IFAD’s Disability Inclusion Strategy 2022-2027

Achieving disability inclusion is a critical goal in the pursuit of IFAD’s mission.

IFAD has acquired some experience in working with persons with disabilities, and has been stepping up its efforts to become more disability inclusive in recent years. IFAD has made several commitments regarding disability inclusion. One of these commitments is the development of a corporate disability inclusion strategy. Focusing on the rights of persons with disabilities supports the achievement of the central promise under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to leave no one behind.

IFAD’s Disability Inclusion Strategy is aligned with the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as IFAD’s Strategy on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and the IFAD Policy on Targeting. It will guide efforts to raise IFAD’s standards and performance on disability inclusion.

The objective of the strategy is to ensure that IFAD is fit for purpose in relation to disability inclusion. It will provide a foundation for sustainable and transformative change towards disability inclusion throughout all pillars of IFAD’s work.