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Accessible health & SRHR
Making sexual and reproductive health information and services easier to understand, reach and use in sign language and inclusive formats.
Women-led · Disability-inclusive · Nigeria
Every Deaf woman deserves to beheard, informed & included.
Deaf Women Aloud Initiative amplifies the voices of Deaf women and girls and advances accessible health information, rights, safety, leadership and full participation.
VOICEDWAIRIGHTS
ACCESS
DIGNITY
LEADERSHIP
Kuje · Abuja-FCTSince 2018
RC120111
Registration number
EST.2018
30 October
STATUSActive
Incorporated Trustee
BASEKuje
Abuja-FCT, Nigeria
Our mission
01 / Why we existAccess is not a favour.It is a right.
We work toward a society where Deaf women and girls can access sexual and reproductive health information and services without communication barriers, exclusion or discrimination.
Read our mission and visionWhat we work on
Removing barriers. Building power.
Our work connects personal dignity to public systems—because inclusion must be felt in clinics, schools, communities, policy spaces and online.
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Rights, safety & justice
Advocating against exploitation, gender-based violence, stigma and discrimination while strengthening routes to protection and justice.
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Leadership & participation
Creating space for Deaf women and girls to lead, shape public decisions and participate fully in community and national life.
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Digital protection
Building awareness of online safety, misinformation, privacy and digital rights so Deaf women can participate online with confidence.
Work in motion
Advocacy grounded in everyday access.
DWAI works alongside Deaf communities, health professionals, public institutions, schools and responsible partners.
How we work01
Disability-inclusive healthcare advocacy
Working with health stakeholders in the FCT to remove communication barriers and improve access to maternal and reproductive health services.
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Pad Bank & menstrual health education
Supporting Deaf girls with menstrual health information delivered accessibly, alongside practical dignity supplies in school communities.
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Inclusive health budgeting
Calling for disability-responsive local health planning and budgets that recognise the needs of Deaf women and girls.
Accessible knowledge
SRHR Glossary for Deaf Women and Girls
A practical, not-for-sale resource designed to make sexual and reproductive health terminology clearer for Deaf communities and health workers.
Open the official glossary (PDF)Start a conversation
Access grows when we build it together.
Partner with DWAI, invite our team into an accessibility conversation, or ask how you can support the work.