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Global coalition launched to drive disability-inclusive education at GDS 2025
At the Global Disability Summit (GDS) 2025, IDA, UNICEF and IDDC hosted a high-level session focus on the urgent need for systemic transformation in education, ensuring all learners, including children with disabilities, are meaningfully inc
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Youth Call to Action launched at GDS 2025
At the Global Disability Summit (GDS) 2025, the IDA Youth Committee, UNICEF, and Sightsavers’ Equal World campaign hosted an in-person side event titled “Youth Leadership Now – A Call to Action on the Meaningful Engagement of Youth with Disabiliti
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Boosting the right of persons with disability in Africa - Alliancing for inclusive development
This fireside chat on the first day of the Global Disability Summit (GDS) brought together OPD representatives, government representatives, civil society organizations, multilateral representatives.
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GDS 2025 Side Event: Realizing Commitments to Disability Inclusive Humanitarian Action – the Role of Financing
April 2, 2025: The Global Disability Summit 2025 featured a pivotal side event hosted by the Disability Reference Group (DRG), focusing on a critical question: How can we ensure that humanitarian funding is more inclusive, reaching and empowering
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WHO announces launch of global initiative on health equity for persons with disabilities during Global Disability Summit
The Global Disability Summit 2025 hosted its first main event to discuss coordinated efforts in advancing disability-inclusive healthcare and to highlight best practices in addressing existing barriers in the status of healthcare access for person
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4500 people join GDS 2025: Call for investing in OPD driven inclusion
Over 4500 participants, including representatives of organizations of persons with disabilities from across the world have gathered together for the Global Disability Summit 2025 in Berlin, marking a moment of renewed commitment to disability incl