The JONAPWD NIGERIA, FCT Women Leader, Mube Awala shares a heartfelt message to her younger self, reflecting on resilience, dreams, and the struggles women with disabilities face in employment.

Despite their skills and qualifications, too many women with disabilities are locked out of job opportunities due to discrimination and inaccessibility. This must change!

We call on the Federal Government of Nigeria to implement the 5% employment quota for persons with disabilities—especially women—because inclusion is not charity, it is justice!

Olayinka Tebun, Assistant HRM Director of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) urges the government to move beyond approvals to implementation of actions that move towards Gender Inclusion in harmony with Disability Inclusion

She further speaks about what it means to Accelerate Action towards gender inclusion encouraging women especially women with disabilities to harness their potentials and show that there is indeed ability in disability.

JONAPWD’S board member “Mama Ene” as she is popularly called, being a grateful survivor of child marriage.

She encourages that practices to address invisible disabilities should be pushed up in line with this year’s theme of Accelerating Action, and calls for inclusion of women with both visible and invisible disabilities in policies, programmes and action plans.

The We Can Work program participant Jumai Hosea, who courageously shares her experiences and insights on the barriers that hinder the effective participation of persons with hearing impairments in society.

Jumai emphasizes the importance of learning basic sign language as a crucial step towards Accelerating Action for Gender Inclusion.

This International Women’s Month, let’s strive to be more sensitive to the needs of those around us and work together to Accelerate Action towards inclusivity for all, especially women with disabilities.