Global Disability Summit 2025

2–3 Apr 2025 | Berlin, Germany

Wednesday, 2 April 2025 | 10:30 - 11:30

Side Event 6: Closing the gap: six principles to achieve inclusive development

Location:Hall 4.2Track:Side Event

UK aid’s flagship disability inclusion initiative, Inclusive Futures, has developed six guiding principles for inclusive development. These principles are based on extensive practical learning from working with people with disabilities and their representative organisations to drive transformative change that has reached millions of people across Africa and Asia.

Moderated by a senior BBC journalist, our event will feature a panel of female OPD leaders from the global south, consortium partners, and the UK government. Together, we will explore how donors, governments, NGOs, and activists can adopt and scale up the six principles to drive progress toward the bold goals of the 2025 Global Disability Summit.

Organized by:
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Sightsavers, International Disability Alliance, United Disabled Persons of Kenya, Network of Women with Disabilities, BBC

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4 speakers

  • Lois Auta

    Founder and President

    Network of Women with Disabilities (NWD)

  • Diana Dalton

    Head of Gender, Equalities and Rights, FCDO

    Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Esther Mkamori

    Head of Programs, United Disabled Persons of Kenya

    United Disabled Persons of Kenya (UDPK)

  • Johannes Trimmel

    Programme Director, Disability Inclusive Development

    Inclusive Futures

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Session location Hall 4.2