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Spain shares its commitment to disability-inclusive development at GLAD meeting 2021

Natalia Guala speaking at the Spanish cooperation session held in the framework of GLAD meeting 2021

On the occasion of the Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Annual General Meeting 2021, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Public Administration and Policy (FIIAPP) and the ONCE Social Group (ONCE) held a pre-meeting session on 26 February to briefly review their contribution to inclusive development so…

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A course on methodologies and educational planning for teachers with visual impairment starts in Ecuador

screenshot of the training. A slide on educational curriculum

The online course “Methodologies and educational planning for teachers with visual impairment“, organised by the National Federation of the Blind of Ecuador (FENCE) and the Undersecretariat of Specialised and Inclusive Education of the Ministry of Education of Ecuador in the framework of Bridging the Gap project, was launched on Wednesday 17 February. This training aims…

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Paraguay’s Ministry of Education receives materials produced by Bridging the Gap to advance inclusive education

Fernando Rey Yébenes, AECID General Coordinator in Paraguay, during his intervention at the presentation of the inclusive education materials.

The General Coordinator of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in Paraguay, Fernando Rey, presented to the authorities of the Ministry of Education and Science (MEC) the materials developed within the framework of Bridging the Gap to mainstream inclusive education in the country at an event held on 9 February at the Centre for…

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The ‘Leadership Skills Program for Women with Disabilities’ holds its fourth and fifth sessions in Ethiopia

woman delivering the training

On 27 and 28 January 2021, Bridging the Gap held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) the fourth and fifth sessions of the Leadership Skills Program for Women with Disabilities, which aims to contribute to the empowerment of women with disabilities and to make the Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) gender-sensitive. This programme, started in October…

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Paraguay consolidates the inclusion of persons with disabilities in its data and statistics

hands of people writing on a paper during teamwork

The next National Population and Housing Census 2022 in Paraguay will include relevant, quality and disaggregated information on disability thanks to conceptual and methodological variants developed by the General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses (DGEEC) in the framework of Bridging the Gap. These new variants recognise persons with disabilities as subjects of rights, and…

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Bridging the Gap celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2020

screenshot with the attendees of the Group of Friends of Persons with Disabilities online meeting

On 3 December, Bridging the Gap joined the celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD), which theme this year was “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World”, through different activities around the world. At the Global level, the project launched the photobook ‘A Celebration of Humanity‘ which…

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