Humanitarian Action
In any situation of crisis or conflict, persons with disabilities face disproportionate risk of abandonment, violence, death, and a lack of access to safety, relief, and recovery support. Crucial information on safety and evacuation is often inaccessible, and evacuation centres themselves are also rarely accessible, meaning that persons with disabilities are too often left behind.
Main Statements
- Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Submission on Disability Inclusive Humanitarian Assistance (April 2026)
- Recommendations from Persons with Disabilities to the European Commission on Disability Inclusive Humanitarian Aid: EDF’s advisory note to DG ECHO on the Humanitarian Aid Communication (January 2026)
- Donors must urgently fund disability organisations affected by US aid cuts (February 2025)
- The Future of European International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action (November 2024)
- EDF’s resolution on Disability Rights, Peace and Conflict (May 2024)
- EDF calls for inclusive and participatory response to humanitarian crises (June 2023)
- Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies. Statement from European Disability Forum (EDF) during meeting of Joint Committee on Disability Matters, Houses of the Oireachtas, Ireland (April 2022)
- Position Paper: Recommendations on migrants at EU’s external borders – emergency measures for Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (February 2022)
Resources in Inclusive Emergency Response
Check out our dedicated page with guidelines and best practices for disability-inclusive emergency response.
Our Work Areas
Our Resources and Toolkits
Humanitarian Response Projects
Empower Ukraine
Empower Ukraine is a project working towards the better inclusion of at-risk internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, veterans, older people, single-headed households, adults and children in institutions, and members of host communities with and without disabilities in specifically six oblasts (regions) in Ukraine.
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Humanitarian Action, International cooperation
No Time to Lose: EU Use of the DAC Disability Marker
We hosted the event launching our report, “No Time to Lose: Assessing European Assistance for Disability Inclusion from...
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Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Humanitarian Action
New report finds serious gaps in Disability-Inclusive EU Aid
Our new report shows that the European Union EU is falling far short of its obligations and commitment...
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Humanitarian Action, International cooperation
Disability inclusion in EU external actions: achievements of 2024
A guide for donors on inclusive recovery in Ukraine. The European Regional Disability Summit. Supporting the adoption of...
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Mariya Yasenovska
Humanitarian Action Policy Officer
Project: Empower Project
Contact: Mariya.Yasenovska@edf-feph.org
Phillipa Tucker
Eastern and Central Europe Coordinator
Project: Empower Project
Contact: phillipa.tucker@edf-feph.org