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Ratify the African Disability Protocol

Ruth, a young girl who attends an inclusive school in Zambia.

The African Disability Protocol (ADP) is a human rights treaty that addresses discrimination affecting people with disabilities living in African countries.

Sightsavers’ Equal World campaign has supported the ADP to come into force across Africa, protecting disability rights for the 80 million people with disabilities living on the continent.

In 2022, Equal World launched the #RatifyTheADP campaign and worked with partners including the African Union, Africa Disability Alliance and African Disability Forum, as well as campaigners across 13 countries to call on African governments to pass the legislation.

What’s been achieved?

The protocol is the first African human rights treaty that addresses specific forms of discrimination affecting people with disabilities on the continent, such as harmful practices, beliefs and superstitions.

The ADP has now been ratified across the African Union, a huge step for disabilities rights across the continent. The campaign is now calling on countries that have ratified to update their national disability laws in line with the treaty, and calls on other countries that have not yet ratified to take the step.

Watch our video explaining the African Disability Protocol.

How to take action

Share on social media

You can spread the word today by sharing our messages on social media. Read our social media toolkit for ways to get involved.

Join the campaign

Are you interested in joining the campaign or working on ratification in your own country? For more details, Email Grace Antwi-Atsu.

Together we are stronger

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations and Sightsavers co-hosted a side event on the African Disability Protocol as part of the Global Disability Summit held in February 2022.

The event called for collaboration in order to achieve ratification of the ADP. Watch a video of the session here.

Be part of the Equal World global community

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