Meet our inclusion experts

Johannes Trimmel, project director for inclusive development, explains how our education initiatives have been made stronger by working with organisations of people with disabilities.

Andrea Pregel, technical lead for inclusive health, and Amalie Quevedo, technical advisor for sexual health, discuss why young women with disabilities experience barriers in accessing family planning services.

Mariana Rudge, senior policy adviser for social inclusion, says inclusive education can create a more equal future. But we must prioritise the people more at risk.

Hannah Dawson, policy officer on gender and social inclusion, shares what Sightsavers learned at the 2023 Women Deliver conference in Kigali, Rwanda.

Tichafara Chisaka, programme manager for inclusive data, on how Sightsavers’ updated action plan will strengthen our use of inclusive data.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, global advocacy manager, is calling on governments, civil society organisations and UN agencies to sign up and commit to making their work inclusive and accessible.

Joseph Mensah, technical adviser for civil society organisation grants, shares what Sightsavers has learned about effective social behaviour change through our project in Ghana.

Simon Brown, deputy director for economic empowerment, says excluding people with disabilities from employment is a US$6 trillion loss to the global economy.

Diane Kingston, global technical lead on disability inclusion, reveals how we provided mental health training during a four-year disability programme in Ghana.

Saleck Ould Dah and Ujala Sarfaraz, global advocacy officers, explain why development that excludes people with disabilities is incomplete and ineffective.