Disability rights
The UK disability summit: 100 days to go
It's 100 days until the world’s first global disability summit, hosted by the UK government’s Department for International Development.
Seventeen women nominated for UN disability committee
A call for better gender representation and geographical spread in the United Nations disability committee has seen 17 women from six continents put forward for election in 2018.
Why I’m standing for the UN disability committee
Growing up with visual impairment in Ghana, Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame experienced discrimination during her education and early employment years.
Ghana nominates Sightsavers employee for UN disability committee
The government of Ghana has nominated Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame for a place on the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Young artists get creative to promote disability inclusion
Art students in Bhopal painted striking murals along the wall of a hospital to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Connecting the Dots: Investing in youth with disabilities in Uganda
An evaluation of the EU-funded Connecting the Dots project run by Sightsavers in Uganda completed in August 2016.
Economic independence of people with disabilities
This supplementary evidence review looks at the effects of interventions designed to improve employment prospects for adults with physical or sensory disabilities in low and middle income countries.
Educating for inclusion in Bangladesh
This inclusive project in Bangladesh successfully promoted social and employment inclusion for people with disabilities, and developed new guidelines.
Disrupting the patriarchy through disability rights
Women with disabilities often face double, or rather triple, discrimination: for being disabled, for being women and for being poor.
Violence against women with disabilities
Colleagues at Sightsavers have been working on a series of blogs around gender equity, particularly focusing on women with disabilities in development.
