Disability and inclusion Archives | Page 18 of 22

Women smiling at camera, holding plate with omelette

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An evaluation of the EU-funded Connecting the Dots project run by Sightsavers in Uganda completed in August 2016.

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This supplementary evidence review looks at the effects of interventions designed to improve employment prospects for adults with physical or sensory disabilities in low and middle income countries.

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This inclusive project in Bangladesh successfully promoted social and employment inclusion for people with disabilities, and developed new guidelines.

A 45-year-old lady is standing on crutches. She is wearing bright red clothes and a boy is asleep on a bed behind her.

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Women with disabilities often face double, or rather triple, discrimination: for being disabled, for being women and for being poor.

Munazza Gillani, March 2016

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Colleagues at Sightsavers have been working on a series of blogs around gender equity, particularly focusing on women with disabilities in development.

Sightsavers, March 2016

Disability and inclusion / Reports /

The objective of the project was to ensure people with disabilities can participate equally in socio-economic activities and community life.

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I’d like to draw attention to the rights of women during disasters.

Fred Smith, March 2016

A young woman sitting in her wheelchair on a dirt road.

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Women and girls with disabilities belong to two vulnerable groups, so they potentially face double discrimination.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, March 2016

Close up of hands holding a disability identity card.

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To mark the 60th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations, Sightsavers presents a series of blogs on gender and disability.

Tracy Vaughan-Gough, March 2016

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Findings of a synthesis report to collect knowledge, experience and learning from Sightsavers’ projects with an economic empowerment component.

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Disability and inclusion

Connecting the Dots: Investing in youth with disabilities in Uganda

Economic independence of people with disabilities

Educating for inclusion in Bangladesh

Disrupting the patriarchy through disability rights

Violence against women with disabilities

‘Inclusive’: Barrier-Free Inclusive Society for Persons with Disabilities

Rights during disasters: what about women with disabilities?

Women with disabilities: a call for better representation

On gender and disability

iReflect Economic Empowerment and Financial Inclusion

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