The IFRC and other humanitarian agencies have extensive guidance on how to ensure our programmes are more inclusive and more effective through sex, age and disability disaggregated data ("SADDD").
For disability specifically, there is extensive guidance available on the "Washington Group Questions"
IFRC resources
- Main guide on disaggregated data and the Washington Group Questions is Annex 1 of the PGI Minimum Standards
- Based on the longer original guidance Technical Note On Counting People Reached.pdf
- This video outlines the key points of SADDD from that guide
- Tool 2.4.1 - assessment question library in the PGIiE Toolkit summarises the guidance on the SADD tab of that spreadsheet
- Everyone counts report 2019 (chapter 4) has an overview of the process, and some examples
- This Sex, Age and Disability Data Disaggregation Framework from ICRC is comprehensive and detailed
IFRC Training materials
- The PGI Core Training has a 1-hour training session : session 2.4 on SADDD and analysis:
- The PGI in Emergencies Training has a more developed exercise focused on the Washington Group Questions
- In this folder linked above is the PPT, handout and script for the session, including learning objectives. There are also the longer powerpoints that were consolidated into this one.
IFRC online training
- Counting People Reached by Red Cross Red Crescent Services - see lesson 2 on "Who should we count? SADDD (sex, age and disability disaggregated data)"
- Fundamentals of Field Surveys - section 3: Indicators and Question Design includes detailed overview of SADD
Examples / case studies
- See Everyone Counts Report 2019
- The IASC Case Studies of disability inclusion in humanitarian response includes examples from NS (Kenya and Philippines), as well as many from other organistions
- Some examples from the Webinar on disability data March 2019 (internal IFRC link)
External tools and training
The website for the Washington Group Question Sets
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The WG Short Set of six questions on functioning for use on national censuses and surveys was developed, tested and adopted by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG). The questions reflect advances in the conceptualization of disability and use the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) as a conceptual framework.
The Humanitarian Disability Needs Estimation Screening Tool (HD-NEST) - quick practice guide
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The Humanitarian Disability Needs Estimation Screening Tool (HD-NEST) is a set of three questions for rapidly identifying most people with disability in a disaster affected population. HD-NEST was designed for use in rapid assessments immediately following a sudden onset disaster. The design of the tool was guided by the constraints humanitarian actors face in the early days of a response.
Developed by the Nossal Institute for Global Health at the University of Melbourne
- The Disability Data in Humanitarian Action project by Humanity and Inclusion is comprehensive and includes
- Factsheets
- Online training course
- Training pack
- Guidance materials
- The "Humanitarian Hands On Tool" from CBM - just some simple cards on Data and on the Washington Group Questions.
- The IASC Guidelines, on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action is the complete opposite has detailed relevant sections:
- Chapter 4. DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
- Annex 2 Tools for disaggregating data
- Annex 3 Potential sources of secondary data
- Annex 4 Considerations when assessing secondary data
- The World Bank's Disability Data Hub
See also
- our main page on Disability Inclusion with links to other resources
- all resources on this website related to disability inclusion