Inclusion International

Our Virtual General Assembly 🌍 is happening Wednesday and Thursday! This is your chance to hear how we're shaping the future of Inclusion International - and to cast your vote if you're a full member. Check your email 📬 for your invitation and registration details. Session info below:: 🗓️ Session 1: Nov 6th – 11am-1pm EST / 4pm-6pm GMT (English and Spanish) 🗓️ Session 2: Nov 7th – 4am-6am EST / 9am-11am GMT (English, French, and Arabic) See you there!

"We can make a real change when we work together with a strong, unified voice." - Siddo Oumarou, FNPH 🇳🇪 Discover how we're championing #InclusiveEducation during crises in Niger and beyond, led by Inclusion International, International Disability Alliance and Education Cannot Wait (ECW). 👉 Read more here: https://buff.ly/3Vm7111

Funding Alert! 📣 OPD representatives: the Global Disability Summit in Berlin (April 2-3, 2025) is your chance to amplify inclusion on the world stage. Apply for funding support via @IDA_CRPD_Forum by Nov 18 here https://buff.ly/3C3oEM5 Please let Manel MHIRI know if you do end up applying! #GDS2025

💬 "We now have the opportunity to translate advocacy into action, and with a strong cross-disability group, we are poised to make a meaningful impact." Thanks to the International Disability Alliance and Education Cannot Wait, our project in Colombia and Niger is bringing together advocates from across the world to fight for inclusive education in emergency settings. Read more: https://buff.ly/3YMqIB2

🌍 Today, on International Day of Care and Support, we’re also celebrating the care and support between families and their loved ones with intellectual disabilities. Care and support go both ways, with families supporting independence while receiving support in return. 💬 As Mukabarisa Felicite shares, “I support my daughter to know her rights and be included in advocacy, peer groups, and decision-making. And she, in turn, teaches me resilience and courage every day.” 💬Aida María Peralta Tovar shares, “Luis Gabriel supports me more than I support him, especially as I get older. He takes care of the household and even brings me meals in bed—he’s my right-hand man.” 📹 Explore more stories in our family video gallery!

🌍 On International Day of Care and Support, we’re spotlighting the stories of self-advocates and the support they receive. Care isn’t just about assistance—it’s about supporting choice, independence, and voice. Through support that goes both ways, self-advocates are making big contributions to their communities. 💬 Samuella Gwiza Inema shares, “The support I get helps me be involved in family activities, giving me space to argue, make decisions, and participate in income-generating activities.” Many self-advocates also need more formal support from organisations, governments, and communities. Lorraine Bradley reflects, “Sometimes my worker thinks I’m independent all the time, but sometimes I could use a little help.” 💬 Luis Gabriel Villarreal Peralta told us about his family and supporters, “They care about my interests and make sure I can meet my goals. They let me make my decisions without interfering, respecting my needs.” Visit our video gallery to hear directly from these self-advocates: https://lnkd.in/eKyzUBQT

Join the European Network on Independent Living and members of the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GC-DI) for the next in the series of webinars on the Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization, including in Emergencies! See the website for more: www.gc-di.org GC-DI members include: International Disability Alliance Inclusion International TCI Global European Network on Independent Living Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Disability Rights International and Validity Foundation

"People with intellectual disabilities have the right to live independently and be included in the community." 📣 Diana Zgherea, Moldova We are launching the global Survivor Network, connecting people with intellectual disabilities who have lived in institutions to talk about their experiences. Join to advocate together for community living and deinstitutionalisation! The first meeting will be Nov 12 at 7am (UK time).

Worldwide, 1 out of 10 children has a disability. Most of these are in areas prone to crises or emergencies. Our collaboration with Education Cannot Wait and the International Disability Alliance is creating a roadmap to remove barriers and ensure inclusivity for these children.

Last week self-advocate Lydia Fisher spoke at the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva. Lydia represented Inclusion Ireland and Inclusion International. CEDAW is a body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. There are 23 experts on women's rights from around the world on the CEDAW Committee. In Lydia’s presentation she spoke about the rights of women with intellectual disabilities. ‘As women with intellectual disabilities, we face many of the same challenges and stereotypes that all women face. But because of the added discrimination we face, the barriers are even harder for us to overcome. With the right supports we can do whatever we choose just like other women.’