Health
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- Fact sheet , Guidance document
This guidance document explains what safeguarding risks people with multiple impairments may face in an emergency or a humanitarian crisis. It provides examples of multiple impairments and explains how people with these may be at heightened risks of…
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- Guidance document, Lessons from a programme
This guidance document outlines six core principles for disability-inclusive programming, based on lessons learned from 12 projects delivered between 2019 and 2023. Drawing on practical experiences, it highlights both successes and challenges in…
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- Multimedia, Video
In this video, Tatiana Salisbury and Kelly Rose-Clarke from King’s College London discuss the importance of investing in child and adolescent mental health. They highlight key messages for donors and guide how to strengthen support for mental health…
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- Guidance document
This resource from the Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) programme provides guidance on how to ensure socially excluded people are taken into consideration in crisis settings, including humanitarian and conflict-affected…
Foundational learning for all: including the most marginalised is possible, pragmatic and a priority
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- Report
This resource is a think piece from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Girls’ Education Challenge. It looks at why the most marginalised must be prioritised in global efforts to ensure foundational learning for all…
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- Fact sheet
This resource sets out the safeguarding risks faced by older refugees in the Middle East and North Africa. It focuses on protection from harm and ensuring they have access to vital services. It also provides guidance on how organisations working…
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- Guidance document
This resource provides advice on how to design a national disability-inclusive social protection system. It is aimed at policy makers and practitioners, offering examples from work of the governments and development organisations in different…
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- Evidence/literature review
This report from the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk (DI HD) highlights the benefits of prioritising gender equality, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI) while working in the area of poverty reduction, trade and economic development, peace and…
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- Evidence digest, Guidance document
This evidence digest from the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk (DI HD) compiles key evidence, practical guidance and lessons learnt on engaging with organisations of people with disabilities (OPDs) in development and humanitarian settings. It includes…
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- Report
This report reviews existing technical guidance on ethical and equitable inclusion of marginalised groups in humanitarian health research. Commissioned by the International Rescue Committee, it identifies gaps in current research standards and…
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- Evidence/literature review
This review from the Knowledge, evidence and learning for development (K4D) programme sets out available evidence related to the political representation of women and women’s rights organisations in COVID-19 decision-making. It examines levels of…
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- Multimedia, Podcast
This podcast explores gender inequalities and exclusion faced by women in Africa, with particular focus on experiences of low-income urban residents. It examines how women are impacted by issues related to:economic opportunitiesurban development and…
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- Evidence/literature review
This resource from the from the Knowledge, evidence and learning for development (K4D) programme is literature review that looks at who are the bottom billion in Africa and which groups have the largest inequalities. The review explores who is most…
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- Report
This resource examines prevalence and experiences of childhood sexual, physical and emotional violence in connection to the disability status. It looks at the profile of the perpetrator and the negative health outcomes associated with experiencing…
This short resource sets out practical steps that can be taken to ensure that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, including family planning services, are inclusive and accessible for people with disabilities. It provides…
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- Evidence/literature review, Report
This resource from the Knowledge for Development and (K4DD) Helpdesk presents evidence on the medium- and long-term economic, social, and development implications of large scale internally displaced populations and refugees on the host communities.…
Discriminatory law reform: how legal barriers affecting women’s economic empowerment can be overcome
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- Evidence/literature review
This resource from the Work and Opportunities for Women helpdesk (WOW helpdesk) is an evidence review which outlines how discriminatory laws affect women's economic empowerment, both directly and indirectly. It presents lessons learned on how…
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- Evidence/literature review
This resource is part of a series of ‘poverty profiles’ by the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk (DI HD) focused on eight of the most marginalised group-based identities. It responds to the fact that global progress has not benefitted everyone equally,…
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- Evidence/literature review
This resource is part of a series of ‘poverty profiles’ by the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk (DI HD) focused on eight of the most marginalised group-based identities. It responds to the fact that global progress has not benefitted everyone equally,…
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- Evidence/literature review
This research focuses on the risks of navigating access to social assistance in crises for marginalised people such as women and girls, children and youth, older people, people with disabilities, ethnic and religious minorities, and sexual and…
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- Guidance document, Policy paper
This document provides an overview of challenges faced by people with disabilities during pandemic responses. It also provides recommendations to policymakers about how to improve disability inclusion in these responses.