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139th WFD Board Meeting

October 21, 2025

The WFD held its 139th Board meeting in Guatemala. During these three days, we have been working on the preparation of the 2026 action plan and budget.

In addition, the WFD will celebrate its 75th year in 2026, and the WFD Board reviewed the plan for commemorative events for this important celebration.

Call for applications: Executive Director

September 4, 2025

Partnership with Innivee Strategies to Support Strategic Leadership Recruitment

The WFD announces our search for a new Executive Director to lead our global mission advancing deaf people’s human rights through sign languages. This critical leadership position will guide the organisation’s continued work promoting human rights and linguistic equality for over 70 million deaf people globally.

The WFD seeks a strategic, values-driven leader to head our Secretariat and manage our dedicated team of seven staff members across four continents. The ideal candidate will bring at least five years of senior management experience, including proven success leading distributed teams and securing funding from diverse sources. The successful candidate must embody deaf-led leadership principles and demonstrate excellence in building relationships with international stakeholders, from UN agencies to grassroots organisations.

The WFD has partnered with Innivee Strategies, a deaf-owned and led business based in the United States for this executive search. . Their expertise in mission-driven leadership recruitment and commitment to inclusive hiring practices aligns perfectly with WFD values as we seek our next Executive Director.

This executive leadership opportunity comes at a critical moment for deaf people’s human rights globally. The WFD strongly encourages applications from deaf candidates and those from underrepresented backgrounds, continuing our commitment to inclusive leadership that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.

5th WFD Conference – Robust Deaf Organisations

August 15, 2025

Robust Deaf Organisations

Building sustainable and resilient organisations to support the Deaf communities.

Plenary Presenter: Mr Shane Feldman (USA), expert in driving transformative change and strategic growth in mission-driven.

WFD Conference 2025 Session Equips Leaders with Governance, AI, and Fundraising Tools

At the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) Conference 202 on the third day,  organisational strategist from Inivee, Mr Shane Feldman led an interactive session titled “Robust Deaf Organizations”, aimed at empowering Deaf National Associations worldwide to strengthen governance, embrace adaptive leadership, integrate artificial intelligence (AI) ethically, and build sustainable funding strategies.

Mr Feldman highlighted the importance of addressing both technical challenges (e.g., learning new systems, improving processes) and adaptive challenges (e.g., changing team culture, improving equity, building trust). Feldman stressed that sustainable organisations go beyond quick fixes, instead fostering long-term resilience through purpose-driven leadership grounded on the following four principles: 1. Purpose Before Organisation, 2. Respect for Ecosystem, 3. Equity Mindset, 4. Authorized power.

On funding, Mr Feldman urged organisations to diversify income sources and strengthen donor relationships by combining measurable impact data with authentic community stories.

Participants during the workshop were able to connect with their related organisations during the afternoon session in a group activity strengthening their networks and sharing their experiences, advances, setbacks with directed questions that were facilitated with the support of the WFD Board Members who participated actively in the session.

The keynote presentation and workshop left participants, from 50 countries attending the Conference, inspired, energised, empowered, connected, and confident in fostering and heightening sustainable deaf organisations capable of making impactful lasting changes following the focused themes of the conference.

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