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Sightsavers joins Commit to Data campaign

We’re excited to be part of the UN’s World Data Forum campaign, which calls for data to be used to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

November 2024
Carine, a council data collector, speaks to Godjon outside her home in Nkoteng, Cameroon.

What is the Commit to Data campaign?

The Commit to Data campaign calls for organisations across the world to commit to making data a driving force to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

  • The campaign was launched in the run-up to the UN World Data Forum, which takes place in Medellín, Colombia on 12-15 November 2024.
  • The forum will bring together global governments, civil society, the private sector and many others to strengthen partnerships, encourage innovation and mobilise high-level political and financial support for data.
  • The commitments made will be discussed at the forum, helping to shape its outcomes to accelerate action for the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Why has Sightsavers joined the campaign?

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Around the world, there's a lack of accurate data on disability. This leaves people at risk of exclusion when they're not counted.

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Sightsavers works with partners to advance disability-inclusive data. We want everyone to be counted, so no one is left behind.

Together, we can use data to identify and tackle inequalities worldwide, making sure everyone is able to access their human rights.

Our commitments for the next three years

Strengthening engagement with communities in the collection and use of inclusive data

We’ll continue ensuring that the people and communities we work with are actively involved in inclusive data processes and decisions that affect them.

See how our work to advance the localisation of inclusive data has improved access to services for people with disabilities by watching our video.

Watch our video to see how we’re collecting and using inclusive data in Cameroon.

Sharing Sightsavers’ knowledge and learning about inclusive data

We will continue sharing our knowledge and learning with our partners, as we all work together to enhance inclusive data.

We recently launched the Sightsavers Inclusive Data Network (SIDN), a platform for knowledge sharing and learning on inclusive data with our partners.

Learn how we’re advancing inclusive data through the SIDN

Increasing collaboration with partners to advocate for inclusive data

We will continue working with the disability movement and development partners to advocate for disability-inclusive data to become standard practice.

See how our partnerships have already made an impact in Pakistan and Kenya.

Disability rights activist Mehnaz sits in a wheelchair outside the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Pakistan

We’re part of the Community Based Inclusive Development Network, and have supported the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics to integrate the Washington Group questions into the 2023 census. This will ensure people with disabilities are heard, and enable the government to develop informed programmes.
Read about our achievements in Pakistan (pdf)

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Kenya

Alongside partners, we supported the government to develop Kenya’s first inclusive data action plan. We’re continuing to collaborate with the government as co-chairs of a disability interagency coordinating committee to support Kenya’s commitments to disability-inclusive data and improve monitoring and accountability.
Blog: Advancing disability data in Kenya

Melanie, who has a hearing impairment, stands outside a building where she's attending a networking course.
Melanie, who has a hearing impairment, stands outside a building where she's attending a networking course.

The Inclusive Data Charter

Sightsavers is a co-founding partner of the Inclusive Data Charter, a global initiative by governments and organisations to mobilise action on inclusive data. We’re proud to join the Inclusive Data Charter secretariat and many other champions who have made Commit to Data campaign commitments.

Read more about Sightsavers’ commitments
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More about inclusive data

Abigail Brown and Boma Cliford Fosong.
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How we’re advancing inclusive data

Sightsavers recently launched the Inclusive Data Network to share our knowledge on inclusive data with the international development community.

Sightsavers, August 2024
Two staff members enter ask a man questions during a survey about river blindness.

Sightsavers launches new action plan on inclusive data

The updated plan reaffirms Sightsavers' commitment to enhancing inclusive data and collaboration in the international development sector.

November 2023
In a village in Mozambique, two people in blue polo shirts hold clipboards and talk to members of the local community.
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Lifting the rock on inclusive data: Sightsavers and the Inclusive Data Charter

We spoke to Dominic Haslam, Sightsavers’ director of policy and programme strategy, about the launch of our second Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan and how it reaffirms our commitment to inclusive data. 

Sightsavers, November 2023