Disability rights
Sightsavers launches COVID-19 disability rights petition
The Equal World COVID-19 petition was launched in response to reports from around the world of the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on people with disabilities.
Sightsavers calls on global health leaders to stop discrimination amid COVID-19
Global health leaders have been urged to make sure people with disabilities are not discriminated against during the COVID-19 pandemic, and are able to access the healthcare they need.
We must make the COVID-19 response inclusive for people with disabilities. Here’s how.
If you are an organisation working to support the COVID-19 pandemic response, here are our top nine tips to ensure people with disabilities are not left behind.
Guidance for including people with disabilities in responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
In the immediate- and long-term response, it is vital that all development partners take steps to strengthen health systems that are disability-inclusive.
"We need to change the language around COVID-19."
Sightsavers’ disability inclusion adviser, Shikuku Obosi, urges journalists and government officials to use disability-friendly language when discussing COVID-19 in a new comment piece published in the media.
“As a parent, to see your child happy, is as much as you can ask”
Sightsavers and Sense International supported 14-year-old Hellen and her family from Masindi, Uganda, by helping them communicate with each other and support themselves financially.
Supporting youth with deafblindness in Uganda
Alice Nabbanja from Sense International explains how the organisation has been working with Sightsavers in Uganda supporting young people with deafblindness and complex disabilities.
#DisabilityC19 Twitter chat
Sightsavers' Andrea Pregel talks through the highlights of a Twitter chat around disability and COVID-19.
Sightsavers calls for more women on UN disability committee
The committee, which monitors implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, currently has six women and twelve men.
“We put a special focus on women with disabilities and their rights”
On international Women’s Day, Sightsavers' Asma Rashida highlights the additional prejudices women with disabilities face, and the important work of the Right to Health project.
