Category: Disability Rights

kenya inbusiness programme participants at work

Disability Rights
Economic Empowerment

Disability Inclusion Facilitators – “the change starts with us”

Die Gewinnerinnen des Her Abilities Award 2020

Disability Rights
Events

Announcing the 2020 Her Abilities Award Winners!

Disability Rights
Economic Empowerment
Eye Health
Humanitarian Action
Inclusive Education

2020 – a year of good things?

Nyamit lives in the IDP camp Mahad, South Sudan © Julia Gunther — Nyamit lives in the IDP camp Mahad. Her picture and story was used in several publications.

Disability Rights

A first for South Sudan’s disability movement

Nyamit lives in the IDP camp Mahad, South Sudan © Julia Gunther — Nyamit lives in the IDP camp Mahad. Her picture and story was used in several publications.

Disability Rights

A first for South Sudan’s disability movement

A guest speaker in the studio, writing notes.

Disability Rights
Humanitarian Action

Let’s Talk about COVID-19 and disability

A young boy is washing his hand from a water canister that is fixated on wood. — Child washing hands in Mozambique.

Disability Rights
Humanitarian Action

In the coronavirus crisis, people with disabilities face higher risks

A young boy is washing his hand from a water canister that is fixated on wood. — Child washing hands in Mozambique.

Disability Rights
Humanitarian Action

In the coronavirus crisis, people with disabilities face higher risks

Nurse Julia explaining the medication to her patient © Light for the World — Júlia Vasco is a nurse in the outskirts of Beira. She is worried she might spread COVID-19 to her four children.

Disability Rights
Humanitarian Action

Leaving no one behind during the COVID 19 outbreak

Yetnebersh Nigussie speaks into a microphone at a conference. She is wearing a blue blazer and a white T-shirt. — Yetnebersh Nigussie became World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. The Forum of Young Global Leaders is an independent non-profit foundation established by Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum. It brings together outstanding individuals for a five-year, personalized leadership program. Young Global Leaders lead governments and over 500 companies, are holders of Nobel Prizes and Academy Awards, and they serve as UN Special Ambassadors. © Light for the World

Disability Rights

Yetnebersh Nigussie becomes a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader