WiAD chats with Jill Scanlon.

For over 16 years, I have gained experience in disability mainstreaming, advocacy, project management, coaching and mentoring. But even though I achieved higher education and a good job, I still faced a lot of challenges against my visual impairment.

It’s been a busy start to 2025, with rumblings out of the US, concerning the dismantling of much of the work of USAID globally, emerging to take centre stage and setting an uneasy tone.