Policy paper

Mannion Daniels Ltd

Published 23 July 2018

Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018

IMPORTANT: Please refer to the accompanying guidance note for advice on completing this form and please fill in all four sections in English.

Your organisation:

Type of organisation: Private Sector Organisation

Name of organisation Mannion Daniels Ltd

Charter for Change

Please read the attached Summit Charter for Change: the principal legacy of the Summit. If your organisation is happy to sign up to the Charter, please confirm by putting a cross in the box below.

My organisation signs up to the Summit Charter for Change ☒

Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries:

Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination:

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):

• We commit to increasing the number and/or value of grants working with persons with disabilities across the funds we manage.
• We commit to building the capacity of all grant holders to include persons with disability in their projects

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will emphasise persons with disabilities as a key population in all our upcoming funding windows and through our capacity-building activities.

Commitments for Data Disaggregation

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Other

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

• As a fund manager for various funds (AmplifyChange, UK Aid Direct, UK Aid Match) we commit to promoting guidance on the Washington Short Set of Questions to applicants and grant holders. - Specifically, under UK Aid Direct and UK Aid Match we will support all grant holders to report disaggregated data on the numbers of persons with disability that are benefitting from their projects.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will promote guidance through all our funds via various means as required.

Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities:

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

Women and girls with disabilities are vulnerable to sexual and reproductive health and rights abuses. As fund managers of AmplifyChange, we commit to ensuring that the needs of women and girls with disabilities are addressed in all our upcoming funding windows .In UK Aid Direct and UK Aid Match we commit to ensure the funds target the most vulnerable populations, especially women and girls with disabilities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will address women and girls with disabilities’ sexual and reproductive health and rights and support effective targeting approaches in our guidance for all our coming funding windows.

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

We commit to supporting women and girls with disabilities’ participation in high level events.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will advocate with our partners and stakeholders to secure invitations for women and girls with disabilities in our portfolios (AmplifyChange, UK Aid Direct, UK Aid Match) whether it is at the national, sub regional or international levels.

Other

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

We commit to applying to the Global Action on Disability network (GLAD).

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will advocate with our partners and stakeholders who are already members to nominate us for GLAD, by 2019.