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Building a Movement for Inclusive Nigeria: Highlights of DRF’s Grantee Convening

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 by Rucha Chitnis

Blog by Theophilus Odaudu, Program Officer, Nigeria In October 2022, the Disability Rights Fund (DRF) co-hosted a grantee convening in Nigeria with the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), the umbrella body of organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs). The convening, titled ‘Leveraging Our Diversity to Build a Cohesive Movement that Leaves No One Behind,’ brought together over 26 OPDs comprising current grantees and … Read more…

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Meet the Three Winners of the 2022 Diana Samarasan Disability Rights Advocacy Award

November 17, 2022November 22, 2022 by Rucha Chitnis

Blog by Rucha Chitnis The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) team is thrilled to award the 2022 Diana Samarasan Disability Rights Advocacy Award to three powerhouse intersectional feminists—all Nigerian women with disabilities. Congratulations Grace Jerry, Founder of Inclusive Friends Association, Benedicta Oyedayo Oyewole, Program Officer for Diversity and Inclusion at WHER Initiative, and Hauwa Ojeifo, Founder … Read more…

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Meet Two Disability Justice Project Fellows Modeling Inclusive Storytelling in Indonesia

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 by admin

Blog by Melissa Shang Storytelling is essential in the world. Stories are an invaluable vessel of knowledge and learning, deepening human connection and have the power to catalyze systemic change. However, most storytelling is not inclusive of persons with disabilities, and many stories are often left untold. Non-disabled persons, largely, control the narrative and are … Read more…

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Grassroots Disability Movement Propels Malawi to Make Bold Commitments for GDS

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 by Rucha Chitnis

Blog by Rucha Chitnis In February 2022, the Malawi Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare made ambitious commitments at the Global Disability Summit (GDS) in Norway. Simon Munde, the acting executive director of Federation of Disability Organization in Malawi (FEDOMA), a long-term grantee of the Disability Rights Fund (DRF), is thrilled by this … Read more…

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Putting the Spotlight on Sign Language and Virtual Spaces

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 by Rucha Chitnis

Blog by Kerry Thompson, DRF’s Inclusion & Accessibility Development Manager “The most important thing in communications is to hear what isn’t being said.” I love this quote because as a Deaf person, I see so much around me that is communicated without uttering a single verbal word. Sign language was my first language before English, … Read more…

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