CSW67 Side Event: Feminist Accessibility Protocol: Committing to disability-accessible and inclusive technology and innovation for gender equality Date: March 9, 2023 Time: 11 am EDT Register here DRF, Women Enabled International (WEI), the Inclusive Generation Equality Collective, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, and CREA invite you to a CSW67 parallel event on ‘Feminist Accessibility Protocol … Read more…
Blog by Chrissy Zimba, Program Officer for Malawi All photos by Eve Gadama, FEDOMA The Disability Rights Fund’s (DRF) team was thrilled to co-host its second grantee convening in Malawi in November 2022 with the Federation of Disability Organizations in Malawi (FEDOMA), the umbrella body of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs). DRF typically hosts grantee convenings … Read more…
Blog by Jean-Pierre Sibomana, DRF Program Officer for Rwanda The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) and the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund (DRAF) began grantmaking in Rwanda in 2013. Over the years, we have awarded 105 grants, giving over $2 million to Rwandan organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), including 8 Special Opportunity Grants to advance the government’s Global … Read more…
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…
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…