Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame
Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame is a Ghanaian gender and disability rights advocate and the first person with a disability to have received the Excellence Grand Medal Award in 2007 from President John Kufuor.[1][2][3][4]
Personal life
[edit]She was born in 1957, at Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana and by age 10, she had started experiencing problems with her sight.[2][5] She has three children with her husband.[1]
Career life
[edit]As at 2018, she had worked extensively for 28 years in both local and international front to better the lives of persons with disabilities. In 2018, she was appointed through election to the United Nations committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).[1][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ghana's Gertrude Fefoame Elected To UN Disabilities Committee". Modern Ghana. 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- ^ a b "Manifestation of gender inequality: No woman elected onto UN Committee". www.graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- ^ "Ms Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame". www.africanchildforum.org. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- ^ "Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame". Chatham House. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- ^ "Grace gave me the courage to empower people with disabilities". Sightsavers. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- ^ "Sightsavers' Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame elected to UN disability committee". Sightsavers. Retrieved 2019-06-08.