African Disability Forum (ADF)
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African Disability Forum (ADF) seeks to strengthen and unify the representative voices of Africans with disabilities, their families and organizations.
Joined May 2021
Insights and Highlights from the African Disability Conference and Pre-Summit 2-5 September in Nairobi, Kenya #VoicesOfAfrica #CommitToChange. Read more here 👉
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📢 ADF is conducting a short survey on the African Disability Protocol—tracking ratification, implementation, and support needs at national level. 🗓 Deadline: 9 Aug 2025.🌍 Available in EN, FR, PT & Intl Sign.🔗
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📣 Are you part of a youth-led OPD in Africa? We want to hear from you!.📝 Share your insights by completing this short survey before 23 July:. 🔗 📢 Share with other youth-led OPDs across Africa!.#DisabilityRights #YouthVoices
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RT @NUDOR_Rw: Are you a young person with a #Disability in #Rwanda ? Ready to grow your #leadership & #confidence? Apply now for the @ADF….
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Shitaye Astawes of ADF will be speaking on a panel at the @CPA_Secretariat webinar on how Parliamentarians can support inclusion of people with disabilities. 🗓️ 30 June | 🕙10:00–11:30 (WAT). 🔗Register:
@ShitayeAstawes is the Director for Advocacy and Communication at the African Disability Forum @ADFSecretariat. She has 27 years of experience in disability inclusion and development.
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RT @CPA_Secretariat: This International Day of Parliamentarism, the CPA will be hosting a webinar on how Parliamentarians can support inclu….
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📣Vacancy Announcement 📣.ADF is looking to hire a Senior Communications Officer. Apply now!. 📅 Deadline: 22 June 2025.For more info visit:
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📣 Vacancy announcement 📣.ADF is looking to hire a Senior Gender Officer. Apply now!. 📅 Deadline: 22 June 2025.For more info visit:
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ADF is at #COSP18 highlighting the urgent need for disability-inclusive development in Africa. Learn how we're working with partners to strengthen the movement and push for change across the continent. 🌍 . Read more: .#DisabilityRights #EveryoneIncluded
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📣Vacancy announcement 📣. ADF is looking to hire a Senior MEAL Officer. Apply now!. 📅 Deadline: 21 June 2025.For more info visit:
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🗣️ “The campaign for the ratification and implementation of the African Disability Protocol cannot succeed without OPDs at the centre. ”.- Auberon Jeleel Odoom, ADF Exec Council. #AfricaDay2025 #RatifyADP #InclusionMatters @Sightsavers
📣 Happening now! Moderator Shitaye Astawes kicks off our #AfricaDay2025 webinar. We're celebrating progress on disability rights & the African Disability Protocol—and reflecting on the work ahead. @Sightsavers @_AfricanUnion.#RatifyADP #DisabilityRightsAfrica
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📣 Happening now! Moderator Shitaye Astawes kicks off our #AfricaDay2025 webinar. We're celebrating progress on disability rights & the African Disability Protocol—and reflecting on the work ahead. @Sightsavers @_AfricanUnion.#RatifyADP #DisabilityRightsAfrica
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ADF Executive Director Shuaib Chalklen will speak at #InclusiveAfrica2025 — uniting leaders to advance digital accessibility across Africa. 📅 June 3–5, 2025 . Register: . #InclusiveAfrica2025 #DigitalAccessibility #inABLE
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She co-organized and facilitated a panel at the Africa Regional Workshop on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities, in partnership with ICJ. 👏🎊 2/2.#DisabilityRights #AccessToJustice #ADF #CRPD.
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Joyce Mugure, former ADF intern hosted by UDPK and now retained by the organisation, is showing the power of leadership and capacity-building in action! 1/2
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Shitaye Astawes, ADF’s Director for Advocacy and Communication, delivered a powerful keynote at the African Regional Workshop on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities. 📖 Read the full speech here: #DisabilityRights #AccessToJustice #UNCRPD
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👏 Progress in disability inclusion at the Global Disability Summit 2025!.See how the We Are Able! project is driving change:.👉 #WeAreAble #GDS2025 #DisabilityInclusion #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
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📢 Are you a young African with a disability who joined a leadership program in the last 5–10 years?. Help ADF shape a new Youth Leadership Program for #WeCanWork . 📝 Complete 3 short surveys.👉 Learn more on our website: #DisabilityInclusion #WeCanWork
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We’re calling on African leaders and institutions to endorse the Amman-Berlin Declaration on Global Disability Inclusion. 🌍✊. 📌 #AmmanBerlinDeclaration #GDS2025 #DisabilityInclusion
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From the heart of the Civil Society Forum, ADF helped shape the #CSFDeclaration at #GDS2025. Read what we’re calling for in 2025 and beyond. 📌 #GDS2025 #DisabilityInclusion #AfricaVoices #CSFDeclaration
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#GDS2025 may be over, but the work is only beginning. Here’s what ADF brought to the table — and what we’re taking forward. 👇.📌 #GDS2025 #DisabilityInclusion #AfricaVoices
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