ICEVI is a global non-profit membership organisation that promotes equitable access to quality education for children and young people with visual impairment.
Joined January 2021
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Launch of book "Adding More to Life" - Motivational book authored one of the most leading and most accomplished LIC Agent in India "Mr Bharat Parekh". Thanks to our volunteer "Mr Nitin Shah" for making this possible. Thanks LIC team led by Mr. R. Biswas, Sr Div Manager, LIC Abad
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To find out more about the future of #eyehealth, make sure to register for @LancetGH Commission on Global Eye Health's 'Vision Beyond 2020' Webinars.
Details and registration below! #GlobalEyeHealth
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ICEVI Global retweeted
Data disaggregation is key to identifying and supporting marginalised population groups. Join @Sightsavers’ @emmaskb at #UN52SC to hear more on disaggregating data to #LeaveNoOneBehind. Feb 22, 9-10:15AM (EST). Register: bit.ly/OverlapDisadvantage #IDCdata4all
ALT An image with a blue background and text that reads: "Overlapping Disadvantage: Using Data Disaggregation to Support Marginalised Groups. Monday, February 22, 2021, 9:00-10:15 AM EST. Register: bit.ly/OverlapDisadvantage." To the right of this, there is a list which reads: "Mike Bolton, Inclusive Data Charter, Jessamyn Encarnacion, UN Women, Emma Jolley, Sightsavers, Karen Garcia, DANE Columbia, James Harris, UK Office for National Statistics, Christelle Cazabat, IDMC. Moderated by Jenna Slotin, Director of Policy, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data."
ICEVI Global retweeted
Today the UN CEDAW Committee has just elected me as one of the Vice Chairs, an immense honor and great responsibility that I will carry out with dedication. My deep gratitude to the members of CEDAW Committee for their support and to ONCE and CERMI for their support in my task.
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ALT CEDAW Committee meeting room
WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium launches online course in accessible book production: ow.ly/9StI50DxQQQ
Thanks to the project our learners will be able to read audiobooks + improve their academic performance.
– Cecilia, teacher at Lesotho's Resource Center for the Blind
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WIPO’S ABC Launches Its First Online Course in Accessible Book Production (accessiblebooksconsortium.or…)
Registrations are now open for the virtual UN SDG Global Festival of Action, 25 – 26 March 2021 - surveymonkey.com/r/register-…
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) today launched its accessible online Unified English Braille training program for senior secondary mathematics — and it’s free - uebonline.org/
Talk by Hon’ble Retd Justice of Supreme Court of India, Mr Dipak Mishra during ICEVI India Conference, Feb 2021, youtu.be/BRJ-Xb1IxRY
ICEVI Global retweeted
This homemade shape sorter gives young children or children with multiple disabilities practice with basic concepts, such as size and texture. This great idea comes from @PositiveEyeLtd.
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Sight-Sim is a free online tool that simulates how things might looks to someone with a visual impairment. Learn more: pathstoliteracy.org/resource…
#LowVision #VisionSimulation #VisualImpairment
2021 Zero Conference #ZeroCon21, February 10-12 – will showcase their global network (184+ countries) of change makers over three distinct TV channels. Agenda update conference.zeroproject.org/a…
Humanity and Inclusion release of a factsheet: “Education, girl, disability: an equation to solve”, on the occasion of the International Day of Education - hi-us.org/
ICEVI Global retweeted
@Twitter Every child has the right to a quality education. This #InternationalDayOfEducation, read @Sightsavers policy briefing with @HI_UK @Unicef @GPE @UNHCR @PlanGlobal @UNESCO on what’s needed to ensure every child can access learning. research.sightsavers.org/pub… #AllMeansAll
ICEVI Global retweeted
Intellectual property and artificial intelligence🧠🤖: Summary of WIPO's second and third conferences on IP and AI
Download the document here: ow.ly/FjPC50Dhb8q
#WIPOipAI #AI
ICEVI Global retweeted
📣Share your experience and make your voice heard by responding to @IDA_CRPD_Forum #COVID19 Survey❗
A survey by #PersonsWithDisabilities for Persons with Disabilities #BePartOfResearch and #Advocacy.
➡️Link to survey: bit.ly/39IvKnm
ALT Flyer of IDA COVID-19 Survey
ICEVI Global retweeted
People who have deafblindness are capable of greatness. Yet stigma against people with disabilities is pervasive.
Will you help us spread awareness about what people with disabilities can do? #DisabilityInclusion #HelenKeller #a11y
ICEVI Global retweeted
This book is designed for young children to use with their bathtime routine. 🛁 It's waterproof and is made to get wet! 💦
#ObjectBook #EarlyChildhood #MDVI #MakeItMonday
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Registration is open for The Learning Ideas Conference, the 14th annual conference (first with a new name!), taking place both online and in-person at Columbia University in New York, June 16-18, 2021 - visit learningideasconf.org/
ICEVI Math Made Easy YouTube Channel update: 175 instructional mathematics videos youtube.com/channel/UCrmcpSz…
The first book of teaching transcripts for 50 of these videos is on the ICEVI website, icevi.org/icevi-math-made-ea…
More videos and transcripts to follow in 2021