A situation report on the Flores earthquake and tsunami found the centralised displacement sites were not accessible, so people with disabilities stayed near home.
Category 5 cyclones tore through Madagascar last year, leaving 43,000 adults with permanent disabilities among 180,000 climate migrants. Pakistan’s superfloods created 67,000 adult amputees…
Screen readers consume three times more data than standard browsing. Video calls in sign language require premium packages. While disability advocacy has moved decisively…
The Somali Meteorological Agency broadcasts drought warnings across the airwaves, but two-thirds of adults with disabilities never hear them. As Somalia’s climate crisis displaces…
Your SIM card holds more identity data than your passport in half the world’s countries. For refugees with disabilities who’ve lost physical documents, mobile…
Taliban regulations require Afghan women to travel with a male guardian for journeys over 75 kilometres. For women with disabilities, this doubles an already…
Humanitarian agencies spend millions on phone credit programs without knowing if they reach refugees with disabilities. UNHCR and Humanity & Inclusion collect disability data…
A deaf-blind refugee in Jordan owns a smartphone loaded with Nagish, the FCC-certified Ai app that converts speech to text and back again. The…
Ahmed fled Syria because he’s gay. He uses a wheelchair after shrapnel damaged his spine. In his new country, he faces three forms of…
Aid workers distribute food to 500 people in a camp. Their reports show zero people with disabilities served. The reality? At least 75 refugees…
Chad now hosts over 1.5 million refugees, making it Central Africa’s largest refugee-hosting nation. Since 2023, more than 900,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed into…
A refugee with a disability in Uganda told GSMA and UNHCR researchers that airtime comes out of the food ration. Why phone credit belongs…
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