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Her Abilities, the first global award launched by Light for the World honours women with disabilities in three categories: health & education, rights and arts, culture & sports. If you know amazing women, who devote their lives to help others, reach out to us now!  

Categories

Her Abilities will award the achievements of women with disabilities globally from the following three categories:

 

Health & Education

Women with disabilities from the health or education sector.
 

Rights

Women with disabilities from the advocacy and rights sector, who advocate for the rights of people with disabilities and their inclusion.
 

Arts, Culture & Sports

Women with disabilities from the arts, culture and sports sectors.

News

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    How to join the Her Abilities Award Winners Announcement

    11. Feb 2021
    How to join the Her Abilities Award Winners Announcement:
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  • The three winners of the Her Abilities Award 2020 (c) Light for the World

    Announcing the 2020 Her Abilities Award Winners!

    11. Feb 2021
    Gamze Elibol, Bernice Oyeleke and Dr. Robbie Francis Watene were chosen by an illustrious, independent all-women jury who judged 124 nominees from 48 countries. The Laureates were congratulated by the First Lady of Austria, and an online global audience of influencers, as part of the Zero Project Conference on 12th February 2021. 
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  • The three winners of the Her Abilities Award 2019 are sitting besides each other with a proud regard towards the camera.

    The winners of the Her Abilities Award 2020 have now been determined

    09. Feb 2021
    The winners of the Her Abilities Award 2020 have now been determined The award will be presented on 12 February 2021 at 1 pm CET at an online event during the international Zero Project Conference. 124 women from 48 countries were nominated in the three categories "Arts, Culture and Sport", "Health and Education" and "Rights". 
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About the Award

Her Abilities was launched by Light for the World to honour women with disabilities who achieved greatness in their life or field of work.

“We are launching Her Abilities to give something back to a community who are so often sidelined or made invisible by society – women with disabilities. There are so many inspiring and strong women with disabilities out there who achieve greatness every day. Her Abilities will shine a spotlight on their extraordinary achievements and, in turn – I hope, inspire a brand new generation of women with disabilities.” - Yetnebersh Nigussie, Award initiator

More about Yetnebersh Nigussie

Logo: Her Abilities Awards

Nominations

In 2021/2022 the Her Abilities Award is taking a pause to reflect on our strategic aims and search for new partnership opportunities.
We hope to find the ideas and resources that will make the Award’s network, legacy and future even stronger in the coming years.
Ideas and contributions are welcome!
Please be in touch with us through her-abilities@light-for-the-world.org

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