Congratulations to the newly crowned Miss South Africa - Mia Le Roux - this is putting the spotlight on inclusion and raising awareness on Deaf and hard of hearing persons in South Africa - Congratulations Mia #DeafSA #MissSA2024

Happy Women’s Day to the many Deaf women who are the backbone of our nation!. We honour and celebrate you #Deaf #signlanguage #Deafculture #WomensDaySouthAfrica 🤟🏾

@iLuvuyo @SABCNews Thank you to your team @SABCNews for providing a South African Sign Language (SASL) interpreter, ensuring accessibility and inclusion for Deaf individuals. Your commitment to diversity and equity is appreciated! #Deaf #signlanguage

Thank you, media, for your excellent coverage of the 7thParliament election in South Africa. We appreciate how you highlighted the full inclusion of Deaf communities, making it accessible to all- SASLI #7thParliament #FirstSitting #30YearsofDemocracy @Newzroom405 @eNCA @SABCNews

‘I had to start this important journey of becoming educated and finish it’ 📰: https://t.co/GZaxkJGkrY #UFSGraduation2024 #ProudlyKovsies

📄🖋️The WFD and DHI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further cooperation in areas of overlapping interest. 💬WFD President Murray said "In order to successfully advocate for our rights today, we must know our history."

In 1880, the Milan Congress pushed oralism in education, marking a turning point for the #deaf communities. We submitted 4 documents to UNESCO, making history the first inscription related to deaf people. ➡️ https://t.co/X19NXHnhGb

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2023 was a year focused on strengthening. Our 5 major achievements: ➡️Congress ➡️Guidelines for Achieving #SignLanguageRights ➡️ Declaration on the Rights of #DeafChildren ➡️#DeafFlag ➡️Action Plan 2023-2027 Read more ➡️ https://t.co/rRjfTfptHn

We celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities alongside our partners in the international disability movement. We also recognize deaf people with disabilities, who are important parts of inclusive #deaf communities. "Nothing about us without" us is our motto.

The WFD Board met in Cape Town, South Africa. 🇿🇦They had a one-day workshop with the @WFDYS followed by 3 days of Board meeting. We would like to thank the DeafSA, our Ordinary Member, for their warm welcome.

On the #WorldChildrenDay, let's listen to deaf children! At our General Assembly, we adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Deaf Children. ➡Let's support the rights of deaf children: https://t.co/TWUvD51LV9 #ForEveryChild #deafchildren

Today our Ordinary Members reaffirmed their support for the UAE as the host of the World Congress in 2027. 🇦🇪 This is a historic 1st Congress to take place in the Arab region! We will work for a successful Congress for our diverse global deaf communities https://t.co/dUIzbBOPsA

WFD is pleased to announce the expansion of the WFD Secretariat with the arrival of 3 new members: - Delphine le Maire, Human Rights Officer - Peninnah Vulimu, Disaster Risk Reductions Officer - Ingrid Parkin, Development Officer

6️⃣0️⃣% of countries in the world have not legally recognised their national #signlanguage. ➡️WFD is pleased to launch the Guidelines for Achieving Sign Language Rights to support the advocacy work of our Ordinary Members: https://t.co/szfSWlONgM

𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 #𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 The WFD calls upon all governments to take measures to ensure at least 50% of their children know their national sign languages. ➡️Read more: https://t.co/QlPXkaEjFw #IWDP #IDSL

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟒 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 Today, the WFD calls upon our #deaf communities to take specific actions to ensure our communities are inclusive. ➡️Read more: https://t.co/QlPXkaEjFw #IWDP

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