Description

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is a UN day that is celebrated every year on 3 December.

The day is about promoting the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities at every level of society and development, and to raise awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in all aspects of political, social, economic, and cultural life.

Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors.

Obverse

Depicts the logo of all disabilities persons:

• head with a puzzle: Autism
• man with a stick: blind or have low vision people
• wheelchair: individuals with limited mobility
• ear with a slash: hearing loss
• lamp within head: psychiatry

Shaken hands in the middle symbolise awareness. The date below. The inscriptions "The Ministry of Social Solidarity" above and "International Day of Persons with Disabilities" below.

The Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS) is the government body responsible for providing social safety networks for Egypt's most vulnerable citizens.

وزارة التضامن الاجتماعي
3-12-2022
اليوم العالمي للاشخاص ذوي الاعاقة

Reverse

State name in Arabic, denomination in Arabic and English, and year of issue in Gregorian and Hijri calendar years (both in Arabic).

جمهورية مصر العربية
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جنيه
٢٠٢٢م ONE POUND ١٤٤٣هـ

Edge

1 Pound

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

KM# 1082
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Nickel Plated Steel
Center Brass Plated Steel
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Cairo Mint

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