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News / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers has been awarded Disability Confident Employer Level 3 accreditation for its work promoting disability inclusion in the workplace.

February 2020

Abdul walking outside his school with a backpack on

Stories / Disability and inclusion /

Abdul is one of many children who has benefited from the Education for All project that aims to give all children with disabilities access to a better quality education.

A group of people with disabilities raise their hands.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The legislation, approved on 10 January, will make it illegal to discriminate or exclude people on the basis of disability.

January 2020

A woman wears a welding mask and carries tools.

Disability and inclusion / Reports /

The purpose of this report is to share learning, highlight our work and stimulate and challenge both ourselves and our partners.

Someone on crutches shakes a man's hand.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Our research shows that a lack of education and financial resources, social stigma and inaccessible physical infrastructure mean fewer people with disabilities are participating in politics in Africa.

Bhavisha Virendrakumar, October 2019

Three young men standing with their arms around each other, smiling.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

A lot of people with disabilities grow up not knowing that they have the same right to education and employment as everyone else – we need to change this. My message to other people with disabilities is: We Can.

Atugonza Milton, October 2019

News / Disability and inclusion /

A survey of civil society organisations, co-edited by Sightsavers, is being published this week during the Sustainable Development Goals summit at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

September 2019

A close up photograph of someone's hand running over a sheet of braille.

News / Disability and inclusion /

It has become the latest country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty, which allows exceptions to standard copyright laws so books can be reproduced in braille and other accessible formats.

September 2019

Deus Turyatemba stands next to an Inclusive Futures poster

News / Disability and inclusion /

The Inclusion Works programme, funded by UK aid and led by Sightsavers, will create job opportunities for more than 2,000 people with disabilities.

July 2019

Stories / Disability and inclusion /

Charles Ahumuza, who is partially sighted, reveals how Sightsavers' inclusive employment programme in Uganda has helped him to fulfil his childhood dream of becoming an electrician.

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Disability and inclusion

Sightsavers awarded for supporting staff with disabilities

Education for all in Sierra Leone

Pakistan’s first-ever Disability Rights Act becomes law

Annual inclusion report 2019

Including people with disabilities in African political life

Why I support Sightsavers' Equal World disability rights campaign

Civil society survey finds mixed results on SDGs progress

Tanzania joins the push to make accessible books more widely available

Groundbreaking new programme will enable 2,000 people with disabilities to get better jobs

Charles’s story

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