The Global Disability Summit, co-hosted by the governments of Norway and Ghana and the International Disability Alliance, aims to address the global needs of people with disabilities, and ensure they are integrated into policies and laws. It is the world’s biggest gathering of people with disabilities, governments, international agencies, charities and business leaders, and is a vital opportunity for governments and organisations everywhere to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
The Equal World petition calls on global decision-makers to attend the summit, consult and engage with organisations of people with disabilities, and make ambitious, achievable commitments to disability inclusion.
Tessa Murphy, Sightsavers’ head of campaigns, said: “The Global Disability Summit is a huge opportunity to address inequality and promote disability rights – but for that to happen, governments and global organisations need to not only attend, but ensure it results in strong, properly financed commitments to inclusion. It’s also vital that the voices of people with disabilities and their representative organisations are heard and taken into consideration ahead of, and during, the summit.”
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Sign the petitionThe film ‘Can You See Us?’ is based on the life of John Chiti, who is a Zambian albinism rights campaigner and Sightsavers’ ambassador for the African Disability Protocol campaign.
The Promise in Peril campaign culminated at the SDG summit with a declaration reaffirming commitments to achieving the global goals that explicitly references disability rights.
Dr Jalikatu Mustapha trained with Sightsavers between 2012 and 2016, becoming the only female ophthalmologist in the country.