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Our Model: Theory of Change & 5-Year Strategic Plan

Three women are wearing bright traditional Indonesian dresses. A young woman in front is holding a sign, 'Equality.'

Disability in Numbers

1 in 6

globally

1 in 6 people globally live with a disability, representing 16% of the world’s population.

1 in 5

women

1 in 5 women globally live with a disability, experiencing multiple and exacerbated levels of violence and exclusion.

3%

Merely 3% of all human rights funding resources disability rights.

Theory of Change

A brightly colored graphic with circular logos of Disability Rights Fund and Disability Rights Advocacy Fund with a headline: Theory of Change The graphic has the purpose, vision, values, strategic pillars, and long-term goals of DRF. There are five photos embedded in the graphic. On top are two photos of disability rights activists. On the top left is a photo of a hijabi wheelchair user holding a sign: Let’s Collab! One the top right is a photo of a hijabi woman holding a sign: Our Voice. Our Rights. Our Future. At the bottom of the graphic are three photos of disability rights advocates: On the left is a photo of an Ugandan woman filming on a camcorder. In the middle is a photo of an Indonesian woman holding the sign, Learning. And on the bottom right is a photo of a smiling Congolese man in a traditional dress and hat giving a thumbs up sign.

Click here to see the PDF version of our Theory of Change. 

DRF's 5-Year Strategic Plan

Disability-Led Futures for a Just World: DRF's Path to 2029: Our 5-year strategic plan embodies our unwavering commitment to unleash the power of disability rights movements in the Global South and celebrate disability pride. Our work is evolving, working in solidarity with movements with an intersectional feminist approach. And it draws on the power of organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) to demand new rules for accountability amidst a loud rhetoric on equity with little action from philanthropy to resource diverse disability movements in the Global South.

A cover photo with the logo of Disability Rights Fund and text: Disability-Led Futures for a Just World: DRF’s Path to 2029 disabilityrightsfund There is a photo of four African women, all wheelchair users, who are holding hands in unity.
Read the Strategic Plan in English PDF
Read the Strategic Plan in Bahasa PDF
Read the Strategic Plan in French PDF
Read the Strategic Plan in English WORD
Read the Strategic Plan in Bahasa WORD
Read the Strategic Plan in French WORD

Cross-cutting priorities

A circular, connected design in multiple colors of DRF's seven cross-cutting priorities. Text: Gender justice, inclusive climate justice, youth rights, economic justice, solidarity with Indigenous Peoples, Inclusive LGBTQI+ rights and advancing racial justice
  • Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples
  • Gender Justice
  • Inclusive Climate Justice
  • Advancing Racial Justice
  • Inclusive LGBTQI+ Rights
  • Youth Rights
  • Economic Justice

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