*Disability Rights Activist Yetnebersh Nigussie available for interview*
People with disabilities make up 15% of the world’s population*, but despite being one in five...
Press Releases
2018-11-29
Her Abilities, the first global award honouring the achievements of women with disabilities, will announce its winners today to coincide with World Disability Day, Monday 3rd...
2018-07-02
- Nominations for ‘Her Abilities’ start today Nominations for ‘Her Abilities’ open from today 2nd July
- Outstanding jury members from around...
Women with disabilities Burkina Faso Credit: Gregor Kuntscher- Women with disabilities 2 Burkina Faso Credit: Gregor Kuntscher
- Women with disabilities 3 Burkina Faso Credit: Gregor Kuntscher
- Women with disabilities 4 Burkina Faso Credit: Gregor Kuntscher
- Women with disabilities 5 Burkina Faso Credit: Gregor Kuntscher
- Women with disabilities 6 Burkina Faso Credit: Gregor Kuntscher
2018-06-05
Media Advisory by Light for the World
Powerful female spokespeople with disabilities from India and Cambodia available for interviews at the European...
2018-03-08
- Yetnebersh Nigussie, blind herself, is awarded for the “global voice” she gives for the rights of people with disabilities
- Previous recipients of prestigious...
2017-12-01
The Laureates of the 2017 Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, will receive their prizes at tonight’s Award...
2017-10-24
Big Lottery Fund’s new international programme - the East Africa Disability Fund - awards £2.1 million of funding to six organisations in its first phase.
The funding...
2017-09-26
Yetnebersh Nigussie, a 35 year old lawyer from Ethiopia, receives prestigious award
- She has dedicated her life to advocating for people with disabilities and gender...
