VOICE-Ghana, a disability NGO based in Ho in the Volta region of Ghana, has expressed its determination to make disability issues an important topic to be discussed in the run-up to Ghana’s elections to be held in November this year. Mr Francis Asong, Director of Voice-Ghana said there was a need to end the irresolute attitude […]
Somalia’s first female presidential candidate
Fadumo Qasim Dayib, Somalia’s first female presidential candidate recently paid a surprise visit to the Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) in Mogadishu, an organization advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities. Mrs. Dayib, aspiring to become Somalia’s first female president, escaped the country’s civil war in the 1990s as a refugee, relocating in Finland […]
The first Pan-African Albino Conference
The very first Pan African Albino Conference recently held in Dar es Salaam from November 19– 22 2015 marked an unprecedented moment in bringing together major stakeholders to discuss and empower advocacy and protection measures for people with albinism. Hosted by Under the Same Sun (UTSS), an international organisation advocating for the rights and protection of […]
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