Celebrating 8 Years of Empowering Change! ✊
Disability Repro-Light was proud to participate in the "The Power of Now Us: 8 Years of Impactful Partnership" event, funded by @voicetweetz Tanzania and organized by @WiLDAFTz Tanzania.
Elizabeth Kanjiwa from the Family Planning Association of Malawi recommends an inclusion of the voices of people with disabilities especially in high level meetings like #GDS2022#CommitToChange
#CommitToChange "Today we stand together in solidarity to declare no more exclusion and isolation just complete equality and rights, to ensure women and girls with disabilities are fully seen and counted" - Dr. Natalia Kanem Executive Director @UNFPA
"We must ensure agency and representation by engaging with organizations of persons with disabilities at the country level" says Catherine Russell - Executive Director UNICEF. #CommitToChange
"When we approach our goals with inclusion in mind, we often create solutions that conserve communities far beyond the ones we originally intended to reach" Says Samantha Power; Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). #CommitToChange
"Our future lies in inclusion and we cannot move forward if we leave anyone behind. Let the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic help us become better versions of ourselves" says his majesty, Abdullah the Second of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan #CommitToChange
"We need leadership of persons with disabilities, particularly women with disabilities and the representative organizations. The foundation of our cooperation must be based on active consultation with people with disabilities" UN Secretary-General António Guterres #CommitToChange
"We must tackle disability inclusion head-on, and do it with the highest sense of urgency" says Ghana's President Akufo-Addo in his opening at the 2nd Global Disability Summit. #CommitToChange
Maadhimisho ya #Siku16 za uanaharakati yanaendelea. Leo tunaungana na @UNFPATanzania na wadau wengine kwenye mjadala wa kitaifa wa kutambua haki ya afya ya uzazi na haki ya kuishi maisha bila ukatili kwa wanawake na vijana wenye ulemavu Tanzania
#UlemavuSioKikwazo#KomeshaUkatili
"Mhe. Rais @SuluhuSamia anawapenda sana watu wenye ulemavu. Ametupatia Tshs. Bil. 8 za kujenga vyuo vya watu wenye ulemavu. Vitajengwa Kigoma na Songwe." - Mhe. Ummy Nderiananga - Naibu Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu, Sera, Bunge, Kazi, Ajira, Vijana na Watu Wenye Ulemavu.
We were delighted to attend a 2-day workshop on adolescent mental health implementation research priority setting in Tanzania that was organized by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in collaboration with other key stakeholders.