Blogs
How does the UN disability committee election work?
An important election is taking place later in November that will have huge implications for the rights of people with disabilities across the world.
“Gender and background make a huge difference in how we experience disability”
It is important to ensure gender balance and equity to ensure that women have the right to a voice.
“Representation means speaking for ourselves”
It is important to ensure gender balance and equity to ensure that women have the right to a voice.
How the WASH initiative adapted to respond to COVID-19
Together with ministries and other organisations, Sightsavers has been working on COVID-19 behavioural messaging campaigns in nine African countries to reach millions of people across radio, television, social media and via billboards and leaflets.
COVID-19 and NTD innovation
RAMA is a new risk assessment and mitigation action tool enabling us and government partners to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19 and restart treatment.
The white cane: from my adversary to my ally
"Had my white cane given me COVID-19? I began resenting it, but it was not possible to do away with it. The more ill I became, the more I needed it."
Focusing on eye health as we build back from COVID will bring profit, not loss
Sightsavers' Sumrana Yasmin explains the cost-effectiveness of eye health interventions and the huge impact good sight has on the global economy.
Leaving no one behind in development programming
Moses Chege, Sightsavers Kenya country director, explains how Sightsavers and partners were able to reach the worst-effected people suffering from trachoma.
Accessibility of remote meeting tools
Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell looks at various meeting tools and their suitability for users with disabilities. In part two of this blog, she looks at online tools used in remote meetings.
Accessibility of remote meeting platforms
Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell looks at various meeting tools and their suitability for users with disabilities. In part one of this blog, she looks at remote meeting platforms.
