Dr. Liisa Keuppinen is former president of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), Liisa Kauppinen received the 2013 United Nations Human Rights Award Prize from the United Nations. Dr Kauppinen served the World Federation of the Deaf for more than 30 years. She became the first female president of WFD in 1995. Dr Kauppinen has been working in securing the inclusion of references to signed languages, Deaf Culture, Deaf Community and the identity of deaf people within the UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). The focus of Dr Kauppinen’s human rights work, however, has not been exclusively on the rights of deaf people, but also on human rights for all. She has promoted both rights of women and women with disabilities through co-operation with other human rights activists, representatives of governments and international non-governmental organisations. Dr. Liisa Kauppinen is presenting in Finish Sign Language.
Organising Committee
Brian Symington, MBE. President.
Dr. Ines Sleeboom-van Raaij. Co-President/ESMHD President.
Dr. Margaret du Feu, OBE. Chair of Scientific Committee.
Renata Sarmento. Manager.
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Scientific Committee
Dr. Margaret du Feu, Ireland, Chair
Dr. Ines Sleeboom-van Raaij, The Netherlands
Dr. María Gascón-Ramos, UK
Dr. Ines Sleeboom-van Raaij, The Netherlands
Dr. María Gascón-Ramos, UK
Dr. Tiejo van Gent, The Netherlands
Dr. Johannes Fellinger, Austria
Dr. Otilia Rodrigues, Australia
Dr. Otilia Rodrigues, Australia
Ana García García, Spain
Dr. Cathy Chovaz, Canadá
Dr. Benito Estrada, México
Dr. Lauri Rush, USA
Dr. Robert Pollard, USA
Professor Marleen Jansen, The Netherlands
Dr. Benito Estrada, México
Dr. Lauri Rush, USA
Dr. Robert Pollard, USA
Professor Marleen Jansen, The Netherlands
Dr. Maria Cecilia Moura, Brazil
Dr. Katherine Rogers, UK
Dr. Joanna Kobosko, Poland
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