In this new research project, #DisabilityJustice activists and inequality campaigners from Ghana and Kenya developed a set of tools to better connect disability justice with broader fights against inequality and vice versa.
Find out more: add.org.uk/research-fin...
#CollaborationForJustice
Graphic image written World Hearing Day, the ADD international logo is at the top right corner.
On this #WorldHearingDay, we join the global call to raise awareness about hearing health.
Hearing health is a #DisabilityJustice issue. Access to communication, healthcare, and assistive technology should be prioritised for the deaf and hard of hearing who face injustices across various systems.
Sheila Opiyo is a #DisabilityJustice leader and activist from Kenya, she is part of 2025 cohort of the Global Disability Leadership Academy. She has used her advocacy skills and communication platforms to promote awareness and inclusion.
Read more about Sheila’s story: add.org.uk/sheila-opiyo/
A graphic image titled Uniting for Change: Strengthening Collaboration Between Disability Justice and Inequality Activists. Online discussion to share reflections and experiences on working together based on our new research. The speakers for the online discussion are, Dr Danny Sriskandarajah, CEO New Economics Foundation. Ms. Yetneberesh Nigussie Molla, ADD Co-chair. Francis Bichnord Asong, Executive Director Africa Disability Institute, and moderated by Dr Philippa Mullins, Research Associate, KU Leuven; Visiting Fellow at LSE’s International Inequalities Institute. Hosted by ADD International and Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity.
On 4 March 2026, ADD International will host a webinar titled“Uniting for Change, strengthening Collaboration Between Disability Justice and Inequality Activists.”
The event builds on new research project engaging activists from Ghana and Kenya.
Register: add.org.uk/disability-a...
In a blog shared by Bond UK, Perpetual Kariuki reflects on her own experiences to show how disability is often understood only through what is visible and explains that this view ignores hidden disabilities.
📖 Read more: gqr.sh/GMVS
🎙️ Register for the upcoming webinar: → gqr.sh/7bhS
ADD International is leading a new research project funded by Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity (AFSEE) that engages with activists in Ghana and Kenya focusing on disability justice and on reducing inequality to develop a set of tools to support both movements.
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Graphic Image written Our 2026 Resolutions. The ADD International logo is at the top right corner and four illustrations of people with their fists raised at the bottom of the image.
In 2026, we recommit to :
💡 Fund #DisabilityJustice.
💡Support persons with disabilities to make their own funding decisions.
💡Advocate for #FairerFunding .
💡Support persons with disabilities working in challenging environments.
💡Fundraise for disability justice.
Find Out more: add.org.uk
📢 We are hiring!
Director of Resources, Systems and Culture
📍Location: Global, open to applicants based in any location.
Application deadline: Monday 9 February 2026 9am UK time
Find the full details and how to apply: add.org.uk/director-of-...
#ADDOpportunities #DisabilityJustice #Hiring
📢 We are hiring!
Safeguarding and Security Manager.
Open to applicants from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda or UK.
Closing date: 29 January 2026, 9am UK time
Find full details and how to apply: add.org.uk/safeguarding...
#ADDOpportunities #DisabilityJustice #Hiring
We are hiring!
Director of External Engagement
Location: Global, open to applicants based in any location.
Closing date: 21 January 2026, 9am UK time
Find the full details and how to apply: add.org.uk/director-of-...
#ADDOpportunities #DisabilityJustice #Hiring
We are hiring!
Director of External Engagement
📍Location: Global. You must have an existing right to work in the country you are based in.
Closing date: 21 January 2026, 9am UK time
Find the full details: add.org.uk/director-of-external-engagement/
#ADDOpportunities #DisabilityJustice #Hiring
Graphic image written, thank you for supporting disability justice. The ADD International logo is at the top right corner.
As 2025 comes to an end, we want to celebrate the work of the disability justice activists and organisations that we fund and support.
Here’s to continuing to support and resource disability justice in 2026. There is no #Justice without #DisabilityJustice.
Find out more: add.org.uk
Last year, women with disability representatives from Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda worked together to decided how funding for women with disabilities should best be spent – and who it should be spent by.
Read more about the #DisabilityJustice Fund for Women design team: add.org.uk/djfw-design-team
Salamatu is a #DisabilityJustice activist from Ghana, and the leader of the Women’s Wing of Ghana National Association for the Deaf (GNAD). She is very passionate about advocating for the rights of deaf people.
Read more about Salamatu’s story: add.org.uk/salamatus-st...
#ParticipatortGrantMaking
Abigail is a #DisabilityJustice activist from Ghana and one of the deaf women supported by the Women’s Wing of Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD), where she received skills training.
Read more about Abigail’s story: add.org.uk/abigails-sto...
#ParticipatortGrantMaking
Racheal is a #DisabilityJustice activist from Ghana and one of the young deaf women who have received skills training and support under the Ghana National Association for the Deaf (GNAD), Women’s Wing.
Read more about Racheal's story: add.org.uk/racheals-sto...
#ParticipatortGrantMaking
Graphic image written, International Human Rights Day. The ADD International logo is at the top right corner.
On this International Human Rights Day, we highlight that the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities are essential to achieving human rights for everyone.
On this day, we are calling for more support and better protection for #DisabilityJustice work.
#InternationalHumanRightsDay
Salama is a disability justice activist from Uganda and a participant of the 2025 cohort of the Global Disability Leadership Academy.
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, she was invited to a national television to share and showcase her talent.
#IDPD2025 #DisabilityJustice
An image of Ayidah, a disability justice activist from Uganda carrying fresh vegetables and smiling. The ADD International logo is at the top right corner and a graphic written 2024 Annual Report and Disability Justice Activists Leading Change.
On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we honor #DisabilityJustice activists and organisations of Persons with Disabilities leading change. Our 2024 Annual Report shares their impact and achievements.
Read the report: add.org.uk/annual-repor...
#IDPD2025
Graphic image written, International Day of Persons with Disabilities and the hashtag hashtag#IDPD2025. The ADD International logo is at the bottom right corner.
On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we honor the leadership, resilience, and creativity of #DisabilityJustice activists around the world.
Thank you to everyone who supports this work. Together, we are creating a world where all people with disabilities can thrive.
#IDPD2025
A graphic with the ADD International logo on the top left corner and a woman holding her hand up in a fist with the words IT'S GIVING TUESDAY and DONATE FOR DISABILITY JUSTICE.
Today is #GivingTuesday. Please donate to support #DisabilityJustice activists and organisations of persons with disabilities leading change.
Your support resources them to lead their own initiatives and create meaningful, lasting impact.
Donate: add.org.uk/donate/
Global Disability Leadership Academy participants and facilitators stand together outdoors in front of a building with a colorful vertical garden made of hanging pots. Everyone is smiling, some holding certificates, and many raising their fists in celebration. Several participants wear purple stoles over white shirts. There is a banner with the Global Disability Leadership Academy branding and the tagline “Nurturing lived experience leadership for disability justice.”
Global Disability Leadership Academy participants and facilitators stand together outdoors in front of a building with a colorful vertical garden made of hanging pots. Everyone is smiling, some holding certificates, and many raising their fists in celebration. Several participants wear purple stoles over white shirts. There is a banner with the Global Disability Leadership Academy branding and the tagline “Nurturing lived experience leadership for disability justice.”
Global Disability Leadership Academy participants and facilitators stand together outdoors in front of a building with a colorful vertical garden made of hanging pots. Everyone is smiling, some holding certificates, and many raising their fists in celebration. Several participants wear purple stoles over white shirts. There is a banner with the Global Disability Leadership Academy branding and the tagline “Nurturing lived experience leadership for disability justice.”
Global Disability Leadership Academy participants and facilitators stand together outdoors in front of a building with a colorful vertical garden made of hanging pots. Everyone is smiling, some holding certificates, and many raising their fists in celebration. Several participants wear purple stoles over white shirts. There is a banner with the Global Disability Leadership Academy branding and the tagline “Nurturing lived experience leadership for disability justice.”
The 2025 cohort of the Global Disability Leadership Academy has graduated!
These leaders have built powerful skills in advocacy and inclusive leadership and will now champion #DisabilityJustice in their communities.
More here: add.org.uk/leadership-a...
The academy participants in group photo outside with a white pull up banner on the extreme left that has the Global Disability Leadership Academy logo and a picture of a woman in a wheelchair.
The academy participants in a room seated during a session. The room has white lights and grey / cream walls.
The academy participants in a room seated during a session. The room has white lights and grey / cream walls. There's a woman standing at the front holding a microphone speaking.
The second in-person Global Disability Leadership Academy is happening now in Nairobi, Kenya.
Leaders are deepening their advocacy & leadership skills, and building power for disability justice — ahead of their upcoming graduation.
🔗https://add.org.uk/leadership-academy/
#DisabilityLeadership
Help make Ghana’s free education truly accessible.
Sign The Challenged Foundation’s petition to help make Ghana’s education system accessible for persons with disabilities.
Sign and share: c.org/MKFFCQtRCC
#InclusiveEducation #DisabilityJustice
Lilian smiling and standing outdoors in front of a wall with green plants and red flowers. She is wearing a black coat, and an orange name tag around her neck.
Meet Lilian from Tanzania who shares her experience.
“I’m learning practical leadership tools that strengthen how I approach advocacy and project management and gaining confidence to influence change at higher levels.”
Read more about the academy: add.org.uk/leadership-a...
Big things are happening through the Global Disability Leadership Academy!
After in-person sessions, participants are now in online mentorship growing their skills, confidence and connections.
add.org.uk/leadership-a...
#DisabilityJustice #DisabilityLeadership
Felicity smiling while standing outdoors in front of a building with orange and brown walls. She is wearing a light-yellow top and patterned trousers.
"With the grant, we have been able to do advocacy & awareness of the African Disability Protocol, in the community & within government institutions & this has helped address discrimination and create more awareness about disability."
Read more about the fund: add.org.uk/djfw-2/
#DisabilityJustice
Felicity smiling while standing outdoors in front of a building with orange and brown walls. She is wearing a light-yellow top and patterned trousers.
Meet Felicity, the leader of WODAM, that supports women with disabilities in Ghana.
This is what she says about receiving funding.
“This is our first ever grant and we are very glad to have received it. The grant making process was very flexible and we have learnt a lot through it."
Recently, grantees in Ghana under the #DisabilityJusticeFundForWomen met to build connections and share learning. This is a participatory fund designed by women with disabilities in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, to make sure it meets the real needs of disability justice activists.
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