Rose Resiato

Disability advocate
Founder Rural Women Voices CBO
Human Rights Defender
Women and girls Rights Advocate

[Alice Nah @alicenah]

Proud to have been part of creating this video that features @RezzyRozzy and @NankingaO
sharing about how #DisabilityRights are #Humanrights. Celebrating #IDPWD2023 with you! @ProtectionInt
@PI_AfricaHub @DurhamSociology @DurhamHRC https://t.co/xCslccGmWZ

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

On Day 14 of #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGBV, our members are having a day of dialogue with @KenyaRedCross on women and girls with disabilities at the intersection of #GBV and situations of risk & humanitarian emergencies #WomenWithDisabilitiesAgainstGBV @IFRCAfrica #InvestToPrevent

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

We continue to advocate for policy issues affecting women & girls with disabilities.Our mentor Josephine Sinyo,Champion @CatherineSYOKA3 shared their experiences and @mangenieliza read the position of women with disabilities in Kenya.Thanks to support by @en_africa and @wanjaah✊🏾

[Elizabeth Mang'eni @mangenieliza]

A successful day after appearing before the Multi-Sectoral Working Group on the Realization of the not more than two-thirds Gender principle to submit our memo as the Kenyan Women with Disabilities.We look forward to consideration of our recommendation to promote inclusion of WWD

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

“I always fight for rights of people who are disabled,mostly when I am doing counseling.I normally make sure those women who are far from information I go there,I meet them,call them in meetings we form groups…”shared Beatrice Nyangasi from @Kakamega_037 @FordFoundation
#WWDLead

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

In @KisumuCountyKE,led by County Lead Bentar,our champions had a meeting with state and non-state duty bearers from Health,Gender,Police,Non-Governmental Organizations & Civil Societies.They discussed issues on case handling,referral pathway and Inclusion of PWDs
@FordFoundation

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

"If we don't access decision making spaces, we don't speak, nobody will. We must rise, speak on decision making tables, make them understand, and push the agenda of inclusion forwards," powerful words from Belinda Champion from Nairobi. #WomenwithDisabilitiesLead @FordFoundation

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

Our @MombasaCountyKe Champions paid a courtesy visit to Office of Youths,Sports and Gender Director @e_ingolo.The discussion expounded on visiting various local leaders in the community,a positive step towards improving the lives of women & girls with disabilities
@FordFoundation

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

Our Network member @mangenieliza is a panelist today in “Gender Justice in Public Transport” discussion at a town hall meeting from 6.00pm.This is organized by @PlgpN Alumni Network in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung(FES) among others.Join the live discussion @semabox

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

Through her lived experiences, Deborah not only mentors but gives hope to other young people with #SpinaBifida becoz she knows it can be easy to give up hope. Read more about the #Champions work at community level
https://t.co/P3OPityAGP
#WomenwithDisabilitiesLead @FordFoundation

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

Women human rights defenders are not against the government. All they want is that the rights of every human person be respected.

#HeroinesDH

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

"If we are many, talking about the same issue, then the impact is felt more in our communities and our #Leadership as well," said Sarah, our highlighted #Champion from Mombasa County. #WomenwithDisabilitiesLead @FordFoundation More about the Champions: https://t.co/P3OPityAGP

[Catherine Syokau @CatherineSYOKA3]

"There are times when being a disabled person feels like being on a never-ending waiting list.
Waiting for access.
Waiting for accommodation.
Waiting for civil rights.
Waiting for human rights.
Waiting for justice
#SDG3
#Reducedinequalities

[Liz Ombati 💜 @ElizabethOmbati]

Amazing! #ACS2023

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

Read about Josephine àñd other Champions on this blog. Scroll down to the last profile.

https://t.co/P3OPityAGP

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

Our highlighted #Champion Josephine in #MyLeadershipJourney speaks about her experience accessing healthcare, "when I was about to deliver, two hospitals turned me away." She challenges these health inequities and many more #WomenwithDisabilitiesLead @FordFoundation
@JMwendek

[Maryanne W. Waweru @MaryanneWaweru]

What are the #menstruation experiences of women and girls with #disability like in Kenya? To understand this issue better, I spoke to two Kenyan women –Rose Resiato who has a physical disability, and Angeline Akai who is blind. Read their stories here: https://t.co/v4JzlXK6TE

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

Fuck your ableism! is a Series that tells of the harm that we face on a day to day basis as women and girls with disabilities. We are angry. And we increasingly get angry by the ableism that is displayed each single day with no one to fight back. Read on:

https://t.co/0itRQW0vsj

[Fredrick Ouko @FredrickOuko1]

Kenya Network of Women and Girls with Disabilities : Why we are angry: What is in a Skiza tune? https://t.co/gDRWHFPh6A

[Kenya Network of Women & Girls with Disabilities @Kwwdnetwork]

@LMulombi is this week engaging in the #MaputoProtocol@20 dialogue on women in political participation where she continues to challenge exclusion of women with disabilities in leadership spaces.She says ‘Inclusion of women with disabilities must go beyond mere tokenism’
#Maputo20