First global women’s disability award aims to break stereotypes
Thomson Reuters Foundation The first global award recognising the achievements of women with disabilities aims to break through stereotypes to show their skills as leaders and problem solvers, its founder said on Monday. A filmmaker, a political campaigner and a public health expert were named the first winners of the Her Abilities awards, which were […]
‘Cursed’, blind female Ethiopian rights lawyer shares ‘alternative Nobel Prize’
Thomson Reuters Foundation Blind Ethiopian lawyer Yetnebersh Nigussie (left) and Rupert Roniger, CEO of Light for the World, in 2013. PICTURE: Light for the World. At just five-years-old, Yetnebersh Nigussie’s world went dark. After contracting a fever as a child, no amount of “holy water” or traditional medicine in rural Ethiopia was enough to stop […]