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Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

We should ask ourselves what we can do to mitigate the adverse effects suffered by people with disabilities, who have the right to enjoy life on an equal basis with others.

Sightsavers, June 2020

Three women communicate using sign language.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

If you are an organisation working to support the COVID-19 pandemic response, here are our top nine tips to ensure people with disabilities are not left behind.

Andrea Pregel, May 2020

A girl with deafblindness plays with her siblings.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Alice Nabbanja from Sense International explains how the organisation has been working with Sightsavers in Uganda supporting young people with deafblindness and complex disabilities.

Sightsavers, April 2020

A group of Disabled Person Organisation (DPO) representatives meet in Nairobi, Kenya for advocacy training and planning as part of the Inclusive Futures initiative.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers' Andrea Pregel talks through the highlights of a Twitter chat around disability and COVID-19.

Andrea Pregel, April 2020

Women wait in line for eye screening tests.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

On International Women’s Day 2020, Sightsavers' Asma Rashida highlights the additional prejudices women with disabilities face, and the important work of the Right to Health project.

Sightsavers, March 2020

two women sit behind a computer, laughing.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Rasak Adekoya shares his career story, tells us about his role helping people with disabilities secure good jobs, and what it’s like leading a film shoot as a blind person.

Sightsavers, March 2020

Blogs /

To coincide with International Women's Day, we asked our CEO, Caroline Harper, a few questions about her career at Sightsavers.

Caroline Harper, March 2020

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers’ chair, Sir Clive Jones, visited India to see how a Sightsavers programme is saving lives on the roads by screening truck drivers for vision problems.

Sightsavers, February 2020

Participants at a blood collection training session.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ new research uptake and learning advisors share their efforts to make sure our research makes a real difference to the lives of people across the world.

Sightsavers, February 2020

Blogs / Education /

Sightsavers ran a workshop in Dakar in December 2019 to promote gender mainstreaming in all its programmes.

Sightsavers, January 2020

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Blogs

'In the face of COVID-19, all people should be equal'

We must make the COVID-19 response inclusive for people with disabilities. Here’s how.

Supporting youth with deafblindness in Uganda

#DisabilityC19 Twitter chat

“We put a special focus on women with disabilities and their rights”

Celebrating the value of employees with disabilities

“I don’t look to famous women to inspire me – I look to those I know well”

Improving eye health and saving lives in India

Making research count: introducing the new uptake and learning team

Gender equality: why is it important?

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all