This presentation was delivered during a webinar "Gender and disability inclusion in education: evidence from West and Central Africa" organized by UNGEI, IIEP-UNESCO, UNICEF, Sightsavers and Humanity & Inclusion. The presenter was Margo Greenwood, Senior Research Associate, Sightsavers.
The contents of the presentation on Sightsavers' qualitative research:
- The research (Sierra Leone, Cameroon and Senegal)
- What they (children, parents and teachers) experience as barriers to participation
- What being included and excluded in daily life looks like for them
- Their successes and challenges
- Their ideas for change
- How they are experiencing the interventions
- The findings
- Gender perceptions around disability
- School and classroom environment
- Peer relationships
- Parental and community attitudes
- The way forward
- What does this research add?
