The future is inclusive: How to make international development disability-inclusive

This report covers key facts and figures on the situation of women, men, girls and boys with disabilities living in low-income countries and also presents the reasons why development and humanitarian actions must be disability-inclusive.

• Chapter 1 introduces the key concepts in disability-inclusive development and also reflects on CBM’s own journey towards disability-inclusive development.
• Chapter 2 highlights why the inclusion of women, men, girls and boys with disabilities is important for effective development and humanitarian outcomes.
• Chapter 3 sets out why the human rights of women, men, girls and boys with disabilities are closely associated with development both at home and in international cooperation.
• Chapter 4 highlights the key issues which cause barriers to disability-inclusive development, and provides a set of principles, case studies and good practice examples of how it can be achieved.
• Chapter 5 concludes with some key messages and introduces the topics that will be addressed in future publications in this series.

As this publication is intended as an introductory text to the broad area of disability-inclusive development, it does not go into deep detail on the different sectors of development policy and practices such as education, livelihoods and health. Instead, it highlights principles for disability-inclusive development based on a combination of CBM’s experience, international best practices in development and human rights.