Yetnebersh Nigussie is an Ethiopian lawyer fighting for about one billion of the world’s population living with some form of disability. As one of the world’s most influential disability rights activists, Nigussie lost her ability to see since the age of five. Currently, a Senior Inclusion Advisor with the international disability and development NGO – Light for the World – Nigussie said she experienced a litany of discrimination growing up in Ethiopia due to her condition. Nigussie would then attend the Shashemane Catholic School for the blind, where the nuns running the school helped her to focus on her capabilities. She co-founded the Ethiopian Centre for Disability and Development (ECDD) in 2015 to address the weak cooperation between disability organizations, specialized service providers, and mainstream development programs.

Source: Ethiopian News April 29, 2020 16:07 UTC