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Sightsavers supports equal opportunities for people with visual impairment and other disabilities. Our Equal World campaign fights for the rights of people with disabilities to go to school, find a job and take part fully in society. Join us and make a difference.
Join the fight for disability rights!
Around the world, there are one billion people with disabilities. Of these one billion people, 800 million live in developing countries, and more than half are women. In many countries, people with disabilities face stigma and discrimination on a daily basis and are denied basic human rights. And right now these rights are more under threat than ever.
COVID-19 and disability
People with disabilities are being disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic: facing discrimination, a lack of accessible information and being deprioritised in receiving health care. This is on top of the existing inequality and barriers to participation that many people with disabilities experience on a daily basis.
In May 2020 we launched a petition calling on the United Nations and its member countries to address this injustice. The petition gathered more than 25,000 signatures from all over the world! It was handed in to the UN and representatives from member countries on 17 July 2020.
Find out more about COVID-19 and disability rights
Watch the video below to find out why we fight for disability rights (or see the text alternative).
Join our campaign
Our Equal World campaign fights for the rights of people with disabilities.
More on the campaignFighting for a fairer world
Since 1950, Sightsavers has worked to empower people with visual impairments and other disabilities to access education, employment and health care, and play a full and active role in their communities.
Our Equal World campaign calls on the international community to make sure that global development is inclusive of people with disabilities at every level of decision-making, and in every area of life. We take a rights-based approach in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which states that people with disabilities must have their human rights upheld, and be able to claim these rights without discrimination.
By taking action – signing petitions, contacting your political representatives or sharing stories on social media – you’ll be using your voice to help us reach the widest possible audience and keep the issue of disability rights on the global agenda.
Together, we can create a fairer world.
Michel’s story
“The message that we say through this radio programme is that people with disabilities have to take part in the electoral process.”
Read his storyFind out more about our work on inclusion
Sightsavers and disability