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25.11.2022

United to end violence against women and girls with disabilities

This International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women*, our gender experts Mathilde Umuraza and Jennifer Pitter-López spotlight an ...

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  • Humanitarian Action
18.11.2022

Promoting peace through football

Football is much more than a spectator sport. As Simon Madol shows us, the “beautiful game” has the power to ...

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  • Disability Rights
11.11.2022

No climate solution without disability inclusion

With the United Nations climate talks – COP27 – underway in Egypt, our Disability Inclusion Advisor, Ambrose Murangira, tells us ...

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13.10.2022

Eye health: time to expand our vision

World Sight Day is a time in the year when the whole world is encouraged to focus on eye health ...

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14.09.2022

Transforming education begins with inclusion

As children head back to school this September and the UN launches a major summit to accelerate progress on education ...

  • Disability Rights
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  • Inclusive Education
05.09.2022

World Literacy Day: Learning to read with your fingers

Today is World Literacy Day, an opportunity to celebrate the power of education - which opens up the world to ...

  • Inclusive Education
22.08.2022

Digital Technologies – The Game Changer in Inclusive Education

For the 240 million children with disabilities worldwide, and especially those in African countries, the use of assistive technology in ...

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15.07.2022

Welcome Marion Lieser, Light for the World’s new Chief Executive Officer

Marion Lieser will head Light for the World from August 2022, as founder Rupert Roniger steps down after 27 years.

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17.06.2022

COSP 2022: Why it matters

By Jane WaitheraIn 2006, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was adopted by the General Assembly ...

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