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Including persons with disabilities into development: the way forward
About this seriesMore blog posts An estimated 15% of the global population, or about 1 billion people, experience some form of disability. Persons with disabilities face many barriers in access to...
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Evidence for better-informed decisions and more inclusive policies
Photo: Arne Hoel/World Bank Why do we need evidence? The sustainable development agenda adopted by world leaders in September 2015 set a series of ambitious goals to end poverty, ensure equal...
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How can the World Bank support LGBTI inclusion?
About this seriesMore blog posts Despite recent advances, people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Intersex (LGBTI) continue to face widespread exclusion. Stigmatization and...
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#Music4Dev: Deaf rapper Signmark sign/sings for social inclusion
Deaf rapper Signmark urges social inclusion through his music. © Emmi Virtanen/Flickr Creative Commons A deaf rapper? When Marko Vuoriheimo told his friends and family that he wanted to pursue a...
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Poverty and exclusion among Indigenous Peoples: The global evidence
Flower Hmong women, Bac Ha market, Vietnam. Photo: Tran Thi Hoa/World Bank There are about 370 million Indigenous people in the world today, according to estimates. Present in over 90 countries,...
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Progress creates opportunities to address exclusion: Observations from the...
Photo: Andrés Scagliola, City of Montevideo While many of the struggles that LGBTI people face are all too familiar – violence, stigma, discrimination – we’ve just returned from the fourth Global...
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In Jordan, cultural taboos are challenged as girls soccer thrives
© Jordan Women's Football“Come get your daughter. She’s playing soccer with the boys,” said the neighbor to my mother one hot summer day in the early ’90s. I will always remember the look on our...
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To fight discrimination, we need to fill the LGBTI data gap
Despite some progress in the past two decades, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people continue to face widespread discrimination and exclusion around the world. Many of them...
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Three things we need to know about “SOGI”
May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, or IDAHOT. Why should we care about IDAHOT? Because sexual orientation and gender identity, or SOGI, matters. Here are...
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From the slopes to life in a wheelchair
Last December, James Dooley Sullivan packed his wheelchair and travelled to Jamaica. The Caribbean nation is a tourist destination, but the trip wasn’t a vacation. Sullivan, an animator and visual arts...
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Wheeling through Kingston
Last December, James Dooley Sullivan packed his wheelchair and travelled to Jamaica. Sullivan, an animator and visual arts video editor at the World Bank Group, wanted to see first-hand what it’s like...
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Last December, James Dooley Sullivan packed his wheelchair and travelled to Jamaica. Sullivan, an animator and visual arts video editor at the World Bank Group, wanted to see first-hand what it’s like...
View ArticleThree reasons why we should all care about Indigenous Peoples
August 9 is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Worldwide, there are about 370 million Indigenous Peoples and ethnic minorities living in more than 90 countries worldwide. No...
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For social programs, social registries serve as a tool for inclusion
© Julia Pacheco/World Bank Celina Maria migrated from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro when she was just 17 and pregnant with twins, without completing her education and therefore have had difficulties finding...
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Sports open doors to a world of opportunities for disabled youth
© Jaron Johns / U.S. Dept. of State in cooperation with University of Tennessee Center for Sport, Peace, & SocietyFor Leroy Phillips, perseverance is second nature. Born into poverty and denied an...
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