, revealing that the department’s disability unit was staffed by only three people. The consultative forum of national disability organisations expressed shock and disappointment at

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Launch of the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor Dashboard

Since 20 April 2020, through a global survey, the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor (DRM) has been gathering data to conduct rapid independent monitoring of state measures concerning persons with disabilities in the context of the pandemic. Today, the initiative reaches a new milestone with the launch of the COVID-19 DRM Dashboard that allows the public to explore the

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Services available to people with disabilities during lockdown

Deputy minister Bogopane-Zulu provides an update on measures and services available to persons living with disabilities amid Covid-19 and lockdown. As the spread of Covid-19 surpass the 17 000 mark amid the lockdown period in South Africa, Deputy Minister of Social Development Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu calls on the public to recognise the particular vulnerability and needs

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