Events

Empowering Inclusion through Disability Statistics: The Pacific Regional Guidebook on Disability Statistics

The Pacific Community (SPC) hosted a one‑day regional workshop on 18 February 2026 dedicated to building capacity for the...

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Collecting Data on Children with Disabilities in Humanitarian Situations: Presentation of the New UNICEF/Washington Group Module on Child Functioning - Humanitarian Version

Date: Monday, 16 February 2026Time: 9:00 a.m....

The Washington Group on Disability Statistics held its 25th Annual Meeting virtually on 29 October 2025.

Date for WG25 Announced!

The Washington Group on Disability Statistics will hold its 25th Annual Meeting on 29 October 2025.

The one-day meeting will be held virtually from 08:30am – 10:30am (EDT/New York). 

More details and...

Date: Tuesday, 24 June 2025Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. ESTRegister: here.

Good-quality data are key to eliminating discrimination based on disability and to accelerating global progress towards inclusive policies and...

GDS 2025 Disability Data Forum - 3 April 2025

The Disability Data Forum will spotlight investments and efforts realized or required to strengthen data on persons with disabilities in global, regional, and country data systems...

2025 Global Disability Summit: 2-3 April 2025

The International Disability Alliance (IDA), the Government of Germany, and the Government of Jordan will host the third Global Disability Summit (GDS) in Berlin, Germany.

GDS brings...

Dates for WG24 Announced!

The Washington Group on Disability Statistics will hold its 24th Annual Meeting on 8-10 October 2024.

The annual meeting will be held virtually. 

More details and the agenda will be shared closer to...

The WG will hold two upcoming webinars to support member countries in creating a Country Disability Report using the WG Short Set on Functioning.

In 2020, the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) membership endorsed the...