Strengthening disability inclusion in humanitarian action

The past five years have been pivotal for advancing disability inclusion in the humanitarian sector. Despite this progress challenges to effective inclusion remain. Chief among these is acknowledging that persons with disabilities and their organisations are not passive beneficiaries but agents of change, rights holders and key actors in humanitarian response. The lack of data about people with disabilities that any efforts to strengthen inclusion depend on is another important gap.

Drawing on the upcoming Humanitarian Exchange Magazine on Disability Inclusion and Network Paper on addressing the disability data gap published by the Humanitarian Practice Network, this event will explore disability-inclusive practices and approaches being used; and what more needs to be done to ensure the rhetoric around disability-inclusive humanitarian preparedness and response is being translated into action.

Moderator

• Wendy Fenton - Coordinator, Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN), ODI

Speakers

• Alradi Abdalla – Bridge CRPD-SDGs Training of Trainers Officer, International Disability Alliance
• Sherin Al Sheikh Ahmed – Age and Disability Inclusion Advisor, Islamic Relief Worldwide
• Simione Bula – Regional Coordinator, Disaster Risk Reduction, Pacific Disability Forum
• Sulayman AbdulMumuni Ujah – National Project Officer, International Disability Alliance (Africa Disability Forum's Inclusion Work/Organisations of Persons with Disabilities engagement in Nigeria)

Live captioning and sign language interpretation will be available for this webinar.