Policy paper

Ford Foundation

Published 23 July 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018

Your organisation

Type of organisation: Foundation

Name of organisation: Ford Foundation

Charter for Change

Please read the attached Summit Charter for Change: the principal legacy of the Summit. If your organisation is happy to sign up to the Charter, please confirm by putting a cross in the box below.

My organisation signs up to the Summit Charter for Change: X

Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy, legislation and its implementation

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):

Ford will contribute to supporting the work of NGOs to ensure that the CRPD is implemented and that the Sustainable Development Goals include people with disabilities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

2018-2019 grantmaking to both disability-specific organizations, as well as mainstream organizations addressing the rights and priorities of people with disabilities.

A. Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):

Ford’s grantmaking in the United States will seek to ensure that the voices of people with disabilities directly inform donor priorities through the establishment of a Disability Justice Fund that brings donors and activists together to make grant decisions.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Work to develop a collaborative fund will start in late summer through the fall and early 2019 to develop a process, structure and focus of a $2 million fund.

B. Commitments for Technology and Innovation

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy and guidance

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

Support work to ensure that standards and policies related to the internet include and address the needs of people with disabilities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

2018-2019

C. Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

As the Ford Foundation develops a new global strategy focused on the rights of women and girls, it will:

• Ensure that women with disabilities have greater influence in shaping laws, policies and narratives around what it means to be a woman facing multiple forms of discrimination impacting on their ability to have control over their bodies.
• Support women’s rights institutions, movement and networks to better address multiple intersecting dimensions of discrimination – including disability – supporting coalitions that include women with disabilities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

2018-2020