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Follow the money: how to track public spending on disability inclusion

Martha Bekele from Development Initiatives explains the challenges around budget tracking and offers recommendations on how governments can be more transparent.

June 2022
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Leave no one behind: what does data have to do with inclusion?

Development Initiatives shares learnings from its work training organisations of people with disabilities on how to collect, use and store high-quality data.

June 2022
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How schools in Nepal are including children with disabilities

As Inclusive Futures moves from testing innovations to delivering development programmes at scale, our inclusive education programme in Nepal is helping children with disabilities return to school.

April 2022
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New $7 million Inclusive Futures programme launched

The $7 million USAID-funded Global Labor Program - Inclusive Futures aims to increase the inclusion of people with disabilities and improve labour rights at the Kenyan companies of global drinks brands Coca-Cola and Diageo.

March 2022
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“I’m shocked: I thought we’d made good progress with disability inclusion”

Lorraine Wapling, a technical expert for Inclusive Futures, discusses the lack of inclusion in pandemic responses and argues why the development and humanitarian sectors need to pay attention.

September 2021
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Milestone highlights challenges for jobseekers with disabilities

The Inclusive Futures formal employment programme has reached a milestone of 10,000 completed modules of employability training for jobseekers with disabilities. Their experiences highlight why it is vital to improve opportunities and challenge discrimination.

June 2021
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Innovating for inclusion

People with disabilities are being left behind in development, so we must test new ways to ensure they are included in programmes, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Inclusive Futures programme director Johannes Trimmel talks about the need to innovate and how our programmes are making this a priority.

April 2021
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Investing inclusively: how new guidance will help include people with disabilities in economic growth

Susie Rodgers outlines how the new guidance will help investors and companies, and why it's an important step forward in inclusion.

March 2021
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COVID-19 / News and opinions /

Keeping children with disabilities in education

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the education of children with disabilities. Inclusive Futures has supported pupils to continue learning at home, and will work to get them back into education when schools reopen.

February 2021
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Losing your income during COVID-19: how Inclusive Futures is supporting people with disabilities

Worldwide, many people with disabilities have lost part or all their income as a result of restrictions imposed to control COVID-19. Inclusive Futures is providing immediate relief and long-term support for people with disabilities.

November 2020
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