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Learn how our disability inclusion work is changing the lives of some of the world’s most excluded people, and why it matters.

In our latest news, blogs and stories, we also explore the successes and challenges faced by the organisations collaborating to deliver this work.

A group of men laugh while playing a board game about family planning.

Global Disability Summit 2025: Closing the gap between disability inclusion and development

Inclusive Futures is attending the summit in Berlin on 2-3 April. Visit our booth or attend our panel event to connect with us and learn more about our programme insights.
Beryl, who is blind and has hearing loss in one ear, sits at a table making a mat.

Sense International wins prestigious Zero Project award for its work with entrepreneurs with disabilities

Sense International has won a 2025 Zero Project Award for empowering individuals with deafblindness and complex disabilities in Kenya to build successful businesses and achieve financial independence.
A photo of the panel at the event. Susannah, Alasdair, Paul, Kavita and Johannes are sitting on stage in front of the audience, and Lydia appears on a projector screen.

Driving change: launching the six principles for inclusive development

Inclusive Futures and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office marked International Day of People with Disabilities by jointly hosting an event to launch the six principles for inclusive development.
Three people seated on a couch smiling for the camera.

Empowering women through the Global Labor Program

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

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

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

From Kenya to Berlin: conferences in Nairobi hailed as opportunity for disability rights progress

In the run-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 advocating for change.
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.'

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

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

Inclusive Futures wins Zero Project award for work on education

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

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

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

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

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

Tackling discrimination through design: lessons from an innovative workshop

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

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

Sightsavers’ Rachel Okwar visited Kakuma to collect stories from two Inclusive Futures projects operating within the camp.
Joan stands in front of a field of sorghum crops.

Labour Day 2023: promoting labour rights in Kenya

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.
A mother and her two sons are smiling and laughing.

How can building collaborative alliances support disability inclusion?

What we've learned in Inclusive Futures about building collaborative alliances with and between local authorities and organisations of people with disabilities to support disability inclusion.
A man with a visual impairment is talking to other people with disabilities at an eye clinic in Nigeria.

A guide to building successful partnerships between INGOs and disability organisations

Inclusive Futures is committed to engaging people with disabilities in its programmes. But what does this term really mean, and what does it look like in practice?

Why disability inclusion in sexual health is vital: the key messages

Access to and uptake of sexual and reproductive health for people with disabilities is one of the important milestones to reach the commitment to universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals.
A girl with a disability interacts with children without disabilities in her class.

Our work on inclusive early childhood development and education in Kenya

To celebrate World Children's Day, we take a closer look at our work on early childhood development and education in Kenya, and what makes it innovative.
Jennifer Williams.

It’s time to ensure the rights of people with disabilities to sexual and reproductive health. Here’s where to start

One in five women has a disability, yet women and girls with disabilities have been consistently neglected in sexual health programmes.
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Key barriers affecting access to and uptake of family planning for people with disabilities

The evidence base on family planning for women and girls with disabilities has grown rapidly over the past decade. However, there remain considerable gaps.
Lucas, a farmer with a disability and a network hub manager stands in front of his shop. The writing on the shop says: “Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture East Africa. Atwendi Farmers Solution and Aggregation Centre.”

Using social network analysis to improve the working conditions of sorghum farmers in Kenya

As a partner in the Global Labor Program in Kenya, LINC is exploring how farmers relate with others in the sorghum value chain.
Jane Akinyi is smiling at the camera and holding a basket of seeds.

International Day of Rural Women 2022: how we’re helping to transform the lives of women farmers

To celebrate International Rural Women's Day on 15 October, we are highlighting the stories of some of the women farmers we work with in rural western Kenya.
A woman farmer is photographed on her land holding farming tools and seeds.

Measuring the impact of our work with farmers in Kenya

A survey carried out at the start of the Global Labor Program will help us to measure whether our approach results in more men and women with disabilities being confident about exercising their labour rights.
A group of women taking part in a focus group discussion led by Ulula smile at the camera.

Using accessible technology to improve labour force inclusion in Kenya

Global tech company Ulula is creating a digital platform that will share labour rights information with workers in the supply chains of large-scale businesses in Kenya.
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