[Resource] Guidelines on identifying and addressing intersectional discrimination against girls, adolescents, women and older women with disabilities
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has adopted new Guidelines on identifying and addressing intersectional discrimination against girls, adolescents, women and older women with disabilities. The Guidelines recognise how disability, gender, age, race, indigenous identity, migration status, poverty and other factors can intersect to create distinct experiences of discrimination. There are … Continue reading [Resource] Guidelines on identifying and addressing intersectional discrimination against girls, adolescents, women and older women with disabilities [Report] Disability Inclusive Development – Inclusive Futures – Completion Report
Launched in 2018, led by Sightsaver in partnership with the International Disability Alliance, Inclusive Futures set out to demonstrate that disability inclusion is not only possible, but essential to achieving sustainable development outcomes. Working across Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, the programme brought together more than 20 consortium partners and more than 200 … Continue reading [Report] Disability Inclusive Development – Inclusive Futures – Completion Report [Blog] Changing futures: Hearing impaired children in Punjab, Pakistan, hear for the first time
For many families in Pakistan, access to support for children with disabilities remains limited. Parents often lack the financial resources or information needed to seek specialized care, which can affect children’s opportunities to learn and progress through mainstream education. With support from GPE, UNICEF and the Special Education Department, the government of Punjab aims to … Continue reading [Blog] Changing futures: Hearing impaired children in Punjab, Pakistan, hear for the first time [Blog] Building belonging by integrating Ukrainian refugees into Moldovan schools
Within hours of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the first refugee families arrived in Căușeni in Moldova. “When the refugees started to come, civil society and the community came together and did all we could to help end their nightmare,” says Ana Schiopu, manager of the civil society organization, Raza Încrederii (Ray of … Continue reading [Blog] Building belonging by integrating Ukrainian refugees into Moldovan schools [Report] 258 million children affected by crises as learning losses threaten an entire generation
A report by Education Cannot Wait – Breaking Barriers: Understanding Educational Exclusion in Crises – estimates that 258 million school-aged children and adolescents now have their education affected by crises worldwide. Of these, 93 million are entirely out of school, while millions more remain enrolled but struggle to learn under conditions that undermine their progress … Continue reading [Report] 258 million children affected by crises as learning losses threaten an entire generationNewer Posts Older Posts
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has adopted new Guidelines on identifying and addressing intersectional discrimination against girls, adolescents, women and older women with disabilities. The Guidelines recognise how disability, gender, age, race, indigenous identity, migration status, poverty and other factors can intersect to create distinct experiences of discrimination. There are … Continue reading [Resource] Guidelines on identifying and addressing intersectional discrimination against girls, adolescents, women and older women with disabilities [Report] Disability Inclusive Development – Inclusive Futures – Completion Report
Launched in 2018, led by Sightsaver in partnership with the International Disability Alliance, Inclusive Futures set out to demonstrate that disability inclusion is not only possible, but essential to achieving sustainable development outcomes. Working across Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, the programme brought together more than 20 consortium partners and more than 200 … Continue reading [Report] Disability Inclusive Development – Inclusive Futures – Completion Report [Blog] Changing futures: Hearing impaired children in Punjab, Pakistan, hear for the first time
For many families in Pakistan, access to support for children with disabilities remains limited. Parents often lack the financial resources or information needed to seek specialized care, which can affect children’s opportunities to learn and progress through mainstream education. With support from GPE, UNICEF and the Special Education Department, the government of Punjab aims to … Continue reading [Blog] Changing futures: Hearing impaired children in Punjab, Pakistan, hear for the first time [Blog] Building belonging by integrating Ukrainian refugees into Moldovan schools
Within hours of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the first refugee families arrived in Căușeni in Moldova. “When the refugees started to come, civil society and the community came together and did all we could to help end their nightmare,” says Ana Schiopu, manager of the civil society organization, Raza Încrederii (Ray of … Continue reading [Blog] Building belonging by integrating Ukrainian refugees into Moldovan schools [Report] 258 million children affected by crises as learning losses threaten an entire generation
A report by Education Cannot Wait – Breaking Barriers: Understanding Educational Exclusion in Crises – estimates that 258 million school-aged children and adolescents now have their education affected by crises worldwide. Of these, 93 million are entirely out of school, while millions more remain enrolled but struggle to learn under conditions that undermine their progress … Continue reading [Report] 258 million children affected by crises as learning losses threaten an entire generationNewer Posts Older Posts