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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.

March 2022
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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.

March 2022
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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.

March 2022
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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.

March 2022
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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.

November 2020
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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.

October 2020
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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.

August 2020
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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.

July 2020
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Edwin Osundwa: “It’s vital to include people with complex disabilities in development”

Edwin is the director of Sense International, Kenya, and is a key member of both the disability inclusive business and inclusive early childhood development education programmes in Kenya – part of the Inclusive Futures initiative.

July 2020
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Bernard Sabiti: “Our role is to help stakeholders understand gaps in data and what to do about them”

Bernard is a senior strategic partnerships and engagement manager based in Uganda at Development Initiatives – an Inclusive Futures partner.

July 2020
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