Disability rights
Changing perceptions about living with blindness through positive role models
Our experience clearly tells us that blind people largely exist in the fringes of our community. Being blind is not the problem, it is the understanding.
Disability disaggregation of data: report
A report on the initial steps undertaken to include disaggregation of data by disability in two projects in Tanzania and India.
Celebrities put themselves in the picture to support Sightsavers’ campaign
Paralympic Kelly Gallagher and Gaz Coombes from Supergrass have been photographed by Rankin to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities today.
Voices of the marginalised: briefing
A pilot project bringing the perspectives of those who live in poverty or who are highly marginalised into post-2015 policymaking.
Equality in the post-2015 development agenda: promoting inclusion for people with disabilities
A Sightsavers development agenda to ensure the full and equal participation of people with disabilities in the post 2015 framework.
Disability in the post-2015 framework
A paper arguing that the absence of specific reference to disability in the MDGs has resulted in the increased marginalisation of persons with disabilities.
Islamabad declaration of accessibility
A declaration prepared by officials, representatives, workers, and people with disabilities on accessibility in Pakistan.
Not on the guest list: people with disabilities and the Millennium Development Goals
At the mid point of the Millennium Development goals Sightsavers addresses the exclusion of people with disabilities and sets out a context for discussion.
Disability framework in Pakistan
A handbook detailing baseline information, policy perspectives and frameworks for analysis of the status of disability in Pakistan.
