Equal Right to Sight
In August of last year, The Lancet, the world’s oldest and best known peer-reviewed medical journal, published new blindness statistics. There is some good news. Globally, the number of people who are blind has dropped from 39 million to 36 million. Proportionally fewer women are blind: 55% instead of 66%; but the statistical improvement does […]
March 2018: Blindness is a Women’s Issue
In honour of International Women’s Day, Seva Canada is launching “Equal Right to Sight”, a multi-media campaign advocating for gender equity in the treatment of blindness.