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The Washington Group on Disability Statistics held its 24th Annual Meeting virtually on 8-10 October 2024.

Recordings for each day of the meeting can be accessed here:

Day 1 - 8 October 2024 Day 2 - 9 October 2024 Day 3 - 10...

Recording Now Available!

Introduction to Creating a Country Report on Disability

In 2020, the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) membership endorsed the development of standard reports on disability from countries....

Now Available: The Child Functioning Module - Teacher Version and the Inclusive Education Module

The WG and UNICEF have just released two new data collection tools to foster inclusion of children with disabilities in education.  ...

“Disability in The Maldives: An analysis from Census 2022”

The Population and Housing Census of Maldives collects comprehensive data across a range of topics, and for the first time in 2022, collected information on disability...

GLAD-IDA statement at Conference on Education Data and Statistics supports use of Child Functioning Module

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia’s (ESCWA) Disability Statistics program aims to improve the production, dissemination and communication of disability statistics in areas of critical concern, including those...

As part of UNICEF’s continued efforts, this new report provides regional estimates (drawn from 128 data sources) of children with disabilities in Eastern and Southern Africa. It also includes internationally comparable data...

Data Workshop for OPDs

The Disability Data Advocacy Workshop for Organizations of Persons with Disabilities was developed by CBM Global Disability Inclusion and UNFPA Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the Stakeholder...

21 to 24 August 2023 Rovereto, Italy

The Centre of Excellence on Data for Children with Disabilities, launched by UNICEF in 2021, in partnership with the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science of the University of Trento,...

UNICEF’s Centre of Excellence on Data for Children with Disabilities has launched a call for proposals on data analyses to promote the use of data and the generation of knowledge on the state of children with disabilities.

This...