{"id":8230,"date":"2025-09-17T12:27:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/?p=8230"},"modified":"2025-09-21T12:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T12:46:25","slug":"tuesdays-iwdp-theme-no-human-rights-without-sign-language-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/2025\/09\/17\/tuesdays-iwdp-theme-no-human-rights-without-sign-language-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 23rd Sept.: No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8230\" class=\"elementor elementor-8230\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-702d0118 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"702d0118\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d6bf627\" data-id=\"7d6bf627\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e704341 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e704341\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"159\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8408 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/No-human-rights-without-Sign-language-Rights-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/No-human-rights-without-Sign-language-Rights-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/No-human-rights-without-Sign-language-Rights-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/h3><h3 data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"159\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px;\">On the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"206\">International Day of Sign Language<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px;\">, we are reminded that equality for deaf people is only possible when sign language rights are fully recognized.<\/span><\/h3><p data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"592\">In Uganda, with over 1.9 million deaf and hard of hearing people, the <strong data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"442\">Uganda National Association of the Deaf (UNAD)<\/strong> leads the way in promoting Ugandan Sign Language (UgSL), protecting deaf culture, and ensuring deaf-led initiatives guide training and development.<\/p><p data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"840\">Uganda\u2019s Constitution and disability laws recognize UgSL, and UNCRPD obligations reinforce the right to accessibility and participation. Yet, progress depends on deaf leadership, professional interpreters, and government consultation with UNAD.<\/p><p data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"971\"><strong data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"883\">Sign language rights are human rights<\/strong>\u2014and securing them is key to building an inclusive future for Uganda\u2019s deaf community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has called on the government to increase investment in social protection, economic empowerment, and educational programs that directly support Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7-days"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8230"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8434,"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8230\/revisions\/8434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unadeaf.or.ug\/IWDP2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}