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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:13.5pt">The World Federation of the Deafblind has launched the initial global report on the situation and rights of persons with deafblindness.</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/wfdb-global-report">Read more and download the report here</a>! Report is also attached.</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:13.5pt">Representing between 0.2% to 2% of the population, persons with deafblindness are a very diverse yet hidden group and are, overall, more likely to be poor and unemployed, and with lower educational
outcomes. Because deafblindness is less well-known and often misunderstood, people struggle to obtain the right support, and are often excluded from both development and disability programmes. </span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:13.5pt">This initial global report on the situation of persons with deafblindness seeks to start a dialogue between international disability rights and development stakeholders, and is based on research
undertaken by the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB) combining the largest population-based analysis of persons with deafblindness conducted to date (disaggregation of 22 population-based surveys from low, middle and high-income countries), an academic
literature review, two surveys conducted among members and partners of WFDB and <a href="https://www.senseinternational.org.uk/">
Sense International</a>. </span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:13.5pt">Women and men with deafblindness from across the world took part in the
<a href="http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/node/1979">Helen Keller World Conference in June 2018</a>, and were consulted to confirm the findings and elaborate on the recommendations for this report. </span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><i><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Assistant to Executive Director <br>
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<b><span style="color:black">Web</span></b><span style="color:black">: </span><a href="http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org" target="_blank">www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org</a><br>
<b><span style="color:black">Skype</span></b><span style="color:black">: talinavades</span></span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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