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Founded | 1981 |
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Type | Non-profit |
Location | |
Area served | Lebanon |
Key people | Sylvana Lakkis (President) |
Website | http://www.lphu.com |
The Lebanese Physically Handicapped Union (LPHU) is an advocacy organization for the disabled in Lebanon founded in 1981. [1] Currently the organization is sponsored in its efforts to increase the accessibility of polling places for the disabled by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. [2] LPHU found in a recent survey that less than 1% of the polling places in the country of Lebanon are fully accessible by the disabled. [2]
A small group of disabled people in Lebanon founded LPHU in mid-1981. [3] LPHU remained active throughout the war which surrounded the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon. [3] They were active during the political seasons leading up to the 1992, 1996, and 1998 and were even able to get 3 disabled men elected to local municipal council governments in 1998. [3]
LPHU is supported by the International community. [3] Representatives from the organization attended the UN Conference on Women in 1995. [3] Also, LPHU has begun working with similar organization in Yemen, and in other countries throughout the eastern Mediterranean including countries from the former Yugoslavia. [3] Additionally, they have gained significant support in election support activities, such as polls and campaigning for polling station access, from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. [2]
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Founded | 1981 |
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Type | Non-profit |
Location | |
Area served | Lebanon |
Key people | Sylvana Lakkis (President) |
Website | http://www.lphu.com |
The Lebanese Physically Handicapped Union (LPHU) is an advocacy organization for the disabled in Lebanon founded in 1981. [1] Currently the organization is sponsored in its efforts to increase the accessibility of polling places for the disabled by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. [2] LPHU found in a recent survey that less than 1% of the polling places in the country of Lebanon are fully accessible by the disabled. [2]
A small group of disabled people in Lebanon founded LPHU in mid-1981. [3] LPHU remained active throughout the war which surrounded the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon. [3] They were active during the political seasons leading up to the 1992, 1996, and 1998 and were even able to get 3 disabled men elected to local municipal council governments in 1998. [3]
LPHU is supported by the International community. [3] Representatives from the organization attended the UN Conference on Women in 1995. [3] Also, LPHU has begun working with similar organization in Yemen, and in other countries throughout the eastern Mediterranean including countries from the former Yugoslavia. [3] Additionally, they have gained significant support in election support activities, such as polls and campaigning for polling station access, from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. [2]