Congratulations Barram and David Moinina Sengeh on this historic achievement! Sierra Leone's commitment to education and inclusion is truly exemplary and will change the lives of children and their families while shaping a more prosperous and stable future for the whole country.

A day well spent with Patience Achieng' who shadowed me yesterday as part of our 🇬🇧 & 🇰🇪 ‘Ambassador for a day’ programme. She interacted with some of our programme partners on disability & gender inclusion in the workplace. Thanks to BritishChamberKenya for making this day possible.

Delighted to see the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office LATAC region’s renewed commitment to gender and equalities work. Their efforts will support and help realise the #RightsFreedomPotential of women and girls. #RightsFreedomPotential FCDO Inclusive

This is SO important: asking someone directly about suicide does NOT put the idea in their head. If you think someone is thinking about suicide, PLEASE ask them directly.

Have you watched our TEDx talk "Unlocking Potential: The Transforming Power of #AssistiveTechnology" yet? Watch the full video now and help us make it go viral by sharing, liking and commenting on Youtube! 🔥👨‍💻 👉youtu.be/_6lREGibolc

Great to see wonderful women in action! Thanks for the partnership Susie Rodgers MBE 🦈 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Brilliant to see the written judgement on decriminalisation of homosexuality in Barbados 🇧🇧 The judgement recognises these laws served to uphold outdated colonial-era values imposed on Barbados. Let’s hope other countries recognise its time ditch similar discriminatory laws!

Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act — which includes capital punishment — is hateful, discriminatory legislation, amongst the worst we’ve seen in a democracy and a clear breach of human rights obligations. This shameful law can only harm Uganda’s citizens & the country’s reputation.

I’m so excited about this project on digital AT with Google Accessibility Global Disability Innovation Hub 💜. Watch the video as we explain more #ATChangesLives

1/ We are excited to share a new exciting two-year project In collaboration with Google and ATscale which will be carried out in #Kenya🇰🇪, #India🇮🇳, and #Brazil🇧🇷. bit.ly/43iKxzv

Attending this year's #COSP at the United Nations from June 13-15. We'll be speaking at sessions on meaningful engagement of #OPDs, inclusive access to #SRHR & #AssistiveTechnology, #ClimateAction, #SocialProtection and more. Stay tuned for updates #COSP16

Today, the 🌎 population is 8 billion people & +1 billion live w/ some form of disability. Leaving no one behind is only possible when everyone, everywhere has a seat at the table. Through the #GlobalGoals, let’s commit to an inclusive future for all. #COSP16 #EveryoneIncluded

The 🇬🇧 delegation are United Nations HQ in #NewYork for opening of #COSP16. #UN SecGen António Guterres calls for accelerated progress on #UNCRPD & #DisabilityRights🌍 Unless we include people with disabilities explicitly in our work, we will exclude them. #DisabilityInclusion | #OPDs

#BREAKING_NEWS from #COSP16 🇬🇧 gov announce new £31M investment in #AT2030 programme to deliver #WhatWorks to improve access to #AssistiveTechnology for people with disabilities. WATCH 👇 from 🇬🇧 Minister of State for #Development Andrew Mitchell Global Disability Innovation Hub 💜 World Health Organization (WHO) Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office #talkAT

Yesterday we were join by brilliant partners & friends from the AT world at #COSP16 as the UK gov 🇬🇧 announced a £31 million investment into our UK aid funded #AT2030 programme 🌟 Find out more ▶️ bit.ly/3Nv1bqm #WhatWorks #AT #AssistiveTech #Disability

At #COSP16 Shavana Haythornthwaite, Head of #CommonwealthHRU and Diana Dalton FCDO from FCDO Inclusive discussed our shared commitment to protecting disabled people’s rights and stronger collaboration. Shavana also discussed the challenges faced by women and girls with disabilities in

Nearly 240 million children with disabilities around the world, UNICEF’s most comprehensive statistical analysis finds UNICEF shar.es/afBFAL. #DisabilityRights #DisabilityInclusion #Education4All #Education #AXSChat Andy Imparato Neil Milliken Cátia Malaquias Antonio Vieira Santos

📢The FCDO has launched a new call for project proposals that address challenges faced by LGBT+ people globally 📢 Bidding organisations which are LGBT+ led or have a strong focus on LGBT+ rights have until 7th August 2023 to apply🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍⚧️ gov.uk/international-…

As Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Ministerial Disability Champion I am determined to ensure that disability inclusion is a departmental priority. An honour to mark 15 yrs of the United Nations #CRPD with the APPG for Disability. FCDO Inclusive Tom Pursglove King's Business School UnitedNationsEnable

On 🌎#IDPD2023, how can we improve the lives of persons with #disabilities? Why not just ask them? The UK is committed to strengthening delivery, leadership & decision-making by #PeopleWithDisabilities via their representative organisations #OPDs ➡️ tinyurl.com/3ve2a4w6