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16th November 2015

Call for applications to join 2016-2019 WFD Expert Working Groups

World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) seeks expressions of interest from individuals desiring to serve as an expert member or a coordinator in the following Expert Groups:

  1. WFD Expert Group on Human Rights with focus on issues concerning Women, Children and Youth, CODAs, Senior Citizens, LGBT, Deafblind persons, Health and Bioethics. 
     
  2. WFD Expert Group on Deaf Education covering Early Intervention and Lifelong Learning.
     
  3. WFD Expert Group on Sign Language and Deaf Studies
     
  4. WFD Expert Group on Accessibility including Information Accessibility, Technology and Sign Language Interpretation.

The members of the expert groups will serve as volunteers and thus are not be paid or reimbursed for any expenses during their term.

To apply, please find the application form from the Dropbox – click here to download.

The closing date for the application is Friday, 20 November 2015.

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