WEEK 2, FEBRUARY 2023 Delegates at the #InclusiveEducation workshop at Cotonou, Benin hosted by La Chrysalide with support from NFU have committed to aggressively engage their governments to make inclusive education for persons with intellectual disabilities a reality. Participants at the workshop were also trained on advocacy and communication as they developed advocacy messages for […]
Inclusion Africa held a very successful Inclusive Education workshop in the second week of January. The team from Inclusion Africa visited senior Ministries of Education and Social Welfare officials in Windhoek and Okahandja towns respectively where elaborate discussions on the modalities of the inclusion of persons with disabilities and their families in the education sector […]
14th Session CRPD Committee: II’s member briefing on Kenya On 18 August 2015, the second day of the current session, Fatma Wangare from the Kenyan Association of Intellectual Handicapped (KAIH) , briefed the committee members during the “Briefing of DPOs” for Kenya, as an active member of Kenyan DPO delegation. Fatma talked about universal health […]
What Challenges Do People with Intellectual Disabilities and their families face in Africa? Persons with intellectual disabilities and their families in Africa are constantly confronted with staggering levels of unemployment, extreme poverty, inequality and exclusion. Issues of stigmatisation and discrimination continue to be a major challenge. Notwithstanding the fact that some African Governments have signed […]
KNCHR’s Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming Policy Validation Workshop On 7th August 2015, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), an independent Constitutional Commission National Human Rights Institution in Kenya, convened a stakeholders workshop to validate its draft Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming Policy and Action Plan. Inclusion Africa Coordinator Shikuku Obosi participated in the workshop. […]
Kenyan Adolescent Girl Advocates’ Special Event In recognition of the special relations and collaboration between Inclusion Africa and Inclusion International with Plan International, Inclusion Africa Coordinator Shikuku Obosi was invited as a guest at a special event on post 2015 development agenda convened in Nairobi, Kenya, on 12 August 2015. Plan International Kenya convened the […]
What is an intellectual disability? Intellectual disability refers to challenges some people face in learning and often communicating. Typically, present from birth or an early age, persons with intellectual disabilities often require some form of lifelong support. Intellectual disability is distinct from psycho-social disability. Formerly referred to as “mental retardation” people with intellectual disabilities have […]
Disability and Financing for Development The 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) took place in Addis Ababa from 13 to 16 July 2015, organized by the United Nations. Participants in the Conference included high-level political representatives, including Heads of State and Government, and Ministers of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, as well […]
Inclusion Africa is a key player at 5th CBR Conference The Post-2015 Development Agenda and Community Based Inclusive Development in Africa: Inclusion Africa a key player at the 5th CBR Africa Conference From 1-5 June in Nairobi, Kenya, the Community Based Rehabilitation Africa Network (CAN)), supported by CBM, Kenya Association for the Physically Handicapped (APDK) […]
Inclusion Africa Coordinator speaks at YALI/MWF Inclusion Africa Coordinator Speaks at U.S. President Barack Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship East Africa Regional Conference Shikuku Obosi, Inclusion International’s Regional Coordinator for Africa, was recently a guest and moderator at U.S. President Barack Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship East Africa Regional […]
Inclusion Africa (IA) is a pan-African, regional federation of family-based organizations advocating for the equal rights and inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families in Africa.
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