Events

Past Event

Disability Rights and Human Rights Issues: Human Rights in Africa

December 10, 2020
10:00 AM - 11:40 AM
America/New_York
Online
Join Ekanem and Francis from our HRAP 2020-21 cohort, and other grassroots leaders as they discuss their personal and professional experiences advocating for human rights and disability rights in Africa. Zoom link: https://teacherscollege.zoom.us/j/91951814115 Panelists: -Ekanem Itoro Effiong, UNAIDS Youth Leader for West and Central Africa, Nigeria, Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) 2020-21. -Francis Bichnord Komla Asong, Executive Director, Voice of People with Disability (VOICE Ghana), Ghana, Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) 2020-21. -Abu Bakarr Bangura, Country Representative of African Youth with Disabilities Network Founder & Director of National Disability Students Forum, Sierra Leone. -Francess Issa Esq. Human Rights Lawyer Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Advocate, Sierra Leone. -Tania Fraser, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Advocate, People's Alliance for Reproductive Health Advocacy (PARHA), Sierra Leone. -David Obinna Anyaele, Executive Director, Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), Nigeria. To request disability-related accommodations contact OASID at [email protected] or 212-678-3854 video phone as early as possible.

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