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Around 15 per cent of the world’s population, or an estimated one billion people are persons with disabilities. Persons with disabilities are at a disadvantage regarding most Sustainable Development Goals.
Barriers to...
The humanitarian sector provides a unique opportunity to scale advanced approaches. Having worked as a researcher and as a humanitarian program manager there are hurdles in both organizational structures to do this.
Research...
COVID-19 has put a spotlight on the digital divide within, between countries and regions, making access to digital platforms and services a key priority to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The crisis is disproportionately...
Published on: Jul 16 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Harnessing the Power of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The impact of new tech shouldn’t be disappointing, but it often is. Dr. Hans Rosling complained during the Ebola response that there were “hundreds of health-care workers from across the world flying in to take action,...
Published on: Jul 14 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 8 Findings on EdTech Solutions for Young Learners with Disabilities
Educational technology, arguably, plays an important role in helping to ensure children and young people with disabilities have fair and optimised access to the school curriculum and ensuring they have opportunities to develop...
The unprecedented Covid-19 crisis has greatly affected the education sector, with more than a billion young people in a lockdown and distance education expanding to ensure education. Vulnerable groups like refugees or women...
The COVID-19 crisis had an unprecedented impact on our society. The crisis has exposed the fragility of the current system’s functioning across the globe, but has also:
Provided a powerful lens to examine the underlying...
Published on: Jul 08 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 4 Ways Civil Society Can Improve Digital Security Practices
Over the past two decades, journalists and activists have become dependent on the internet and digital platforms for communications, organisation, and the amplification of their critical work. However, the open and accessible...
Published on: Jul 07 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Closing the Mobile Phone Disability Gap in Developing Countries
The GSMA Assistive Tech programme learned through previous research that mobile phones have the potential to be a life changing technology for persons with disabilities. However, the evidence in the latest Mobile Disability...
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly exacerbated the already profound implications of having 3.7 billion unconnected people across the globe. Unconnected populations lack access to digital healthcare, eLearning opportunities,...
