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As a Disability Data Fellow,  you will curate disability-related datasets and disseminate them with relevant partners whom you will be responsible for identifying. In addition to culling out data that researchers and practitioners will apply to their work, you will also propel the development ecosystem’s awareness of the existence of such data, as well as highlight the need for data that focuses on the unique needs and challenges of people with disabilities as well as disability-aggregated data on development programs,  and means and opportunities to apply disability-related data to do inclusion.

The Fellow must curate a set that is uniquely useful to the development sector (keeping in mind existing publicly available datasets disaggregated for PWDs) contributing to their ability to do inclusive work. The specific responsibilities of this role will be as follows. 
 


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The Disability Data Fellowship (DDF) seeks to address the above-described gaps by harnessing the power of partnerships and cultivating a community of disability data experts committed to curating, exchanging, and disseminating disability-related data, leading to stronger development outcomes and building a collaborative movement towards disability justice. 

Specifically, the DDF seeks to achieve the following:

Building a data-driven knowledge repository – Facilitating the collection, analysis, and dissemination of disability data*, across domains such as health, mental health, agriculture, urban development, financial inclusion, etc. 

Fostering collaborations and raising awareness across the development ecosystem – Through the Fellows as well as outreach engagements in the form of workshops, roundtables, brown bags, etc. based on the repository, facilitate collaborations between stakeholders across subject areas and sectors yet committed to disability justice. Additionally, to increase awareness on the need for disability-disaggregated data as well as on existing data, and the need for disability-data-informed policy and practice, Fellows will be involved in curating communication resources in the form of op-eds, podcasts, etc. 

Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required

 

  • With a Master’s Degree who is trained in data science and social science/public policy, or data science/statistics/mathematics with demonstrated interest and experience in working on issues of marginalization. 
  • Who can work with datasets, large and small, qualitative and quantitative, to extract disability-specific data, perform analyses to disaggregate when necessary, and document the same for easy processing by an LLM
  • Experience in setting up long-engagement partnerships with relevant experts and organizations in the field of disability-inclusive research and data science.
     

 

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Accurate and comprehensive disability data in the development sector is critical for making evidence-based decisions and designing targeted policy interventions – whether it is while planning a project proposal, detailing a programmatic initiative, or developing a funding agenda. At present, there are multiple gaps in disability disaggregated data in qualitative as well as quantitative datasets. These gaps range from issues such as:

  • The absence of disability-focused data, especially data covering all types of disabilities due to  inadequate data collection methods
  • Biases and blindspots that reduce the focus on the collection of such data weak statistical systems and limited statistical capacity at the country level.
  • Absence of indicators and metrics targeting development outcomes for people with disabilities. 
  • Inaccessible and limited discovery of disability-related data.


Such gaps contribute to inefficient policy measures as well as unintended impacts leading to the reproduction and widening of socio-economic inequalities in development outcomes for persons with disabilities.


Other Information/Terms & Condition

Belongg and Mission Accessibility are committed to inclusive hiring. We actively encourage candidates with diverse underrepresented identities (disability, gender, sexuality, religion, caste, etc) to apply. The Fellowship is based in Delhi or Bengaluru though we will be open to exceptional Fellows located in other cities. 

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  • Tenure: 03 Months

  • Organisation Type India

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If the goals of the Fellowship align with your skills and interests, we would love to interview you. 

The application deadline is 14th June 2024 and the Fellowship will run from 1st July - 30th September 2024. There is some flexibility on the dates based on Fellow preferences. 

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Belongg is a social innovation platform that seeks to make global development and technology products more intersectionally inclusive in terms of gender, sexuality, race, caste, religion, and disability. With our work in Inclusive Tech at Belongg, we hope to influence development researchers, practitioners, and funders in identifying and adopting more equitable and inclusive approaches that better serve the needs of people with marginalized identities.

We are currently working on an AI-based platform called BelonggAI that facilitates inclusion by making inclusive research more accessible and applicable to key players driving change in the field of social development.

  • Date of posting: 2024-06-11

  • Deadline: 2024-06-14

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