Date: Sep 30 - Oct 21 2025
Time: to ET
Join this knowledge series that will highlight country examples, best practices and new tools to strengthen disability inclusive policies and services.
We will launch knowledge products on disability inclusion, focusing on three important and interrelated topics of measuring disability-related costs, the care economy and childcare.
The speakers will share experiences from different countries fostering a dialogue on how such evidence can inform broader efforts to advance the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and disability-inclusive social development.
International sign and closed captions will be provided.
SESSION 1 : Inclusive Childcare and Maternal Employment | September 30 | 9:30 AM
The impacts of inclusive childcare on the workforce participation of mothers with children with disabilities have not been explored in LMICs. This session launching the report, “Employment and Inclusive Childcare for Mothers of Children with Disabilities”, will share findings from research focusing on three countries in East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
MODERATOR
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Lead for Disability Inclusion, World Bank
SPEAKERS
Anne Hayes, Executive Director, IDP
Gorretti Byomire, Uganda Local Consultant, IDP
Rana Yacoub, Extended Term Consultant, Gender, World Bank
Vicky Tsang, East Asia and Pacific Program Officer, Gender and Economic Inclusion, IFC
SESSION 2 : Measuring disability-related costs | October 7 | 9:30 AM
This session will present practical examples of how data on disability-related costs is being collected and used across countries. It will present the methodological guidelines developed collaboratively by international experts with UNICEF and the World Bank and showcase results from country studies applying diverse methodologies. These include countries from different regions and income levels: Georgia, Peru, Nepal, Fiji, Namibia, India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and others.
OPENING REMARKS
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Lead for Disability Inclusion, World Bank
MODERATOR
Deepti Samant, Social Development Specialist, World Bank
SPEAKERS
Alexandre Cote, Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF
Ludovico Carraro, Consultant, World Bank
Daniel Mont, CEO, Center for Inclusive Policy
Morgon Banks, Associate Professor, International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED), LSHTM
Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio, Researcher, University of Los Andes, Bogotá
CLOSING REMARKS
Gopal Mitra, Global Lead on Disability and Development, UNICEF
List of resources shared in the chat:
The Cost of Raising Children with Disabilities in the Philippines | UNICEF Philippines
The Cost of Raising Children with Disabilities in Georgia
The Cost of Disability in Peru
The Direct Costs of Disability to Families in Tamil Nadu, India
SESSION 3 : Disability inclusion and the Care Economy | October 21 | 9:30 AM
This session will showcase findings from a comprehensive review of disability inclusion in the care economy, highlighting the barriers to and strategies for advancing disability-inclusive care investments.
OPENING REMARKS
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Lead for Disability Inclusion, World Bank
SPEAKERS
Maria Pereira, Senior Associate, Center for Inclusive Policy
Tanima Ahmed, Gender Specialist, MAS Gender, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Nahla Zeitoun, Senior Social Protection Specialist, World Bank
Mr. Facundo Chavez Penillas, Human Rights & Disability Advisor, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
CLOSING REMARKS
Laura Rawlings, Lead Economist, Gender, World Bank