Refugee-led observatory to optimize digital information access for refugees with disabilities
Challenge
Refugees with disabilities, particularly those with visual impairments, struggle to access critical information via online channels extensively used by humanitarian and governmental actors, undermining their ability to access social and protection services.
Solution
Establish a refugee-led observatory to advise humanitarian and other actors on how to improve online community engagement – with a particular focus on refugees with visual impairments – based on best practices and current information accessibility as experienced by refugees.
Impact
38,000 Ukrainian refugees with visual impairments in Poland could benefit from improved access to digital information and, as a result, services. Evidence-based tools developed and shared will ensure accessible communications going forward.
Project impact
Other information
Read the checklist for accessible digital content developed by this initiative. Find out more about this, and other ways refugees with disabilities are innovating to support their communities, in our webstory.