Disability Rights Fund

🎊 Join our virtual event celebrating the launch of DRF’s new brand and 5-year visionary strategic plan!  ✊🏽 Event: Disability-Led Futures for a Just World ⏰ Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at 9 am EDT; Duration: 60 minutes 🎟 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gG6rWw8w 💡 Learn about 'DRF's Path to 2029' and hear from grassroots disability rights activists and DRF team members share about our exciting vision to unleash the power of disability rights movements in the Global South. Image ID: A white poster with featured text: Join Our Celebratory Virtual Event! Disability-Led Futures for a Just World. The poster has three images of people: a smiling man giving a thumbs up, a young woman holding the sign ‘EQUALITY’ and two women using their wheelchairs are dancing.

💥 DRF's movement team is participating in Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)'s forum in Cape Town with our feminist grantee partners, Hope Inspired Foundation for Women and Youth with Disabilities, Women Albinism Association and Women Enabled International. 💬 Visit DRF's exhibit at stand 39 to meet our team and learn why disability-inclusive #SRHR (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights) is critical for gender justice. 💡 As Hajira Kaggwa from Women Albinism Association highlights: "Disability inclusion in feminist movements is not just an add-on. It’s a fundamental shift that redefines the fight for SRHR and against gender-based violence, ensuring every woman's rights & experiences are recognized and valued." #SVRIForum24 Image ID: A purple poster with a circular quote bubble with a photo of a woman wearing a green t-shirt, glasses and a hat. Quote by Hajira Kaggwa: "Disability inclusion in feminist movements is not just an add-on. It’s a fundamental shift that redefines the fight for SRHR & against gender-based violence, ensuring every woman's rights & experiences are recognized & valued."

Today is the inaugural DAF Day! Did you know that you can use your donor-advised fund, or DAF, to support Disability Rights Fund? DAFs are a great way to resource the transformative and intersectional feminist solutions of diverse disability rights movements. If you are looking to support our movement-building work, please go to our new giving page: https://lnkd.in/e2ZrMuff #DAFday #DAFday2024 Image ID: An orange graphic celebrating 'DAF Day'. At the top, white and yellow text reads “Happy DAF Day!”. Below, the text reads, “Let’s use DAFs to support disability rights for everyone, everywhere.” At the bottom, the Disability Rights Fund logo is shown, featuring a white circular icon with geometric shapes and the organization’s name in white text. On the right, a woman is wearing bright traditional Indonesian dress and holding a sign, Our voices. Our rights. Our futures.'

🔦 Our board co-chair, Alberto Vásquez Encalada, shares insights from the Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network's case study on funding dynamics within the disability sector, titled 'Localisation and Disability: Investments in OPDs in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Kenya.' 🎯 "The findings are stark, though not surprising: Local OPDs face significant barriers to direct funding, as donors typically channel resources through large INGOs, which often prefer working with umbrella OPDs. By the time funds reach smaller local OPDs, much has been absorbed by intermediaries, leaving little for on-the-ground work. Additionally, intermediaries often favour non-OPD implementers, and in the humanitarian sector, partnerships tend to be transactional, reducing OPDs to mere service delivery roles. Furthermore, OPDs are frequently excluded from the early stages of projects, with key decisions already made by donors and INGOs. Many intermediaries also prevent OPDs from communicating directly with donors, further limiting their access to funding opportunities."

🌞 What is the story of our new brand? 🌏 DRF's new brand reflects our commitment to inclusion. Our refreshed logo symbolizes diversity and the journeys of movements. The rays symbolize unity and convergence, aligning with our values to deepen solidarity for disability-led futures. 🔦 Check out our new website, and let us know what you think! https://lnkd.in/gRi2iSpU

🎉 We are proud to announce the launch of our new brand and 5-year strategic plan: Disability-Led Futures for a Just World: DRF’s Path to 2029! ✨ DRF’s 'Path to 2029' is guided by 4 key pillars: 1️⃣ Unleashing the power of disability movements in the Global South  2️⃣ Driving change through peer and collective learning  3️⃣ Opening spaces for advocacy  4️⃣ Strengthening DRF’s sustainability    🌍 Learn more about our journey ahead and join us in celebrating this milestone.   https://lnkd.in/eZcptitE

🙌🏽 We’re excited to welcome Myroslava Tataryn as the new Chief of Movements Division at the Disability Rights Fund! 🌏 Myroslava has been a steadfast ally of DRF for many years and now joins our team with a deep commitment to advance disability rights in the Global South. With a background in grantmaking and public health, she brings a wealth of expertise to support DRF’s purpose to shift power toward grassroots movements of inclusion. 🤩 Reflecting on her new role, Myroslava shared, “I love the way DRF's strategic plan recognizes that shifting how we fund and the nature of our grants is intimately linked with the power that our grantees wield and the possibilities they can unleash." Join us in welcoming Myroslava to the team! To learn more about her vision, read our full Q&A. https://lnkd.in/gRH3T52P

🚨 Don't miss the priority deadline for our Executive Director search! ⏰ Apply by: September 15th, 2024 🔗 Application link: https://shorturl.at/08iMZ Image ID: A purple and white poster with a graphic of a white megaphone and logo of the Disability Rights Fund. Text: WE ARE HIRING! Executive Director 

✨We were thrilled to interview Áine Kelly-Costello who shared their thoughts on the power of stories from the margins to make political and narrative shifts. 📣Read and amplify! https://lnkd.in/gxi5_szK

💬 "Disability rights need to shift from ‘nice to have’ to ‘must have’. " 🖊️ Read our latest report, on advancing the disability rights agenda ahead of the 2025 Global Disability Summit. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/giRANv4r