Year: 2026

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Disability Rights Movement in Nigeria: The Beginning, The Now, and The Future

The Evolution of Advocacy: From Charity to Rights The history of the Joint National Association of Persons with...

Call for Applications for Disability Inclusion Facilitators

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Disability Inclusion Officers

Role: Disability Inclusion Facilitators – We Can Work Programme Department: National Secretariat, JONAPWD Reports to: Disability Inclusion Advisor...

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From Invisibility to Inclusion: Rebuilding Gender-Based Violence (GBV) ReferralPathway for Women with Disabilities in Nigeria

From Invisibility to Inclusion: Rebuilding Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Referral Pathway for Women with Disabilities in Nigeria For too...

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ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT REPORT OF SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE RESPONSE AND REFERRAL CENTERS IN LAGOS AND ABUJA

The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), with the strategic support of the Canada Fund for...

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DAY 2: Second Contact Training on Advocacy Engagement for Mentees and Persons with Lived Experience

Day 2 of the training on Advocacy Engagement for Mentees and Persons with Lived Experiences, unfolded as more...

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Rights in Action (RIA)- Second Contact Training on Advocacy Engagement for Mentees and Persons with Lived Experiences

The momentum for inclusive development continues as disability rights advocates and mentees convened for Day 1 of the...

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JONAPWD Youth Wing Engages Bank of Agriculture on Inclusive Economic Opportunities for Young Persons with Disabilities

On 11 March 2026, the Youth Wing of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) paid...

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SERVICES WITHOUT HITCHES: Voices at the Center: Women with Disabilities in GBV Service Design

On this episode of Services Without Hitches, we had our guest from the National Commission for Persons with...

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: JONAPWD Unveils Landmark Assumptive Data on Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: JONAPWD Unveils Landmark Assumptive Data on Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria In a historic...

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Assumptive Data of Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria

Reliable data remains one of the most significant gaps in advancing disability-inclusive development in Nigeria. For many years,...