Recap of the 13th World Urban Forum in Baku
Housing in the Spotlight, Inclusion on the Agenda Held from 17–22 May 2026 in Baku, the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF13) focused on housing within the urban agenda. With around 17 000 international participants from more than 170 countries, 580 sessions and 217 exhibitors, the Forum promoted discussion on resilient cities, climate and housing, informal settlements, crisis response, […]
E-Learning Course on Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion in the Private Sector
A Practical Tool for Building an Inclusive Workplace Diversity and inclusion are crucial drivers of success and vital steps towards creating more inclusive workplaces. Companies that embrace gender equality and disability inclusion can foster innovation, boost productivity, and enhance employee engagement. Meanwhile, persons with disabilities – especially women – remain underrepresented in the labour market and continue to face […]
LIN Event Recap: Addressing Disability in Nutrition Programmes
Screenshot from the LIN Inclusion Café on Nutrition and Disability | © 2026 GIZ/Living Inclusion network On 26 March 2026, we hosted our Spring Inclusion Café on the theme of „Inclusive Nutrition for Every Child: Addressing Disability in Nutrition Programmes”, bringing together around 60 participants from different sectors. The session opened by framing nutrition and food security […]
Inclusive Finance in Action
How Ghana’s Financial Sector is Learning to Serve Everyone Most Ghanaians walk into a bank without thinking twice. But for others, especially persons living with disabilities, a simple transaction can be a reminder of exclusion: a counter that is too high to reach, a staircase without a railing, a puzzled stare from a teller who […]
Vienna 2026: Where Innovation and Inclusion Meet
February 2026 will be an exciting month for advancing global disability inclusion and strengthening private sector engagement in international cooperation, with two major conferences taking place in Vienna: the Zero Project Conference 2026 and the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) 1st Regional Conference for Europe. Moderators at the Zero Project Conference 2025|©zeroproject […]
Designing Cities for All: Disability Inclusion in Urban Development
Living Inclusion Café Recap As part of UN-HABITAT’s Urban October, this LIN’s autumn Inclusion Café on 9 October 2025 welcomed around 50 participants to discuss inclusive cities. To build truly inclusive and resilient urban areas, disability inclusion must be at the centre of urban development. We asked: What does this mean in practice, and how […]
The Amman-Berlin Declaration: Turning Global Commitments into Action
Amman-Berlin-Declaration visual_15 for the 15|©JHD The Amman-Berlin Declaration (ABD), one of the most powerful outcomes of the Global Disability Summit (GDS) 2025, continues to build momentum worldwide. By October 2025, 100 governments, UN entities, regional organisations, and international financial institutions had already endorsed and supported the Declaration, with more expected in the months ahead. This […]
Rethinking Data: A Feminist Lens on Disability Inclusion
Study on Feminist Data Collection|©GIZ In today’s world, data drives decisions. From shaping development policies to designing inclusion strategies, numbers and statistics tell the stories that guide our actions. But what if the story is not complete? A recent GIZ study on feminist data collection examines how data can both reflect and reinforce inequality. It […]
Togo at the GDS 2025: Turning Global Commitments into National Action
The Global Disability Summit (GDS) 2025 in April in Berlin served as a powerful gathering point for governments, civil society, organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), and international partners to reflect on progress, share innovations, and strengthen commitments to disability inclusion. For the Togolese delegation, led by the Minister of Social Action, which included representatives […]
Living Inclusion Forum 2025 Recap
Data for Disability Inclusion Over 110 participants joined us at this year’s Annual Living Inclusion Network Forum, which took place on the 26th of June 2025. This year’s topic was “Data for Disability Inclusion”. There has been considerable progress in the last decade with a better understanding of why we need more and better data, […]