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Disability and inclusion

Hazrat with his family.

‘Inclusive’: Barrier-Free Inclusive Society for Persons with Disabilities

The objective of the project was to ensure people with disabilities can participate equally in socio-economic activities and community life. 

Rights during disasters: what about women with disabilities?

I’d like to draw attention to the rights of women during disasters.

Fred Smith, March 2016
A young woman sitting in her wheelchair on a dirt road.

Women with disabilities: a call for better representation

Women and girls with disabilities belong to two vulnerable groups, so they potentially face double discrimination.

Close up of hands holding a disability identity card.

On gender and disability

To mark the 60th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations, Sightsavers presents a series of blogs on gender and disability.

Tracy Vaughan-Gough, March 2016
Sylvia sat down, knitting on a machine.

iReflect Economic Empowerment and Financial Inclusion

Findings of a synthesis report to collect knowledge, experience and learning from Sightsavers’ projects with an economic empowerment component.

A woman, smiling, hugs her daughter and best friend.

Voices of the marginalised: January 2016 update

A community-based participatory project, aiming equitably to involve community members, organisational representatives and external researchers.

Bhanvari, who is blind, weaves in her home in the Bikaner district of India.

Empowerment and inclusion: strategic framework 2015

This framework document clarifies what disability inclusion means for Sightsavers and sets out how we can achieve it.

Children stand outside their school in Bangladesh.

Disability, disasters and empowerment

A Sightsavers report identifying the causes of vulnerability to disasters for people with disabilities in Satkhira, Bangladesh.

Woman pushing child in wheelchair

Strengthening Sightsavers’ reach and impact in West Africa: end-of-term evaluation

The achievements from the first four years of the “Strengthening Sightsavers reach and impact in West Africa” 2012-2015 programme supported by Irish Aid.

People in Bhopal, India attend a busy eye screening meeting.

Everybody counts: policy brief

A Sightsavers project identifying a number of barriers that can prevent people from engaging with providing and collecting data on disability.