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Lebanese Physically Handicapped Union

Field	Value
name	Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union (LPHU)
اتحاد المقعديين اللبنانيين
image	LPHU small.jpg
image_size	100px
type	Non-profit
founded_date	1981
location	Lebanon Lebanon
key_people	Sylvana Lakkis (President)
area_served	Lebanon
homepage	http://www.lphu.com

اتحاد المقعديين اللبنانيين | non-profit_slogan =

The Lebanese Physically Handicapped Union (LPHU) is an advocacy organization for the disabled in Lebanon founded in 1981. 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. 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.

History

A small group of disabled people in Lebanon founded LPHU in mid-1981. LPHU remained active throughout the war which surrounded the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon. 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.

Support

LPHU is supported by the International community. Representatives from the organization attended the UN Conference on Women in 1995. Also, LPHU has begun working with similar organization in Yemen, and in other countries throughout the eastern Mediterranean including countries from the former Yugoslavia. 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.

References

[http://www.lphu.com/AN/index.asp LPHU Summary], LPHU. Accessed August 5, 2009.
link. (2009-05-27 . NOW Lebanon. May 24, 2009. Accessed June 03, 2009.)
Abou-Habib, Lina. (March 1999). "Advocacy around Disability in the Midst of War: The Lebanon".

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