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Abia, in New York ahead of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Summit

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48,063 signatures from 121 countries handed in around the world.

Some of the campaigns team outside the UN building on the weekend of the Sustainable Development Goals Summit

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48,063 signatures from 121 countries handed in around the world.

People pulling a rope wrapped around the globe, to stop it falling off a cliff

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Campaigners urge ECOWAS to champion disability rights to get SDGs back on track

Abia Akram, sitting in wheelchair smiling to camera

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Abia, a global campaign ambassador and disability rights activist, has been involved in the disability rights movement since 1997, ensuring that women and girls’ voices are heard.

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Joint statement by West African disability rights organisations ahead of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Summit of Heads of State and Government on Sunday 9 July 2023

UN general assembly hall with speaker on the screen

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Statement from Equal World Sightsavers at the 16th Conference of States Party to the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, delivered by Aissata Ndiaye.

A big sand timer with people holding up glue, to show that time is running out to take action on the SDGs

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Equal World is calling for action to protect global disability rights ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals summit.

Reya from Bangladesh sits at a desk writing. She has shortened limbs and is wearing a pink blouse.

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On the one-year anniversary of the Global Disability Summit, campaigners are calling on governments to follow through on commitments they made on disability rights.

A woman and two men stand outside a building. The men, one of whom is sitting, are holding up signs with the words 'Make it count'.

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Cameroon has become the second African country to begin to ratify the African Disability Protocol (ADP), which addresses unique issues that affect people with disabilities in African countries.

Jeniffer prepares the crops outside her home.

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The Global Labor Program, part of the Inclusive Futures initiative, aims to increase the inclusion of people with disabilities and improve labour rights at two large Kenyan companies.

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Sightsavers campaign sends message at the UN Sustainable Development Summit

Promise in peril campaign sends a message to world leaders

Promise in peril – ECOWAS statement

Abia Akram becomes Equal World campaign ambassador

Campaigners urge ECOWAS to champion disability rights to get SDGs back on track

Equal World statement at COSP16

World falling behind on disability rights

“We need actions: words are no longer enough”

Cameroon approves landmark disability legislation

Sightsavers and partners launch US$6 million inclusion and labour rights programme

Campaigning for disability rights around the world

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