Nearly 90% of these are resident in developing countries, where the World Blind Union (WBU) estimates that people who are blind have only a one in ten chance of going to school or getting a job. To learn more about ABC’s recent activities, read the 2022 Report of the Accessible Books Consortium, presented in the framework of the Assemblies of Member States, taking place from July 14 – 22, 2022.Īny questions? Please contact us at: BackgroundĪccording to a 2017 study published in The Lancet, approximately 253 million people are blind or visually impaired world-wide. Hilda Laura Vázquez Villanueva, Discapacitados Visuales I.A.P., Mexico ![]() Dang Hoai Phúc, Sao Mai Vocational and Assistive Technology Center for the Blind, Viet Nam Kelello Fanana, Lesotho National League of the Visually Impaired Persons, Lesotho Scott LaBarre, World Blind Union and the National Federation of the Blind, United States Interpretation available: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish A moderator will lead the panel discussion, as well as allowing ample time for questions and interventions from delegates. This hybrid event, which will take place on July 19 th during WIPO’s Assemblies of Member States, will take stock of the positive impact of the Marrakesh Treaty and ABC, as well as look at the remaining challenges by way of examples in four countries - Lesotho, Mexico, the United States and Viet Nam. ![]() WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) implements the objectives of the treaty at a practical level by increasing the number of books in accessible formats and making them available to people who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled around the world. The Marrakesh Treaty is an important human rights treaty that came into force in 2016 and currently has 89 contracting parties covering 115 countries.
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