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Atugonza stands proudly outside on a sunny day, wearing his Sightsavers-branded t-shirt.

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A graduate of Sightsavers’ innovative Connecting the Dots training programme is standing for election as a local council chairperson in Masindi district, Uganda.

September 2020

two women sit together talking. One is sitting in a wheelchair.

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Five years on from the launch of our disability inclusion strategy, we are now in quite a different place as we plan our new approach.

Tracy Vaughan-Gough, August 2020

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame speaking into a microphone.

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COVID-19 has shown the need for systems to accommodate the new risks we face. Why not take the opportunity to build them back in a way that is inclusive?

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, July 2020

A group of people sit around a table, talking together.

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Inclusive Futures, a consortium of 16 global partner organisations advocating for disability inclusion, launched its new website on 20 July.

July 2020

Two young girls with arms around each other

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In 2018 the UK and Kenya co-hosted the first-ever global disability summit. We look back at what has been achieved in the two years since.

July 2020

An elderly woman and a younger woman sit next to a man who holds a clipboard, in a hospital waiting area.

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Linsey Winter shares how the Inclusive Data Charter is helping to accelerate action on collecting and using data that includes everyone.

Linsey Winter, July 2020

A man wearing a mask hands masks to two other men.

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Sightsavers’ Equal World campaign has handed in a 25,276-signature petition to the UN and its member states, calling for the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic to be inclusive of disability rights.

July 2020

Three social inclusion participants are in a line smiling at the camera.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

COVID-19 has shown the need for systems to accommodate the new risks we face. Why not take the opportunity to build them back in a way that is inclusive?

Imran Khan, July 2020

A sign language interpreter in a TV studio.

News / Disability and inclusion /

National news bulletins in Nigeria will include sign language interpretation from July 2020, following advocacy from Sightsavers.

July 2020

A man who uses a wheelchair is assisted by another man to use a water tap to wash his hands.

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Sightsavers has identified focus areas for influencing the government and donor agencies to protect people with disabilities from the adverse impacts of COVID-19.

Ayon Debnath, July 2020

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Disability and inclusion

Sightsavers’ programme graduate stands for local election in Uganda

Sightsavers and disability inclusion: our journey so far

“A devastating toll”: COVID-19 and intersecting forms of discrimination

New website showcases innovation and research for a disability-inclusive future

Marking the two-year anniversary of the Global Disability Summit

Celebrating the Inclusive Data Charter’s second birthday

Equal World campaign hands COVID-19 disability petition to United Nations

Building back inclusively after COVID-19

Nigerian TV news to feature sign language interpreters

Disability and COVID-19 in Bangladesh: why urgent action is needed

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all