Standard prevalence rates underestimate the true impact of disability. When linked, for example, to poverty or extra expenditures of living, its effects extend to entire households.
This webinar explores how South Sudan transformed the collection of data on students with disabilities through its Education Management Information System (EMIS), moving from manual records to digital tools and incorporating the Washington Group Questions. This shift significantly improved data accuracy, increasing the number of identified students with disabilities from 6,000 to over 41,000, and helping reshape national education policy to be more inclusive.
On International Women’s Day, three CIP Senior Associates reflect on why women with disabilities are often overlooked in care policies and how feminist and disability movements can work together to build an inclusive care agenda.
When comparing employment outcomes for persons with and without disabilities, the unemployment rate is often the first statistic cited. But does it tell the full story? This month, we explore why focusing on employment rates (and those outside the labour force) provides a more accurate picture of the barriers adults with disabilities face in accessing work.