ADD International

10/02/2026

Join our webinar about disability justice and inequality!

On 4 March 2026, ADD International will host a webinar titled Uniting for Change: Strengthening Collaboration Between Disability Justice and Inequality Activists.

The discussion will bring together disability justice activists and inequality campaigners to share reflections and experiences of working across these movements.

People with disabilities face discrimination in areas such as employment, representation, and recognition. These challenges are closely linked to wider inequalities related to class, race, and gender, yet disability is often overlooked in inequality campaigns.

The webinar builds on a new research project led by ADD International and funded by the Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity (AFSEE) engaging activists from Ghana and Kenya.

Register to join the discussion: https://add.org.uk/disability-and-inequalities-webinar/

09/02/2026

Our Co-CEO, Fredrick Ouko is attending the Global Action on Disability Network event taking place from 10–11 February 2026 in Edinburgh, UK.

Fred is attending in his role as Vice Chair of the Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) — a global network of organisations working in disability and development, of which ADD International is a member.

The GLAD Network brings together bilateral and multilateral donors, public and private foundations, and disability movement coalitions. It works to strengthen coordination and advance inclusive international development and humanitarian action.

Find out more about the GLAD Network: https://gladnetwork.net/

Find out more about IDDC: https://www.iddcconsortium.net/about/

The Global Action on Disability Network is a coordination body of bilateral and multilateral donors and agencies, public and private foundations as well as key coalitions of the disability movement with a common interest in achieving inclusive international development and humanitarian action. The n...

05/02/2026

Persons with disabilities still face challenges in many parts of life, such as getting jobs, being represented, and being recognised. These struggles also overlap with race, class, and gender, yet disability justice is rarely seen as central in wider inequality campaigns.

ADD International is leading a new research project funded by Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity (AFSEE) that engages with activists and campaigners in Ghana and Kenya who focus on disability justice and on reducing inequality to develop a set of tools that link disability with broader fights against inequality and vise versa.

In a blog shared by Bond UK, Perpetual Kariuki reflects on her own experiences to show how disability is often understood only through what is visible and explains that this view ignores hidden disabilities. She also talks about how stigma and wrong labels cause inequality.

📖 Read the full blog here: https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2026/01/you-dont-look-like-you-have-a-disability-a-tale-of-hidden-and-unrecognised-disabilities/

🎙️ We have an upcoming webinar on disability and inequalities happening on 4 March 2026 at 1pm UCT/GMT. Find out more: https://gqr.sh/7bhS

This new blog looks at why including all people with disabilities matters by exploring invisible and unrecognised disabilities, and what their exclusion reveals about how disability is understood within inequality campaigning and social justice movements.

03/02/2026

In 2026, we recommit to supporting disability justice activists and movements to thrive by ensuring funding is directed to those with lived experience.

These are our resolutions:

💡 Fund disability justice. This year, we will continue funding disability justice and ensure that resources flow directly to disability justice activists and movements who know their actual challenges and understand the right solutions. Find out more: add.org.uk/disability-justice-fund-for-youth/

💡Support persons with disabilities to make their own funding decisions. Persons with disabilities know best what needs to be done and can make their own funding decisions for disability justice. Find out more: add.org.uk/djfw-2

💡Advocate for fairer funding. This year, we will continue supporting organisations of persons with disabilities to lead and push for fairer funding for disability justice. Find out more: add.org.uk/fairer-funding/

💡Support persons with disabilities working in challenging environments. We commit to ensuring that disability justice movements are not left behind in times of crisis. Find out more: add.org.uk/sudan-crisis

💡Fundraise for disability justice. If you would like to get in touch about a strategic donation, become a regular giver, or make a one-off donation, we would love to hear from you. Donate today: add.org.uk/donate/

Thank you for being part of this movement for disability justice.

19/01/2026

📢 We are hiring!

Director of Resources, Systems and Culture

The Director of Resources, Systems and Culture will be responsible for creating the environment internally that will support our strategic framework, Mtiririko and also lead our Resources, Systems and Culture Team, all of which support our strategic intent to ensure more resources flow to disability justice activists and their organisations.

📍Location: Global, open to applicants based in any location. You must have an existing right to work in the country you are based in.

Application deadline: Monday 9 February 2026 9am UK time

Find the full details and how to apply: https://add.org.uk/director-of-resources-systems-and-culture/

Contract: Full time and permanent contract (though we are open to considering applications from those who want to work on a part-time or job-share basis). At ADD we work a 4-day week…

19/01/2026

📢 We are hiring!

Safeguarding and Security Manager.

Join ADD International’s Resources, Systems and Culture Team. The Safeguarding and Security Manager will be responsible for maintaining and implementing ADD International’s Safeguarding Policy and Security Policies and associated processes. The role takes primary responsibility for responding to incidents and managing safeguarding investigations.

📍Location: Open to applicants based anywhere ADD currently has staff (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda or UK). You must have an existing right to work in the country you are based in.

Closing date: 29 January 2026, 9am UK time

Find the full details and how to apply: https://add.org.uk/safeguarding-and-security-manager/

Contract: Full time and permanent contract (though we are open to considering applications from those who want to work on a part-time or job-share basis). At ADD we work a 4-day week…

13/01/2026

We are hiring!

Director of External Engagement

This role will be responsible for the outward facing work we do to bring in resources, communicate our work and influence funders to support our strategic framework, Mtiririko and lead our External Engagement Team.

Location: Global, open to applicants based in any location. You must have an existing right to work in the country you are based in.

Closing date: 21 January 2026, 9am UK time

Find the full details and how to apply: https://add.org.uk/director-of-external-engagement/

Contract: Full time and permanent contract (though we are open to considering applications from those who want to work on a part-time or job-share basis). At ADD we work a 4-day week…

05/01/2026

We are hiring!

Director of External Engagement

This role will be responsible for the outward facing work we do to bring in resources, communicate our work and influence funders to support our strategic framework, Mtiririko and lead our External Engagement Team.

📍Location: Global, open to applicants based in any location. You must have an existing right to work in the country you are based in.

Closing date: 21 January 2026, 9am UK time

Find the full details and how to apply: add.org.uk/director-of-external-engagement/

Contract: Full time and permanent contract (though we are open to considering applications from those who want to work on a part-time or job-share basis). At ADD we work a 4-day week…

24/12/2025

As 2025 comes to an end, we want to celebrate the work of the disability justice activists and organisations that we fund and support. This year they have:

💡 Designed funds based on their lived experience and decided how money should be spent to have the maximum impact, and reach those who are often overlooked.

🎓Taken part in our Global Disability Leadership Academy, to grow leadership skills and collaborate with a global network of activists.

📢 Campaigned for Fairer Funding – more funding for disability justice and a higher percentage of what is available being controlled by disability justice organisations.

💸Collaborated to get emergency funds to disabled people affected by the war in Sudan.

🌱Made sure funding is made available to those who often miss out on funding including women with disabilities and young people with disabilities, so their movements can grow.
..and so much more.

Here’s to continuing to support and resource disability justice in 2026. There is no without .

Find out more: https://add.org.uk/

Image description: Graphic image written, thank you for supporting disability justice. The ADD International logo is at the top right corner.

24/12/2025

Last year, women with disability representatives from Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda worked together to decided how funding for women with disabilities should best be spent – and who it should be spent by.

They paid particular focus to those groups who have least access to funding and resources, including marginalised women, those from rural areas, girls and older women.

The members of the design team share their reflections on designing and fund.

Joy, a disability justice activist Uganda, told us:

“It is very important that women with disabilities like myself to design the fund because I am aware of the challenges women with disabilities face and as a peer, it will be easy for them to participate and apply without fear. The grant will cater for all without discrimination, understanding the situation of grassroot women with disabilities.”

Read more about the Disability Justice Fund for Women design team: add.org.uk/djfw-design-team

Last year a group of women with disabilities from Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania worked together to decide how funding for women with disabilities should best be spent – and who it should be spent by.

22/12/2025

Salamatu is a disability justice activist from Ghana, and the leader of the Women’s Wing of Ghana National Association for the Deaf (GNAD). She is very passionate about advocating for the rights of deaf people.

The Women’s Wing is one of the groups of persons with disabilities under the Disability Justice Fund for Women that have received funding. This is a participatory fund designed by women with disabilities in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, to make sure it meets the real needs of disability justice activists in these countries.

She says: “When we received the grant, we were given the opportunity to come up with our own ideas on how we want to support the deaf women. There were no strict rules to follow which is not the case with most grants.”

“Because of the grant, we are able to hold regular meetings with the deaf women, reach more communities and conduct trainings to support more deaf women. This was not the case before. Before we were really limited by resources, so our reach and impact were very small.”

Read more about Salamatu’s story: https://add.org.uk/salamatus-story/

Salamatu is a disability justice activist from Ghana, and the leader of the Women’s Wing of Ghana National Association for the Deaf (GNAD). She is very passionate about advocating for the rights of…

18/12/2025

Abigail is a disability justice activist from Ghana and one of the deaf women supported by the Women’s Wing of Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD), where she received skills training.

Driven by her passion for hairdressing, Abigail has established a small business that she runs. She is changing attitudes towards persons with disabilities in her community through her talent and creativity.

She says: “In my community, people often assume that deaf people or people with disabilities in general are always begging. But I believe that perception is changing. They see me working, and they’re impressed by the hairstyles I’m able to create.”

The Women’s Wing is one of the groups of persons with disabilities under the Disability Justice Fund for Women that have received funding. This is a participatory fund designed by women with disabilities in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, to make sure it meets the real needs of disability justice activists in these countries.

Read more about Abigail’s story: https://add.org.uk/abigails-story/

Abigail is a hairdresser and disability justice activist from Ghana. She is one of the deaf women supported by the Women’s Wing of Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD)…