BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Able Magazine - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Able Magazine X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ablemagazine.co.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Able Magazine REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180702 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181001 DTSTAMP:20240328T092743 CREATED:20180731T092246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180731T092246Z UID:43662-1530489600-1538351999@ablemagazine.co.uk SUMMARY:‘Her Abilities’ open for nominations DESCRIPTION:Listen\n \n \n Nominations for Her Abilities\, the first global award celebrating the achievements of women with disabilities\, will be open for nominations from 2nd July till 30th September. \nHer Abilities\, a Light for the World initiative\, is inspired and driven forward by Ethiopian disability activist Yetnebersh Nigussie – 2018 Spirit of Helen Keller Awardee and 2017 Right Livelihood Award Laureate. \n \n“The main message of this award is: focus on our 99 abilities\, not our one disability!” says Nigussie. \nAn independent award jury who is made up of brilliant women from around the world will together select the three winners for three award categories: Health & Education / Rights / Arts\, Culture & Sports. \nAmong the international jury members are outstanding women\, including disability rights activists\, advocates\, artists\, academics: \n\nShantha Rau Barriga\, Director of the disability rights division at Human Rights Watch\, USA\nMaría Soledad Cisternas Reyes\, Law professor\, Special Envoy of General Secretary of the UN on Disability and Accessibility\, Chile\nNinia LaGrande\, Writer\, host\, poetry slammer\, Germany\nEkaete Judith Umoh\, Social inclusion and disability expert\, Nigeria\nFarida Gulamo\, first (former) President of the Paralympic Committee\, activist in sport and education\, Mozambique\nRachel Kachaje\, disability rights activist\, former Minister of Persons with Disability and Elderly Affairs\, Malawi\nMariam Doumbia\, musician\, part of the Grammy-nominated Duo Amadou & Mariam\, Mali\n\nLaureates will be announced on International Day of Persons with Disabilities\, 3rd December. \nJury member bios and statements\, photos\, videos\, criteria\, factsheet about women with disabilities and more via: www.her-abilities-award.org \nAbout the ‘Her Abilities’ \nHer Abilities\, a Light for the World initiative\, is the first global award celebrating the achievements of women with disabilities. The award is inspired and driven forward by Ethiopian disability rights activist Yetnebersh Nigussie – 2018 Spirit of Helen Keller Awardee and 2017 Right Livelihood Award Laureate. \nThe three categories: \nHealth & Education \nWomen with disabilities from the health or education sector\, including but not limited to: teachers\,\nteaching assistants\, school directors\, university professors\, doctors\, surgeons\, nurses. \nRights \nWomen with disabilities from the advocacy and rights sector\, who advocate for the rights of people with disabilities and inclusion. They could be working at NGOs or charities\, in the business world\, at government organisations or in government or simply in their local communities to achieve vital change. \nArts\, Culture & Sports \nWomen with disabilities from the arts\, culture\, and sports sectors\, including but not limited to: artists\, actors\, writers\, poets\, Paralympians\, runners\, swimmers. URL:https://ablemagazine.co.uk/event/her-abilities-open-for-nominations/ CATEGORIES:Awards Ceremony ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ablemagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/award_key_visual_page2_image1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Her Abilities Award":MAILTO:her-abilities@light-for-the-world.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR