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  Comprehensive ICT skills empowerment programme for disadvantaged women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa

  Save Our Needy Organization (SON), Nigeria: Empowers underprivileged girls and women, focusing on digital, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills. In 2023, expanded to reach over 2,000 females in six Nigerian regions.
  Save Our Needy Organisation, Project Empower, Nigeria

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  Early stimulation programme for children with Down Syndrome in an academic setting

  Centro UC Síndrome de Down, Chile: Offers a Developmental Stimulation Programme for children aged 0–6 with Down Syndrome, focusing on personal, cognitive, emotional, and interpersonal skills. Expanded from 15 children in 2017 to 48 in 2023.
  UC Down Syndrome Center, Programa de Estimulación Integral del Desarrollo (PEID) , Chile

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  Computer keyboard with only 11 buttons for people with motor impairments

  The Key-X smart keyboard, launched in 2018 by multinational start-up Key2enable, has just eleven touch-sensitive, iconographic keys that enable operation without much effort, while being robust enough for rough touches. By 2022 some 2,500 Key-X keyboards had been sold in 28 countries.
  Key2enable Assistive Technology MENA Ltd, Key-X, United Arab Emirates

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  A free open-source tool for increasing cross-disability accessibility of computers

  Raising the Floor in Washington, D.C., launched Morphic in 2021, an open-source program streamlining access to computer accessibility features. By 2022, it had over a quarter million uses on public-use computers.
  Raising the Floor, Morphic, United States of America

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  International NGO using digital books with sign language and audio for all children

  World Vision Malawi's Timwerenge 365 Digital Books Project: Offers accessible digital books for children's literacy, including 60 with Malawian Sign Language. In 2023, extended to schools for the deaf throughout the country.
  World Vision, Timwerenge 365 (T365) Digital Books Project , Malawi

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  An app and a movement to combat gender-based violence against women with disabilities

  CIDIP's App Morada, Mexico: Prevents gender-based violence with a video call-hotline for women with disabilities. Since 2020, used by 25,000 women, leading to a nationwide Purple App Movement.
  Interdisciplinary Center on Rights, Childhood and Parentality, App Morada , Mexico

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  Research institute that is fully inclusive in its staff, research, and publishing

  The Donald Beasley Institute in New Zealand advances disability rights via inclusive research. A 13-member team, including researchers wirh disabilities and indigenous researchers, promotes accessibility.
  Donald Beasley Institute (DBI), Donald Beasley Institute, New Zealand

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  A concerted effort for the usage of accessible ICT devices supporting children with disabilities in low-income contexts

  Sightsavers India, a national NGO, promotes inclusive education with accessible ICT devices in remote areas. In 2022, it supported over 6,000 visually impaired learners across mainstream primary and secondary schools.
  Sightsavers India, Eight-State Inclusive Education Programme, India

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  An AI-based smartphone app translating conversations into text messages in real time

  Nagish, New York: Developed an AI-driven app for deaf or hard-of-hearing users, converting audio to text and vice versa. Free, with corporate partnerships. Over 20,000 users in the U.S., Canada, and Israel in 2023.
  nagish, Nagish App, United States of America

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  Developing various strategies to share eBooks with millions of deaf students

  LoHo Learning in Kenya creates eBooks for the deaf using sign language. Partnering with eKitabu, it piloted projects in schools, enhancing digital access for teachers and children with hearing impairments.
  LoHo Learning Ltd., LoHo eBooks, Kenya