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Research and capacity building for disability inclusion

Liliane Fonds initiated Breaking down Barriers in 2015 to enable organisations within and outside our network to enhance the effectiveness and quality of their programmes. Breaking down Barriers is directly tied to the realities and agendas of civil society organisations and presented in an actionable way. Through academic research and bringing together researchers from the Netherlands, Cameroon, Sierra-Leone and Zambia we aim to offer relevant evidence and tools in the field of disability inclusive development.

Breaking down Barriers Conference 2024: looking back

Addressing the critical issue of disability inclusion in development. On Thursday, September 26, 2024, the second Breaking down Barriers Conference took place at The Social Hub in The Hague.

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  • We ring the bell campaign

    Stay Tuned for Breaking down Barriers 3.0

    After celebrating our successes of Breaking Down Barriers 2.0 with the conference on September 26th, we will start Breaking down Barriers 3.0. We will keep you posted on how we will take along the lessons learned from the past years and how we aim to move forward in the upcoming project.

  • Getting to know the guest speakers

    Before the conference 2024, we conducted two exclusive interviews with guest speakers Glory Agho and Dr. Thomas Mtonga. These interviews offer a glimpse into the inspiring discussions that took place at the event.

    > Glory Agho

    > Dr. Thomas Mtonga

  • Obride with sisters

    Sharing our knowledge on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)

    The role of intersectionality. What are the success factors that make inclusive SRHR effective in practice, and which barriers need to be broken down? These questions were addressed during our successful webinar on disability inclusive education on November 16th, 2023.

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    Sharing our knowledge on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)
  • Mother sharing the impact of inclusive education implementation on her physically challenged daughter

    Sharing our knowledge on Inclusive Education: Leadership is key

    How can we achieve disability inclusive education in the global South? What are success factors that make inclusive education work, and which barriers need to be broken down? These questions were addressed during our successful webinar on disability inclusive education on June 30th 2022.

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    Sharing our knowledge on Inclusive Education: Leadership is key

Looking back and forward

The launch of Breaking down Barriers 2.0 took place on July 1st. During this online event we reflected on the results and impact of Breaking down Barriers 1.0 and how we intent to move forward in our learning trajectory in the coming years.

Watch the presentation of Dr. Willem Elbers: ‘Pracademics: missing link in disability inclusive development?’ about the important role of pracademics in disability inclusive development.

Agho Glory nèe Tsangue, Program Manager of the Empowerment and Disability Inclusive Development (EDID) Program at the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (Liliane Fonds Partner Organisation) discusses her experiences with the Breaking down Barriers project. Watch her presentation: The added value of collaboration between civil society organizations and academia.

Thomas Mtonga, Department of Educational Psychology, Sociology and Special Education of the University of Zambia reflects on the lessons learnt during Breaking down Barriers 1.0.

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