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This presentation was delivered during a webinar "Gender and disability inclusion in education: evidence from West and Central Africa" organized by UNGEI, IIEP-UNESCO, UNICEF, Sightsavers and Humanity & Inclusion. The presenter was Margo Greenwood, Senior Research Associate, Sightsavers. 

The contents of the presentation on Sightsavers' qualitative research: 

• The research (Sierra Leone, Cameroon and Senegal)
• What they (children, parents and teachers) experience as barriers to participation
• What being included and excluded in daily life looks like for them
• Their successes and challenges
• Their ideas for change
• How they are experiencing the interventions
• The findings
• Gender perceptions around disability
• School and classroom environment
• Peer relationships
• Parental and community attitudes
• The way forward
• What does this research add?