Global Disability Fund

We provide funding and bring together UN entities, governments and OPDs to deliver disability inclusion at scale through country-led solutions. #CRPD #SDGs

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

CRPD at 20: From global commitments to country-level action.
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Join us 9 June, 4:30–7:30 PM at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN for a high-level event & reception on #DisabilityInclusion

https://t.co/M7CeLYBeUc

[UN Women Tanzania @unwomentanzania]

Inclusion is not a slogan. It is access.

Through the #WLER project, women with disabilities were supported to participate in leadership, advocacy and economic initiatives, while local interventions helped address barriers in public and market spaces.

For women with disabilities, accessibility can determine whether they can trade, attend meetings, access services and participate fully in community life.

Read more: https://t.co/4cSGU7rmsZ

[United Nations in Cambodia @UNCambodia]

With UN support amplifying his advocacy, Narith Chum, a 40-year-old deaf community leader, helped inspire a renewed commitment within the Disability Action Council to advance formal work on Cambodian Sign Language (CSL).

https://t.co/ZP2VQvrXa1

[UNDP in Kyrgyzstan @undpkg]

On May 29, training for medical-social expertise expert doctors on applying the new Regulation on Recognizing a Citizen as a Person with Disabilities -a document of key importance for ensuring citizens' access to social protection measures and state support

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

With support from @UN_GDF, @unwomenkenya, @NcpwdOfficial, and partners are mapping care models and documenting impact stories to improve care support systems for persons with disabilities and their caregivers.

[UNICEF China @UNICEFChina]

Children are excluded by barriers, NOT by disabilities.

Tomorrow, join us as we launch the ‘Childhood, Without Barriers’ #DisabilityInclusion campaign, to help break down physical & mental barriers for every child.

[CivicDataLab @CivicDatalab]

Yesterday, at @WUF_UNHabitat #WUF13 in #Baku, #Azerbaijan, CivicDataLab was excited to collaborate with @UNUEHS, @terischool, & @poornam_idam through the “Participatory Intelligence for Inclusive Resilience in Cities (PI4Cities)” project supported by the @UN_GDF.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Our Director, @AlghaibOla shares insights with @trend_en on Azerbaijan’s important role in advancing inclusive and accessible urban development, positioning #DisabilityInclusion as central to the agenda, not separate from it.
https://t.co/R0FexNgMR3

[Francine Pickup @f_pickup]

♿🏙️ Inclusion is won or lost in cities.#WUF13

@UN_GDF shows what joined-up action can achieve. Through RICH, cities are embedding inclusion into systems, with OPDs as co-designers.@UNDP is proud to support this work.

🙏@BMZ_Bund🇩🇪for making this catalytic initiative possible!

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Powerful closing remarks from Simon Stevens, Head of Green Cities and Infrastructure at @FCDOGovUK , on turning global commitments into local outcomes.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Mr. Sanjay Seth, India RICH Partner, highlighted a critical gap in urban planning: too often, smart cities are designed without persons with disabilities in mind, leaving accessibility, climate resilience, + digital inclusion to be fixed later instead of built in from the start.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Professor Peter Anyang'Nyong'o,
Governor of @KisumuCountyKE County and RICH partner in Kenya, reminds us that with nearly 98,000 persons with disabilities in Kisumu, inclusion must be built into how the city provides services, mobility, and opportunity.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

"From Mopti to the national level in Mali, @UNICEF and @giz_gmbh are showing how disability inclusion can be built into planning, infrastructure, preparedness, and response from the start" - Mr Chris Cormency,
UNICEF & RICH Partner in Mali.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Mr. Arnulf Rybicki, Director of Building and Infrastructure, in the city of Dortmund, Germany, reminds us that acccessibility is not only about new buildings, but also about upgrading the city we already have, with standards and subsidies that make retrofitting possible.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Important reminder of Mr. Abayneh Gujo Desta, Executive Director of the Federation of Ethiopian Associations of Persons with Disabilities, during the panel session.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Hearing now from our Senior Technical Lead on RICH, a flagship initiative proving that disability inclusion works best when it is built into planning, finance, and disaster response from the start.

Follow online on UN Web TV: https://t.co/Jew3vTGAeS

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Powerful words from Ms. Francine Pickup, UNDP’s Deputy Director, at the opening of our flagship event. Follow along online here: https://t.co/Jew3vTGAeS

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Happening now at #WUF13: GDF’s flagship event, Catalytic Funding for Safe, Resilient and Inclusive Cities, brings together cities, donors, OPDs, UN agencies & technical partners to explore how catalytic funding can turn disability inclusion from commitment into implementation.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

This only works if OPDs have real co-design authority—remunerated, decision-making roles from the start.
For #BakuCall: make inclusive design a condition for finance, track disability in SDG11 investments, and formalize OPDs as technical partners in planning & procurement.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

At #WUF13 in Baku, during the session on inclusive, accessible housing and infrastructure, GDF’s Ahmed Granhem highlighted a key barrier: scaling inclusive cities isn’t about a lack of innovation, it’s about how we finance and structure it.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

A replicable model is emerging:

👉Influence: Embed catalytic grants in large programmes to shift them from within

👉Catalysis: Prove inclusion is cost-effective, unlocking new partner investment

👉Domestic integration: Governments absorb inclusive standards into budgets