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Four female sorghum farmers hold each others hands in the air while smiling. One of the women is using a crutch for assistance.

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On International Day of Rural Women, we share how the Global Labor Program is empowering rural women in Kenya by ensuring they have the skills, knowledge and opportunities to thrive.

October 2024

Two black women and three white men are sat at a long table - presenting as part of a panel. There are banners and a screen behind them saying 'African Disability Forum.' There is also a sign language interpreter to the left of the panel.

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Highlights from Inclusive Futures’ panel discussion at the African Disability Forum Conference, the premiere of our new video and the road to the Global Disability Summit.

September 2024

Two women wearing plum and yellow-coloured dresses and headscarfs are smiling and laughing.

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As the first regional events leading up to the Global Disability Summit (GDS) in April 2025, the African Disability Forum conference and African Regional Pre-Summit of the GDS are critical for reflecting on progress, advocating for change, and encouraging greater investment in disability inclusion.

August 2024

A group of men and women, with and without disabilities are stood outside of a white, single-story building. There is a banner behind them showing the words 'Inclusive Futures.'

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Sightsavers’ Claire Walsh and the International Disability Alliance’s Amba Salelkar share their reflections on the progress achieved by the flagship UK aid-funded Disability Inclusive Development programme and the road ahead.

August 2024

A group of people are smiling and holding up A4 guides, outside a school in Nigeria.

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Inclusive Futures has won a Zero award for its work on collaborating with organisations of people with disabilities (OPDs) across its inclusive education projects.

December 2023

A group of women in colourful dresses and headscarves are listening to someone speak. A woman in white is showing another woman a document in her hand.

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In this blog series, we capture the journeys our mainstream development partners have taken towards becoming more inclusive as a result of being part of the Inclusive Futures initiative.

November 2023

Onyinyechi, who is a polio survivor and information analyst, sits next to her colleague Agiri at the Nigeria civil service commission.

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Panellists from the recent webinar ‘Be inclusive: reaching women and girls with disabilities in humanitarian and development programmes’ respond to our follow-up questions.

October 2023

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Sightsavers’ Isabella Giorgio shares what she learned from a workshop to develop communication materials for an inclusive family planning project, reflecting the experiences and concerns of people with disabilities.

September 2023

A road sign with two arrows, one reads Kakuma Refugee Camp and the other one is Lodwar Kitale

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Sightsavers’ Rachel Okwar visited Kakuma to collect stories from two Inclusive Futures projects operating within the camp.

August 2023

Joan stands in front of a field of sorghum crops.

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Every year on 1 May, the Central Organization of Trade Unions Kenya holds an event in Nairobi to raise awareness about labour issues and advocate for better laws to protect workers’ rights.

April 2023

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“We’re seeing a growing recognition that people with disabilities are valuable contributors to society”

From Kenya to Berlin: conferences in Nairobi hailed as opportunity for progress in Africa’s disability rights movement

Celebrating partnership: moving disability inclusion from the margins to the mainstream

Inclusive Futures wins Zero Project award for work on education

Stories of organisational change: how our partners are putting disability inclusion into practice

How can we meaningfully include women and girls with disabilities in development programmes?

Tackling discrimination through design: lessons from an innovative workshop

World Humanitarian Day 2023: Supporting women with disabilities in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp

Labour Day 2023: promoting labour rights in Kenya

What works to include people with disabilities?