Citizen reporting
People who have disabilities are the best people to report on the issues that affect them.
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We’re recruiting our citizen reporters, a group of young people who have disabilities living in the countries where we work, to team up with our global reporter Kim, to bring one-on-one interviews, conversations, round table discussions and radio style documentaries.
Through shaping and developing their own audio reports, asking challenging questions to people on the streets where they live, they are keen to unearth views, attitudes and perspectives of disability.
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Financial inclusion has been identified as an enabler for seven of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the World Bank Group considers it a key enabler to reducing poverty and boosting prosperity. Despite progress in recent years, people with disabilities still face multiple barriers in accessing financial services and products.
In this 23-minute conversation, Paul Horsters from GIZ’s Global Project on the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities speaks with Mary Asare and Ana de la Vega Núñez from GIZ and Sheru Muuo from Sightsavers about research they carried out in Ghana, Mexico and Kenya. They discuss why women with disabilities are often more financially excluded and how this can be improved.
Sheru also explains how, with funding from GIZ, Sightsavers is piloting a new loan product with a reduced interest rate and a longer repayment period, to support women retailers with disabilities in western Kenya to grow their businesses in the Global Labor Program – Inclusive Futures.
Learn more about our work towards an inclusive future
What we doMeet our reporters
Kim Middleton
Kim is our global reporter, exploring the complexities, challenges and successes of Inclusive Futures.
Alan Herbert
Alan is our reporter on the streets of Nairobi, and holds a diploma in journalism and media studies.
