World Federation of the Deaf

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advocacy organization international non-governmental organization

The World Federation of the Deaf is an international non-governmental organization that advocates for the human rights, linguistic recognition, and full inclusion of deaf people worldwide.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
World Federation of the Deaf canonical	1
World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section	1
World Federation of the Deaf congresses	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advocacy organization ⓘ international non-governmental organization ⓘ
abbreviation	WFD NERFINISHED ⓘ
advocatesFor	early access to sign language for deaf children ⓘ employment equality for deaf people ⓘ inclusive education for deaf learners ⓘ political participation of deaf people ⓘ quality sign language interpreting services ⓘ
affiliation	United Nations ⓘ
cooperatesWith	World Association of Sign Language Interpreters NERFINISHED ⓘ international disability organizations ⓘ national deaf associations ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
estimatedConstituency	more than 70 million deaf people ⓘ
fieldOfWork	accessibility ⓘ advocacy ⓘ education ⓘ human rights monitoring ⓘ language policy ⓘ
founded	1951 ⓘ
foundedAtLocation	Rome, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConsultativeStatus	UN Economic and Social Council NERFINISHED ⓘ UNESCO NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainSubject	deaf people ⓘ disability rights ⓘ human rights ⓘ linguistic rights ⓘ sign languages ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ International Sign NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Helsinki, Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalForm	non-profit organization ⓘ
mission	to achieve recognition of national sign languages ⓘ to ensure full inclusion of deaf people in society ⓘ to promote the human rights of deaf people worldwide ⓘ
organizes	World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf NERFINISHED ⓘ regional conferences ⓘ
promotes	International Day of Sign Languages NERFINISHED ⓘ International Week of Deaf People NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents	deaf people worldwide ⓘ national associations of the deaf ⓘ
scope	worldwide ⓘ
supports	implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ⓘ
website	https://wfdeaf.org ⓘ
worksTo	combat discrimination against deaf people ⓘ improve access to information and communication ⓘ promote bilingual education in sign language and written language ⓘ promote recognition of sign languages as official languages ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Sign → usedAt → World Federation of the Deaf ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Federation of the Deaf congresses

International Sign → associatedWith → World Federation of the Deaf ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section