Disability Rights Fund
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We support disability rights movements to unleash their power and celebrate diversity.
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Joined April 2013
Our 2024 Annual Report is out! 🌍 Rooted in Disability Inclusion, Rising in Collective Power 🌍 From Nigeria to Nepal to the Pacific Islands, disability movements are driving solutions the world urgently needs. Read and amplify the report! https://t.co/cIGTR5IYwS
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Announcing Disability Rights Fund's 2024 annual report.
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📢 Disability Caucus at #COP30: As part of the event at COP30, AAN is pleased to highlight that Bonface Massah, the Executive Director, will join the high-level engagement, representing the Disability Caucus, and speak at the: Justice and Human Rights Day's Closing Event:
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It is today! The #DisabilityConference2025 kicks off, and you can follow everything in real time. Explore the website and stay connected. https://t.co/XnzZxd3iJF
#Disability20SouthAfrica #D20SouthAfrica #G20SouthAfrica #RatifyTheADP
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📍Beyond the False Choice: Integrating Rigor and Values in Evaluation by Rhonda Schlangen and DRF's Melanie Kawano-Chiu Read this blog in American Evaluation Association's AEA 365 on aligning rigor with values for evaluation practices. https://t.co/D2aXNfviPm
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❤️🔥 Today is the #InternationalDayOfCareAndSupport! 📝 Read & amplify our blog, My Story: Care, Support & the Right to Live with Dignity, by Scader Louis, feminist disability rights activist and co-founder of the Spinal Injuries Association of Malawi. 🔗
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Women with disabilities like me are influencing the agenda of inclusive care and support systems. We cannot be left behind. We must have a seat at the table.
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🌍 Join our webinar! ✊🏾 Care and Support for People with Disabilities: Reflections on the Advisory Opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 📅 Oct 28 | 3–5 PM CET / 10 AM–12 PM ET 🔗 Register: https://t.co/hDoHSVnzrG
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#LeaveNoOneBehind At HIFWYD we believe no one should be left behind. Let's ensure that persons with disabilities are fully included in our programs and interventions. Picture Description: The above writeup, a man on wheelchair, a blind man walking with a guide cane and his aid
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🙌🏾 Congratulations to, @TheDJP_, for being one of the winners of Covering Climate Now's '2025 CCNow Journalism Awards'. 📽️ Rising Tides, Raising Voices shows how climate change & systemic barriers impact Indigenous Pacific Islanders with disabilities. https://t.co/2XeFFbliJg
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(alternative text: ) Indigenous Pacific Islanders with Disabilities Race Against Time to Ensure that When the Next Disaster Strikes, No One Is Left Behind Award Announcement: Rising Tides, Raising...
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“Inclusion must move from words to action.” In her new blog, DRF's @Chrissyzimba reflects on Malawi’s 2025 grantee convening & how OPDs are driving change—from implementing the new Disability Act to ensuring commitments like #GDS25 reach communities.
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The Road Ahead The convening closed with a strong call to action: Develop a coalition-based funding application to maximize resources and strengthen the collective voice of the movement. Engage...
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Happy International Day of Sign Languages! "This year’s theme is ‘No Human Rights Without Sign Languages’. Sign languages are a bridge for human connectivity, linguistic identity, equal opportunities & wellbeing." Washington Opiyo Sati, DRF's Regional Program Manager, Africa.
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DRF stands with the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition: Don’t invite polluters to the COP30 table! Unchecked corporate influence is not compatible with climate leadership. Sign the letter: https://t.co/FcvomdhISf Read KBPO Press Release: https://t.co/SivRG34Mjy
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🚨The Israeli offensive to seize control of Gaza city will be catastrophic for the civilian population of the besieged strip, with aggravated consequences and compounded suffering for persons with disabilities, UN experts* warned today. https://t.co/q2FzCj3wsA
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GENEVA – The Israeli offensive to seize control of Gaza city will be catastrophic for the civilian population of the besieged strip, with aggravated consequences and compounded suffering for persons...
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"Our dreams are bigger than our fears!" 🌟 What a terrific video on #DisabiltyPride by @IdiwaNgo. 🔥
We believe #Inclusion goes beyond #Classrooms, it extends to #Workplaces too. #InclusiveEducation must lead to #InclusiveEmployment, where #ChildrenwithDisabilities grow into #EmpoweredAdults contributing their #SkillsandTalents without #Barriers. #LeaveNoOneBehind
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🔥Read our latest blog, Perseverance and Resistance in Haiti’s Disability Rights Movement. 💫Since DRF began resourcing in Haiti, we’ve walked alongside partners shaping inclusive humanitarian & climate justice responses & more. https://t.co/IUq5m3Zct3
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On World Youth Day, I want to highlight powerful work by the Disability Rights Fund @DisabRightsFund They’ve just premiered Inclusive Democracy: Youth with Disabilities Shifting Political Power in Uganda , a short film that amplifies the voices of young leaders reshaping
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Today I met with representatives of the Palestinian General Union for Persons with Disabilities, Palestinian Disability Coalition, Arab Organisation of Persons with Disabilities, Disability Justice for Palestine Collective and @IDA_CRPD_Forum to discuss the grave and growing
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🚨Tomorrow (Thursday): Situation of persons with disabilities in Occupied Palestine Territory. Join the 33rd Session on Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). ⏰ 3 pm Geneva time 📺Watch live ➡️ https://t.co/YjjrWwEo33
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Situation of persons with disabilities in Gaza and the West Bank (cont'd)
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🚨Tomorrow (Wednesday): Situation of persons with disabilities in Occupied Palestine Territory. Join the 33rd Session on Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). ⏰ 3 pm Geneva time 📺Watch
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Situation of persons with disabilities in Gaza and the West Bank
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The #CRPD Committee opened its 33rd session (Aug 11–26) 📅. It will review DPRK, Maldives & Finland, and hold an event on Art. 11 and persons with disabilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. 📺 Watch it live:
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Opening of session
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🔥 Happy World Youth Day! 📽️ We are proud to premier our short film: Inclusive Democracy: Youth with Disabilities Shifting Political Power in Uganda featuring the energizing youth members of @ShowAbilitiesUg! 🔥Watch & retweet! https://t.co/J3guXbRSgo
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