Peruvians with disabilities constitute 5.2% of the population. 52.1% of disabled people are women. 40.5% of disabled Peruvians have a primary or better...
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Javier Diez Canseco (category Peruvian disability rights activists)
people with disabilities. One of the most significant Peruvian laws addressing disability -the General Law on People with Disabibilites, enacted in December...
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities, parliamentarians from Latin American countries gathered in a plenary assembly in Peru. By acclamation, they declared...
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del Perú (CASP) is a non-profit organization based in Lima, Peru that provides services to individuals with a wide range of developmental disabilities including...
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Raúl Aguayo-Krauthausen (category German disability rights activists)
in Lima, Peru) is a German disability rights activist. He was awarded the Order of Merit of Germany and is an Ashoka Fellow. Krauthausen grew up in Berlin...
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Hidden Disabilities Sunflower is operated by Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme Limited, a private company based in the UK. The company was created in 2016...
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Luis Galarreta (category Peruvian people with disabilities)
make him the first President of Congress with a disability. He briefly served as the President of Peru in 2018, following the resignation of Pedro Pablo...
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The president of Peru (Spanish: presidente del Perú), officially the constitutional president of the Republic of Peru (Spanish: presidente constitucional...
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Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) Census in Peru 1993 Peru Census 2005 Peru Census 2007 Peru Census "INEI realizará censos de población y vivienda...
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with Disabilities is an international human rights treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. Parties...
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Prostitution in Peru is legal and regulated. UNAIDS estimate there to be 67,000 prostitutes in the country. Prostitution between adults is legal for women...
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Welfare in Peru began on a base of democratic views. Its political system is a multi-party system that includes having a President and Prime Minister...
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Racism in Peru comprises negative attitudes and views on race or ethnicity which are related to each other, are held by various people and groups in Peru, and...
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Congress of the Republic of Peru (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru. Due to broadly interpreted...
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city in the Echarate District of La Convención Province in the Cuzco Region of Peru. Vilcabamba, in Quechua, means "sacred plain". The modern name for the...
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South Wales, national team). Brooke Ellison, 45, American academic and disability advocate. Al Francesco, 90, American blackjack player and gambling strategist...
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China at the 2024 Summer Paralympics (category 2024 in Chinese sport)
China competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. This is their eleventh consecutive appearance at the...
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Laura Caller (category Peruvian people with disabilities)
Laura Caller (1915–1988) was a Peruvian union lawyer, defender of peasants and politicians. She was born in Cusco in a home frequented by intellectuals...
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Blanca Alva Guerrero (category Scholars and academics with disabilities)
Blanca Alva Guerrero is a Peruvian historian. She was the Director General of Defense of Cultural Heritage for Peru. Alva Guerrero graduated from Pontifical...
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films were initially available in the 16mm film format. The company started offering VHS videocassette versions in 1979 in addition to films, before making...
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International Virtus Sports Federation (redirect from International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability)
Intellectual Disability; originally called INAS-FMH, later INAS-FID, INAS and now as Virtus Sport) is a federation which was established in 1986 by professionals...
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Gina Conti-Ramsden (category Developmental disabilities)
in 2010, and was honored with a Lifetime Fellowship from the Colegio Psicólogos del Perú (Division of Human Communication, Development & Hearing) in 2019...
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Peru competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability...
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Peruvian Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de señas peruana, LSP) is a Peruvian language created and used by the Deaf community in Peru. It has been officially...
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(born 1953), American professor David Jacka (born 1968), aviator and disability advocate David Jacks (footballer) (born 1948), Australian rules footballer...
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2016-05-22. Paul, Jonathan (June 5, 2008). "Suzuki returns with in-depth looks at China". Media In Canada. Brunico Communications Ltd. "Doc Zone, Suzuki Return...
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List of events at Soldier Field (category Lists of events in the United States)
held at Soldier Field in Chicago. The games spanned two days and more than 1,000 kids ages 8–18 with intellectual disabilities from 26 U.S. states and...
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Druze (category Ethnoreligious groups in Asia)
foundational and central text of the Druze faith. The Druze faith originated in Isma'ilism (a branch of Shia Islam), and has been influenced by a diverse...
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1984) and sports administrator. Diane Coleman, 71, American lawyer and disability rights advocate, sepsis. Bibek Debroy, 69, Indian economist. João Scognamiglio...
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Paralympic Games (category Recurring sporting events established in 1960)
athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have...
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