News Category: Disability Rights
Episode: Disability Inclusion – UN Women
[Video in Bangla with English subtitle] Two sisters, Jahanara and Reshma, who reside at Ramu in Cox’s Bazar, discuss how their physical disabilities have impacted their lives and how the…
Bangladesh joins the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate people with disabilities
Bangladesh has successfully deposited instruments of its accession to the Marrakesh Treaty of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to facilitate access to published works for the blind, visually impaired,…
YPSA distributes Rickshaws to disadvantaged and persons with disabilities at Sitakund
YPSA organized a program to distribute Rickshaws (a three-wheeled passenger vehicle) among the disadvantaged people and persons with disabilities with the support of Bangladesh NGO Foundation (BNF), a subsidiary organization…
YPSA, Prothom Alo, and ADD International jointly organized roundtable meeting in Chattogram
YPSA, The daily Prothom Alo, and ADD International jointly organized a roundtable meeting at the conference room of World Trade Center in Chattogram on 29 May 2022. Divisional Director, Directorate…
YPSA celebrated National and International Day of Persons with disabilities 2021
With the theme “Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world)”, YPSA celebrated 30th International Day of Persons with disabilities 23th National Day of…
YPSA becomes the Champion of the WSIS Prize 2021 – Video
YPSA’s “Empowering women with disabilities through market-driven ICT training and accessible information on SRHR” initiative has become the Champion of the WSIS Prize 2021 under the category “Access to information…
PKSF Managing Director and former Secretary Dr Nomita Halder ndc visited YPSA’s inclusive financing program
Managing Director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) Dr Nomita Halder ndc, a former Secretary to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and Additional Managing Director of PKSF Mr Md Fazlul Kader…
Sharing meeting with the local law enforcement agency held at Mirsharai
YPSA organized a sharing meeting on the YPSA-Inclusion Works project with the local law enforcement agency on September 27 held at the Mirsahrai police station. A favorable environment for the…
Virtual Talk to Promote Disability Inclusive Entrepreneurship for COVID 19 Affected Women with Disabilities Held
With an aim to promote disability-inclusive entrepreneurship and find a way out to increase the social dignity of COVID-19 affected women with disabilities in order to give them a solid…
YPSA has been shortlisted for ZERO Project Award 2022
The Zero Project is a worldwide cross-sectoral network of innovators, decision-makers and opinion leaders aims to research and share Innovative Practice and Policies worldwide for a world with zero barriers….
Virtual advocacy meeting to promote disability inclusive gender policy and entrepreneurship
With an aim to Increase the social dignity of COVID-19 affected women with disabilities living in Chattogram, by giving them a solid chance to prove their potential and worth in…
YPSA’s Vashkar Bhattacharjee selected as the 1st Bangladeshi honoree for the D-30 Disability Impact List 2021
Vashkar Bhattacharjee, Program Manager at YPSA and Head of the YPSA-ICT & Resource Center on Disabilities (IRCD), has been selected as a 2021 D-30 Disability Impact List honoree, on the…
YPSA Launched Entrepreneurship Training for COVID-19 Affected Women with Disabilities
A five-day entrepreneurship training workshop for women with disabilities on EDBM (Entrepreneurship Development and Business Management) was launched by YPSA on 20th June 2021 at Bir Muktijoddha AKM Mafizur Rahman…
YPSA becomes the Champion of the WSIS Prize 2021
This year YPSA’s “Empowering women with disabilities through market-driven ICT training and accessible information on SRHR” initiative has become the Champion of the WSIS Prize under the category “Access to information and…
YPSA launched “Gateway to SRHR” web platform
The inauguration ceremony of the “Gateway to SRHR” website commenced with the applause of a group of persons with disabilities, disability and women rights activists, and think tanks at the…
Job fair for persons with disabilities was held in Chattogram
A day-long job fair for persons with disabilities was held at the World Trade Center, Chattogram on 22 March 2021, organized by YPSA Inclusion Works Project and supported by ADD…
Refresher Training on Disability Inclusive FP/SRHR for Health and Family Planning Service Providers
Refresher Training on Disability Inclusive FP/SRHR for Health and Family Planning Service Providers (SACMO, FWV, FWA and FPI) held under the project “Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH2ACTION)” which is being…
Refresher Training on Disability Inclusive FP/SRHR for Cluster Management Community held at Sitakund
Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH2ACTION) Project organized a two-day training session on Refresher Training on Disability Inclusive FP/SRHR for Cluster Management Community Members from 22 -23, February 2021 at Sitakunda,…
Advocacy Meeting on Promoting Disability-Inclusive Accessible SRHR and Gender Policy Held
“Human being is the superior amongst all the life forms on earth, and have the most complicated and delicate reproductive mechanism. In order to procreate or lead a healthy life,…
Meeting with the local administration on skills and transportation facilities for the people with disabilities
YPSA arranged a meeting with the local administration on enhancing the skills of the Person With Disabilities and transportation facilities for them. The meeting was held at Sitakund on Monday…