
“Disability Under Siege” is a multidisciplinary project running from 2020 to 2024 and which seeks to transform the education provision for children with disabilities in conflict affected states, specifically Palestine (Gaza and West Bank), Lebanon, and Jordan
Project Overview
The project is a Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Network Plus, aiming to build equitable partnerships between the Global South and the Global North, and encourage collaborations between universities, NGOs, educators, artists, and grassroots activists, in particular people with disabilities.
As part of the Network, we will be funding a range of Innovation projects. These projects will aim to change the discourse around disability, removing barriers, and improving access to education for children with disabilities, while promoting collaboration between partners in the MENA region and UK organisations. There will also be a strong focus on arts and culture as a way of increasing representation and changing the perception of disability in the region.

De-institutionalisation under Siege online inaugural meeting
Our sister project "Deinstitutionalisation under Siege" is holding its inaugural meeting on 21st September at 10am (UK time). We invite anyone working on (de)institutionalisation in Lebanon and Palestine to join us and help us build a joint network of researchers, activists, and practitioners. For further information please register online using the link to Eventbrite below.
News and Engagement

Research project & art exhibition seeks to remove stigma of young people with disabilities in Jordan

Arab youth must be harnessed in climate change fight, by Professor Dina Kiwan

University of Birmingham-led project commissions exciting disability research in the Middle East

A letter to friends and colleagues; "What needs to be known, remembered, and acted upon."

Lords Committee requests urgent review of the Life in the UK Test

Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize 2021

Deep education reforms needed to get youth more engaged in climate action

Disability Under Siege: decolonising knowledge on disability in contexts of conflict and crisis by Professor Dina Kiwan
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Publications

Dis/abled decolonial human and citizen futures

“Vulnerable” or Systematically Excluded? The Impact of Covid-19 on Disabled People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Covid-19 Research

Education for disabled children in the Global South during COVID-19: An afterthought?

The impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities in Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan

How pandemic responses neglected disabled people’s rights

Disabled people are being left out of COVID recovery. Here are five ways to change that

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