DISABILITY RIGHTS FUND'S PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024 INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING -1. LAUNCHED A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN COMMITTING TO SUPPORT DISABILITY MOVEMENTS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH THROUGH GRANT-MAKING, PEER AND COLLECTIVE LEARNING AND ADVOCACY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.2. SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH 103 DOWNSTREAM GRANTS IN AFRICA, SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST ASIA, PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES AND HAITI.3. REINFORCED COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ACTORS IN DISABILITY RIGHTS, CLIMATE, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND PHILANTHROPIC SPACES THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN FORA SUCH AS THE CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES; CRPD COMMITTEE HEARINGS, WILTON PARK, THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT (AWID), AND COP29.
