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==Constituency==
==Constituency==
The WFD claims to represent 70 million deaf people worldwide, of which more than 80 percent live in [[developing countries]]. This is done mainly through membership of national deaf organisations, where such organisations exist. {{As of|2009|February}}, 130 national associations are members. Associate members, international members and individual members also make up WFD's membership base.
The WFD claims to represent 70 million deaf people worldwide, of which more than 80 percent live in [[developing countries]]. This is done mainly through membership of national deaf organisations, where such organisations exist. {{As of|2009|February}}, 136 national associations are members. Associate members, international members and individual members also make up WFD's membership base.

List of member associations (as of June 2021):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wfdeaf.org/who-we-are/members/|title=Members|publisher=World Federation of the Deaf|access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Associations!!Country
|-
|[[Afghanistan National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Afghanistan}}
|-
|[[Albanian National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Albania}}
|-
|[[Fédération Nationale des Sourds d'Algérie]]||{{flag|Algeria}}
|-
|[[Confederación Argentina de Sordomudos]]||{{flag|Argentina}}
|-
|[[Armenian Deaf Society]]||{{flag|Armenia}}
|-
|[[Deaf Australia]]||{{flag|Australia}}
|-
|[[Austrian Federation of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Austria}}
|-
|[[Public Association "Support for the Deaf"]]||{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|-
|[[Bangladesh National Federation of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|-
|[[Belarusian Society of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Belarus}}
|-
|[[French-speaking Federation of the Deaf Belgians]]||{{flag|Belgium}}
|-
|[[Deaf Flanders]]||{{flag|Belgium}}
|-
|[[Association Nationale des Sourds du Benin]]||{{flag|Benin}}
|-
|[[Federación Boliviana de Sordos]]||{{flag|Bolivia}}
|-
|[[Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing]]||{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|-
|[[Botswana Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Botswana}}
|-
|[[Federação Nacional de Educação e Integração dos Surdos]]||{{flag|Brazil}}
|-
|[[Union of the Deaf in Bulgaria]]||{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|-
|[[Union Nationale des Associations des Deficients Auditifs du Burkina]]||{{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|-
|[[Association Nationale des Sourds du Burundi]]||{{flag|Burundi}}
|-
|[[Association Nationale Des Sourds du Cameroon]]||{{flag|Cameroon}}
|-
|[[Canadian Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Canada}}
|-
|[[Chadian National Association of the Hearing Impaired]]||{{flag|Chad}}
|-
|[[Asociación de Sordos de Chile]]||{{flag|Chile}}
|-
|[[China Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|China}}
|-
|Federación Nacional de Sordos de Colombia||{{flag|Colombia}}
|-
|Association Nationale des Sourds du Congo||{{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}
|-
|Association Nationale des Sourds et Deficients Auditifs du Congo||{{flag|Republic of Congo}}
|-
|Asociación Nacional de Sordos de Costa Rica||{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|-
|Association Nationale des Sourds de Côte d'Ivoire||{{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}}
|-
|Croatian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing||{{flag|Croatia}}
|-
|Asociación Nacional de Sordos de Cuba||{{flag|Cuba}}
|-
|Cyprus Deaf Federation||{{flag|Cyprus}}
|-
|Union of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Czech Republic||{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|-
|[[Danske Døves Landsforbund]]||{{flag|Denmark}}
|-
|Asociación Nacional de Sordos de la Republica Dominicana||{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|-
|Federación Nacional de Sordos de Ecuador||{{flag|Ecuador}}
|-
|Asociación Salvadoreña de Sordos||{{flag|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[National Deaf Association of Eritrea]]||{{flag|Eritrea}}
|-
|[[Estonian Association of the Deaf]] (Eesti Kurtide Liit)||{{flag|Estonia}}
|-
|[[Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|-
|[[Fiji Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Fiji}}
|-
|[[Finnish Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Finland}}
|-
|[[Deafness in France#Organizations|National Federation of France for the Deaf]]||{{flag|France}}
|-
|[[Gambia Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing]]||{{flag|Gambia}}
|-
|Union of the Deaf of Georgia||{{flag|Georgia (country)}}
|-
|[[German Federation of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Germany}}
|-
|Ghana National Association of the Deaf||{{flag|Ghana}}
|-
|Hellenic Federation of the Deaf||{{flag|Greece}}
|-
|Asociación de Sordos de Guatemala||{{flag|Guatemala}}
|-
|Association Guinéenne des Sourds||{{flag|Republic of Guinea}}
|-
|[[Asociación Nacional de Sordos de Honduras]]||{{flag|Honduras}}
|-
|[[Hong Kong Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|-
|[[Hungarian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing]]|| {{flag|Hungary}}
|-
|[[Felag heyrnarlausra]]||{{flag|Iceland}}
|-
|[[All India Federation of the Deaf]]||{{flag|India}}
|-
|[[Indonesian Association for the Welfare of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Indonesia}}
|-
|[[Iranian National Center of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Iran}}
|-
|[[Irish Deaf Society]]||{{flag|Ireland}}
|-
|[[Association of the Deaf in Israel]]||{{flag|Israel}}
|-
|[[Ente Nazionale Sordi]]||{{flag|Italy}}
|-
|[[Japanese Federation of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Japan}}
|-
|[[Kazakhstan Society of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|-
|[[Kenya National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Kenya}}
|-
|[[Korean Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|South Korea}}
|-
|[[Kuwait Club for the Deaf]]||{{flag|Kuwait}}
|-
|[[Latvian Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Latvia}}
|-
|[[Association de L'Oeuvre des Sourds-Muets au Liban]]||{{flag|Lebanon}}
|-
|[[National Association of the Deaf Lesotho]]||{{flag|Lesotho}}
|-
|[[Liberia National Association of the Deaf, Inc]]||{{flag|Liberia}}
|-
|[[Libyan General Federation of Deaf Societies]]||{{flag|Libya}}
|-
|[[Lithuanian Deaf Association]] - Lietuvos kurčiųjų draugija||{{flag|Lithuania}}
|-
|[[Macau Deaf Association]]||{{flag|Macau}}
|-
|[[Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of Macedonija]]||{{flag|North Macedonia}}
|-
|[[Federation of the Deaf in Madagascar]]||{{flag|Madagascar}}
|-
|[[Malawi National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Malawi}}
|-
|[[Malaysia Federation of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Malaysia}}
|-
|[[Mali Association of the Deaf]] (A.MA.Sourds)||{{flag|Mali}}
|-
|[[Deaf People Association]]||{{flag|Malta}}
|-
|[[Federación Mexicana de Sordos]]||{{flag|Mexico}}
|-
|[[Association of the Deaf of Republic Moldova]]||{{flag|Moldova}}
|-
|[[Mongolian Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Mongolia}}
|-
|[[Fédération Nationale des Sourds du Maroc]]||{{flag|Morocco}}
|-
|[[Association of the Deaf in Mozambique]]||{{flag|Mozambique}}
|-
|[[Namibian National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Namibia}}
|-
|[[Nepal Deaf Federation]]||{{flag|Nepal}}
|-
|[[Dovenschap]]||{{flag|Netherlands}}
|-
|[[Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand]]||{{flag|New Zealand}}
|-
|[[Asociación Nacional de Sordos de Nicaragua]]||{{flag|Nicaragua}}
|-
|[[Association des Sourds du Niger]]||{{flag|Niger}}
|-
|[[Nigeria National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Nigeria}}
|-
|[[Norwegian Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Norway}}
|-
|[[Pakistan Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Pakistan}}
|-
|[[Asociación Nacional de Sordos de Panamá]]||{{flag|Panama}}
|-
|[[Centro de Sordos del Paraguay]]||{{flag|Paraguay}}
|-
|[[Asociacion de Sordos del Perú]]||{{flag|Perú}}
|-
|[[Philippine Federation of the Deaf|Philippine Federation of the Deaf, Inc]]||{{flag|Philippines}}
|-
|Polski Związek Głuchych<br>[[Polish Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Poland}}
|-
|[[Federacão Portuguesa das Associacões de Surdos]]||{{flag|Portugal}}
|-
|[[The Qatari Center of Social Cultural for the Deaf]]||{{flag|Qatar}}
|-
| Asociatia Nationalá a Suzilor din Romania||{{flag|Romania}}
|-
|[[All-Russian Society of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Russia}}
|-
|Rwanda National Union of the Deaf||{{flag|Rwanda}}
|-
|Association Nationale des Sourds du Senegal||{{flag|Senegal}}
|-
|Savez Gluvih I Nagluvih Srbije I Crne Gore||{{flag|Serbia}}
|-
|[[Sierra Leone Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Sierra Leone}}
|-
|[[Singapore Association for the Deaf]]||{{flag|Singapore}}
|-
|[[Asociácia Nepočujúcich Slovenska]]||{{flag|Slovak Republic}}
|-
|[[Zvesa društev gluhih in naglušnih Slovenije]]||{{flag|Slovenia}}
|-
|[[Somali National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Somalia}}
|-
|[[Deaf Federation of South Africa]]||{{flag|South Africa}}
|-
|Confederación Estatal de Personas Sordas||{{flag|Spain}}
|-
|[[Sri Lanka Central Federation of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|-
|[[Sudanese National Society for the Deaf]]||{{flag|Sudan}}
|-
|[[Swaziland National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Swaziland}}
|-
|Swedish National Association of the Deaf||{{flag|Sweden}}
|-
|[[Schweizerischer Gehörlosenbund]], [[Fédération Suisse des Sourds]]||{{flag|Switzerland}}
|-
|[[Syrian Federation of Societies for the Welfare of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Syria}}
|-
|[[Tajik Society of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|-
|[[Tanzania Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Tanzania}}
|-
|[[National Association of the Deaf in Thailand]]||{{flag|Thailand}}
|-
|[[Association des Sourds du Togo]]||{{flag|Togo}}
|-
|[[Association Voix du Sourd de Tunisie]]||{{flag|Tunisia}}
|-
|[[Turkish National Federation of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Turkey}}
|-
|[[Uganda National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Uganda}}
|-
|[[Ukrainian Society of the Deaf]] (USD)||{{flag|Ukraine}}
|-
|[[British Deaf Association]] (BDA)||{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|-
|[[National Association of the Deaf (United States)|National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|United States}}
|-
|[[Asociación de Sordos del Uruguay]]||{{flag|Uruguay}}
|-
|[[Uzbek Society of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|-
|[[Federación Venezolana de Sordos]]||{{flag|Venezuela}}
|-
|[[Zambia National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Zambia}}
|-
|[[Zimbabwe National Association of the Deaf]]||{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|}


==World Congress==
==World Congress==

Revision as of 14:34, 10 September 2024

World Federation of the Deaf
FormationSeptember 23, 1951; 73 years ago (September 23, 1951)[1]
TypeInternational nongovernmental organization[1]
PurposeHuman, civil, and linguistic rights of deaf people
HeadquartersHelsinki, Finland
Location
  • Light House, Ilkantie 4
    Haaga, Helsinki, Finland
Coordinates60°13′18″N 24°54′10″E / 60.221728°N 24.902643°E / 60.221728; 24.902643
Region served
International
President
Joseph Murray
Vice president
Kasper Bergmann
Websitewfdeaf.org

The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is an international non-governmental organization that acts as a peak body for national associations of Deaf people, with a focus on deaf people who use sign language and their family and friends. WFD aims to promote the human rights of deaf people worldwide, by working closely with the United Nations (with which it has consultative status) and various UN agencies such as the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization.[2] WFD is also a member of the International Disability Alliance (IDA).

As of September 19, 2023, 11 board members are all deaf. The offices are located in Helsinki, Finland.

History

The WFD was established in September 1951 in Rome, Italy, at the first World Deaf Congress, under the auspices of Ente Nazionale Sordomuti (ENS), the Italian Deaf Association.[3] The first president of WFD was Professor Vittorio Ieralla, who was also, at that time, president of the ENS. The congress was attended by representatives from 25 countries.

Dr. Cesare Magarotto was one of the founders of World Federation of the Deaf and its first general secretary (1951-1987) along with Vittorio Ieralla who was elected as the president from 1951 to 1955.

Ieralla and Magarotto successfully convinced the Italian government to support their efforts to establish a WFD general secretariat in Rome, in 1951. With continued support from the Italian government and later with the ENS, the WFD general secretariat was able to establish informative and advocacy networks, with national federations of the deaf around the world.[4] Decades later, the WFD general secretariat relocated to Finland (1987), with support from the Finnish government and the Finnish national of the deaf led by the former WFD general secretary Dr. Liisa Kauppinen (WFD president emeritius).

Status

WFD has B-category status with the United Nations and is represented on the following groups':[3]

WFD provides expert advice on Deaf issues in its relationship with other international organizations and professional groups.

The legal seat of WFD is in Helsinki, Finland.[1]

Aims and objectives

At present[as of?], emphasis is placed on the following areas:[3]

  1. Improve the status of national sign languages,[3][5]
  2. Better education for deaf people,[6]
  3. Improve access to information and services[3]
  4. Improve human rights for deaf people in developing countries[3][6][7][8]
  5. Promote the establishment of deaf organisations where none currently exist[3]

Constituency

The WFD claims to represent 70 million deaf people worldwide, of which more than 80 percent live in developing countries. This is done mainly through membership of national deaf organisations, where such organisations exist. As of February 2009, 136 national associations are members. Associate members, international members and individual members also make up WFD's membership base.

World Congress

The World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf has been held every four years since 1951. Organised by the WFD and the host country, this event is attended by thousands of deaf people from all over the world. As well as convening the general assembly (the highest decision-making body of the WFD) and forming the guidelines for the next four years of its work, the congress holds a large cultural program including theatre performances, cinema, exhibitions, performing arts, visits to local places of interest.[9]

Number Year Month/Dates Location Theme
1 (I) 1951 23 September Rome, Italy (no theme)
2 (II) 1955 23–27 August Zagreb, Yugoslavia (no theme)
3 (III) 1959 22–26 August Wiesbaden, Federal Republic of Germany (no theme)
4 (IV) 1963 17–21 August Stockholm, Sweden (no theme)
5 (V) 1967 10–17 August Warsaw, Poland The Deaf Among Hearing Persons
6 (VI) 1971 31 July–5 August Paris, France The Deaf Person in the World in Evolution
7 (VII) 1975 31 July–8 August Washington, D.C., United States of America Full Citizenship for All Deaf People
8 (VIII) 1979 20–27 July Varna, Bulgaria The Deaf People in Modern Society
9 (IX) 1983 28 June–6 July Palermo, Italy Deafness Today & Tomorrow: Reality & Utopia
10 (X) 1987 20–28 July Espoo (Helsinki), Finland One World - One Responsibility
11 (XI) 1991 5–? July[10] Tokyo, Japan Equality and Self-Reliance
12 (XII) 1995 6–15 July Vienna, Austria Towards Human Rights
13 (XIII) 1999 25–31 July Brisbane, Australia Diversity and Unity
14 (XIV) 2003 18–26 July Montréal, Canada Opportunities and Challenges in the 21st Century[11]
15 (XV) 2007 16–22 July Madrid, Spain Human Rights through Sign Languages[12]
16 (XVI) 2011 18–24 July Durban, South Africa Global Deaf Renaissance[13]
17 (XVII) 2015 28 July–1 August Istanbul, Turkey Strengthening Human Diversity[14]
18 (XVIII) 2019 23–27 July Paris, France Sign Language Rights for All[15]
19 (XIX) 2023 11–15 July Jeju, South Korea Securing Human Rights in Times of Crises[16]
20 (XX) 2027 TBA Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates TBA

During the 14th Congress the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI) was established.[17]

Presidents

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "FAQ". World Federation of the Deaf. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ^ "World federation of the Deaf's entry on the website of the United Nations". Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Our philosophy". World Federation of the Deaf. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Our Story". World Federation of the Deaf. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Fact Sheet". World Federation of the Deaf. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Education rights for Deaf children". World Federation of the Deaf. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Work Done by Member Organisations in Developing Countries". World Federation of the Deaf. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. ^ "WFD Work in Developing Countries". World Federation of the Deaf. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  9. ^ "World Congress". World Federation of the Deaf. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  10. ^ "History". Japanese Federation of the Deaf. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  11. ^ "14th World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf: July 18-26, 2003: Montréal, Québec, Canada: abstracts book". Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  12. ^ "NAD Participates In World Federation Of The Deaf Conference". July 18, 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  13. ^ "XVI World Congress Resolution of the World Federation of the Deaf". Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Closing Ceremony – XVII World Congress of the WFD". World Federation of the Deaf. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  15. ^ "XVIII World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf". World Federation of the Deaf. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  16. ^ "XIX WORLD CONGRESS OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF THE DEAF". World Federation of the Deaf. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  17. ^ History of WASLI Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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