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Simon Brown: “Our primary focus is on protecting the rights of people with disability in employment”
Simon Brown was global technical lead for economic empowerment at Sightsavers until August 2024.
Essy Olang: “We need to ensure that the voices of women with and without disabilities are heard”
Essy Olang is a project officer for Kenya Female Advisory Organization working on the Global Labor Program – Inclusive Futures.
Ellen Bates-Jefferys: “Women and people with disabilities are an integral part of the workforce, but they are usually undervalued”
Ellen Bates-Jefferys is a research manager at Innovations for Poverty Action – a partner in the Global Labor Program – Inclusive Futures.
John Wambua: “I learnt from experience how society is skewed against people with disabilities”
John Wambua works in programme planning and communications at United Disabled Persons of Kenya.
Easter Achieng: “I’ve been working on women’s rights issues for half my life”
Easter Achieng is the executive director and programmes coordinator at Kenya Female Advisory Organization.
Alex Nguyen: “Most people want to do the right thing, but they need to know how”
Alex Nguyen is a programme manager at global technology and analytics company Ulula.
Eric Wakoko: “I have a lot of lived experience of disability”
Eric is an action learning facilitator in Uganda, working with the Institute of Development Studies, as part of the Inclusive Futures employment programme.
Shiva Acharya: “Organisations need to broaden their understanding of disability”
Shiva is Nepal country lead for the disability inclusive development programme and advocacy advisor at Humanity & Inclusion – an Inclusive Futures partner.
Murali Padmanabhan: “Empowerment plus mainstreaming leads to inclusion”
Murali Padmanabhan is a disability inclusion advisor at Light for the World in India, an Inclusive Futures partner.
Elizabeth Ombati: “People are left out because the workplace is totally not accessible for them”
Elizabeth Ombati is a disability rights advocate based in Nairobi, Kenya.
