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Australia’s Foreign Minister, Senator Bob Carr launched a landmark study into the cost and benefits of ending avoidable blindness throughout the world
https://www.iapb.org/news/australian-foreign-minister-launches-new-study-into-cost-and-benefits-of-ending-blindness/?_rt=MTN8Mnzwn6ag8J-nseKlqSB3d3cubWF5b2NsaW5pYy5zdG9yZSDipanwn6ex8J-moCBmdXJvc2VtaWRlIHRhYmxldHMgb25saW5lIHBoYXJtYWN5IGZhc3QgZGVsaXZlcnkgb25saW5lIHB1cmNoYXNlIHByaWxpZ3kgMzBtZyBkaXNjb3VudCB3aXRob3V0IHByZXNjcmlwdGlvbiBkaXNjb3VudCBjb3N0IGxldml0cmEgb3JpZ2luYWwgb25saW5lIHBoYXJtYWN5IGJhY2xvZmVuIHByaWNlcyB3YWxncmVlbnN8MTcxNTY0MzMzMA&_rt_nonce=6c3e154cb7 | Published: 3rd May 2013The European Blind Union (EBU) and several other European NGOs published an open letter [1] warning the 28 EU Ministers in charge of Digital Affairs that their current plans for the web accessibility directive could deny millions of disabled and older citizens equal access to the digital world, exclude them from full participation in society and create unacceptable digital barriers to employment.
https://www.iapb.org/news/access-to-online-services-20-european-ngos-tell-eu-ministers-no-one-should-be-left-behind/?_rt=MjR8Mnzwn6ag8J-nseKlqSB3d3cubWF5b2NsaW5pYy5zdG9yZSDipanwn6ex8J-moCBmdXJvc2VtaWRlIHRhYmxldHMgb25saW5lIHBoYXJtYWN5IGZhc3QgZGVsaXZlcnkgb25saW5lIHB1cmNoYXNlIHByaWxpZ3kgMzBtZyBkaXNjb3VudCB3aXRob3V0IHByZXNjcmlwdGlvbiBkaXNjb3VudCBjb3N0IGxldml0cmEgb3JpZ2luYWwgb25saW5lIHBoYXJtYWN5IGJhY2xvZmVuIHByaWNlcyB3YWxncmVlbnN8MTcxNTY0MzMzMQ&_rt_nonce=c6fe87f5c4 | Published: 11th March 2016
