Inclusive data at Sightsavers

Globally, there’s a lack of accurate data on disability, which makes it hard to address inequality. We tackle this by collecting, analysing and using inclusive data, so no one is left behind.

Joel (centre, wearing purple), a participant in our inclusive data programme, with his family and Sightsavers’ staff. © Sightsavers/Antoine Ngolkedoo

Inclusive data helps us better understand the issues that prevent people with disabilities taking part in society.

Using inclusive data, we can break down these barriers. We can improve access to services and opportunities, so everyone can claim their human rights with no one left behind.

Sightsavers works in partnership with governments and other organisations to promote inclusive data. We’re committed to improving the way it’s collected, analysed and used.

We’re proud to have co-founded the Inclusive Data Charter (IDC), a global initiative to improve inclusive and disaggregated data. In the first IDC action plan, published in 2018, Sightsavers made seven inclusive data commitments.

Our updated action plan for 2024-2027 boosts these commitments in line with our strategies on health and inclusion.

Click to read Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan 2024-27
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Click to read our vision and approach to inclusive data
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Sightsavers’ inclusive data objectives

1. Knowledge

We will continue to improve internal knowledge and practice, to strengthen evidence and our learning on how we collect, analyse and use inclusive data.

2. Partnership

We will work with partners to increase awareness and the capacity to collect, analyse and use inclusive data, to improve the way services are delivered.

3. Accountability

We will diversify resource mobilisation, engage new supporters, and strengthen our accountability and reporting to meet our commitments to inclusive data.

4. Advocacy

We will continue to advocate for governments and development organisations to improve their policies, systems and processes to use inclusive data effectively.

Read about our work

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

News / Disability and inclusion /

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

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

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

August 2024

Two staff members enter ask a man questions during a survey about river blindness.

News / Disability and inclusion /

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.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

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.

November 2023

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Five years since the creation of the Inclusive Data Charter, we’re updating our goals and commitments on inclusive data. So what are our key learnings?

July 2023

Blogs / Education /

Sightsavers’ Liesbeth Roolvink and Gillian Mackay share learnings from the SMILE project in Nigeria, where a new questionnaire is being used in schools to assess children’s educational needs.

February 2023

During a press interview in Senegal, a man faces a video camera while speaking into a microphone. Three fellow event attendees are standing behind him.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The initiative outlines the steps needed to ensure that people with disabilities are represented in official data, which will inform the government’s planning and monitoring.

December 2022

An older man talks to a younger man, who is holding a tablet computer. They are sitting in a hospital waiting room.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers' Tichafara Chisaka explains how the campaign aims to transform data in the development community and why it closely aligns with our inclusion work.

September 2022

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Sightsavers’ Aissata Ndiaye and Tichafara Chisaka share some lessons on inclusive data advocacy based on our experiences in Pakistan, Cameroon and Senegal.

July 2022

Inclusive data enables us to understand the barriers to inclusion so that we can address them.

Dominic Haslam, deputy CEO, Sightsavers

Tools and resources

Advancing inclusive data at Sightsavers: our annual reviews

These end-of-year reports detail the progress Sightsavers has made towards its Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan for 2024-2027.

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Click to read Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan 2024-27
View the easy read version

Click to read our vision and approach to inclusive data
View the easy read version