El Khansaa Fahad
@khansaafahad
💡disability activist
💡Painter
💡teacher
💡Disability inclusion activist
💡NGOS VOLUNTEER
💡A young woman with disability making a positive impact on her life.
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03-12-2021 18:31:41
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.El Khansaa Fahad - youth leader for persons with disabilities in #Sudan - discussing how young persons with disabilities are intentionally excluded from these processes due to stigma. Additionally families are subject to exclusion as in some cultures a disabled family member.
.El Khansaa Fahad focuses her remarks on how her work aims to reach policy makers to advocate for rights for those with disabilities. She has also created a network for women with disabilities in #Sudan to provide a community for these women to work together.
.El Khansaa Fahad: In #Sudan the general opinion is that the youth are simply inexperienced and that is not true. In terms of youth with disabilities we need more focus from the int'l community and organizations to ensure this inclusion.