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              • A cover of a book titled “First Inclusive Braille Book of Animals.” It features a giraffe and an elephant, representing the theme of nature and inclusivity. The subtitle reads “A book you can see and feel,” emphasizing accessibility for both sighted and visually impaired readers through Braille and tactile elements.

                Automated conversion of text into inclusive Braille within in the same document

                Boltay Huroof developed software that prints ink and Braille together and converts Arabic, English, Urdu and other texts into Braille. It halves Braille production time. Since 2022 it made 300,000 documents, reached 500 users, worked with 10 schools and six banks, earning $100,000.
                Boltay Huroof, Inclusive Braille Software, Pakistan

              • Two women wearing aprons and headscarves cook at a mobile kitchen unit equipped with large pots and utensils. The trailer, part of a community response program, demonstrates practical disaster relief that empowers local women to serve others with care and resilience.

                Strengthening local resilience with inclusive innovation and collective action

                IDEAKSI is an inclusive innovation programme launched in 2021 by YAKKUM Emergency Unit. It helps people with disabilities and marginalized groups lead local disaster-preparedness solutions. It supported 26 innovations reaching 29,000 people and raised over $1 million in grants.
                YAKKUM Emergency Unit, IDEAKSI, Indonesia

              • A diverse group of people, including wheelchair users, stand together smiling in front of a large digital screen at Alibaba headquarters. The scene represents inclusion, accessibility, and empowerment in the workplace, celebrating equal participation in technology and innovation.

                A large e-commerce platform supporting retailers with disabilities

                Taobao’s 10,000 Merchants Programme helps entrepreneurs with disabilities sell online. Launched in 2023 with Alibaba Foundation support, it offers free e-commerce training, digital tools, accessibility features and community support. By June 2025 over 5,000 merchants were supported.
                Alibaba Foundation, 10,000 Merchants Programme, China

              • In a rural marketplace, a woman in traditional South Asian dress counts money outside a small shop, while another person stands nearby. The scene reflects economic empowerment, community connection, and access to digital and financial inclusion in local settings.

                Accessible mobile cash transfer ensures humanitarian aid for persons with disabilities

                CBM's 2020 inclusive mobile cash programme used bKash after Cyclone Amphan to reach 3,198 households, including 1,120 with disabilities. 78% accessed formal financial services for the first time. Households received disability top-ups; average cost €60; funded €192,000.
                CBM Christoffel-Blindenmission Christian Blind Mission e.V. (CBM), Inclusive Mobile Cash Transfer for Humanitarian Aid, Bangladesh

              • Streamlining parking permit access for persons with disabilities in the UAE

                The UAE Digital Parking Permit provides a single online gateway for people with disabilities to apply, renew and manage permits across all seven emirates. It cut approvals from weeks to minutes, issued over 13,800 permits since 2023, has >92% satisfaction and is government-funded.
                Zayed Authority for People of Determination, UAE Digital Parking Permit, United Arab Emirates

              • Girls in violet uniforms sit in several rows in front of the blackboard during class.

                Training teachers in inclusive techniques and learning materials

                Regional Action for Inclusive Education (RAISE) works with local NGO partners that act as regional resource centres for inclusive education. These centres promote the participation of children with disabilities in 78 government primary schools and are to become autonomous centres of expertise on Inclusive Education.
                Light for the World Austria, RAISE Project, India

              • A dedicated TV channel for the hearing impaired

                Broadcasting of the Listening with Your Eyes channel began in 2017. The channel allows conventional programmes to provide closed captioning and sign language displayed over the original content. The size and position of the captioning and sign on the display can be determined by the viewer using a remote control and receiver.
                Organization for Broadcasting and Communications for People with Disabilities, Japan

              • A person with a physical disability who casted his vote in Burma.

                A step-by-step toolkit to monitor voter participation

                IFES developed a methodology whereby people with disabilities and their organizations are trained as official observers and use checklists to collect data on access to the electoral process. As of 2018, 13 countries had employed the IFES’s methodology, resulting in the formation of a free-to-download Election Access Observation Toolkit.
                International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Election Access Observation Toolkit, Indonesia

              • On the edge of a white table there stands a yellow and white information pack with a small white handle. Written on it are the words: "Accessibility standards and audit pack. Produced by Sightsavers."

                Toolkit and training to make health facilities in low-income countries more accessible

                The "Accessibility Standards and Audit Pack" was launched by the international NGO Sightsavers to assess the accessibility of health care facilities and to implement structural measures. The toolkit is freely available online, and is currently used in Bangladesh and several countries in Subsaharan Africa.
                Sightsavers, Accessibility Standards & Audit Pack, Bangladesh

              • Set in a classroom of an accessbile e-learning center, a blind teacher wearing sunglases explains how to use the keyboard to a young blind boy in order to access an e-learning program on his screen.

                University-based accessible e-learning centre for

                students with disabilities

                The Inclusive University Initiative of the NGO YPSA is an e-learning centre that provides accessible learning materials and volunteer support for students with visual impairments at the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. Launched in 2019, there were five projects at other universities in 2021 and a plan for an online self-study portal.
                YPSA - Young Power in Social Action, Inclusive University: An accessible e-resource centre in the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh