PWDs

The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) has called on the Ebonyi government to enact the National Disability Act, signed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.The association made the call on Friday in…

the Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), a non-governmental organization committed to educating, supporting and empowering people with disabilities in Nigeria, has accused the Lagos state government…

PERSONS living with disabilities in the state of Anambra said they were exposed to them during the gubernatorial election on Jan. The chairman of the national association of the joint association of people with disabilities, Ugochukwu…

Jaipur: Now people with disabilities (PwDs) in the state can get an appointment as a notary public with just seven years of experience instead of ten years as a lawyer on the same pattern as the SC, ST and OBC benefits.The State Legal…

A new survey conducted in four states in northwestern Nigeria found that people with disabilities are the least likely benefactors of the various national social protection programs in those states. This…

According to a mapping report on the employment of people with disabilities (2016), people with disabilities make up 12.4% of Uganda's population. Although the Disabled People Act addresses the issue of access to physical structures and…

Dear PAO,My childhood friend is a disabled person (PWD). She chose not to register for the final election because she feared that she would not be able to vote properly on election day. But she told me that this time she wanted…