As part of our efforts to improve access to health services and information for Deaf women and girls in four area councils, DWAI paid an advocacy visit to Gwagwalada Area Councils recently. DWAI was well received by the honorable Chairman and his executive councils. The highlight of the visit was to present her fact-finding mission …
DWAI with support from Disability Rights Fund paid an advocacy visit to the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Abdullahi Adamu Candido. The visit aims to improve access to health services for Deaf women and girls in four area councils including AMAC. Moreover, it aims to ensure that the area councils and health …
Culled from the Executive Director Facebook Page; If I have ten thousand tongues, it would not be enough to say thank you Lord for your blessing on me. Inspite of the challenges & burden of COVID-19 pandemic, Our God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think according to the power …
Event/Project Date: 3rd November 2020 Deaf women across the country face inequalities when it comes to accessing health information and healthcare services, as health information and services are often not available in an accessible format. As a result, Deaf individuals often have low health literacy and are at greater risk of being misdiagnosed or not …
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The Deaf Women Aloud initiative (DWAI) has disclosed project plan to develop a sign-language booklet on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) for hospitals, in order to ease communication between healthworkers and deaf women to enable them exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights without barriers. Its Executive Director, Hellen Udoye Beyioku-Alase stated this yesterday in …
The Executive Director of the Deaf Women Aloud Initiative (DWAI), Mrs Helen Udoye Baylolu-Alase has opined that the recognition and promotion of sign language to gain access to quality sexual and reproductive health information for deaf women are not only relevant but imperative. According to her, this is to actualized the vision of the FCT …
The Deaf Women Association of Nigeria (DWAN) has urged Federal Government to carry its members along in implementation of policies and also sign the Disability Rights Bill into law. The President of DWAN, Abuja chapter, Mrs Helen Udoye, made the call in Abuja on Friday during the third edition of the Association’s Health Awareness Week …
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The Chief Medical Director of National Hospital, Abuja, Dr Jaf Momoh, has promised to assist those with hearing impairment who visit the hospital. Momoh stated this when the Deaf Women Aloud Initiative led by its Executive Director, Mrs Hellen Beyioku-Alase, paid a courtesy visit to the hospital on Monday. Beyioku-Alase said the visit was to …
To God alone be glory. The 5th edition of Deaf Women Association of Nigeria, Abuja chapter Health Awareness week and International Day for Persons with disabilities has come and gone. We can only but thank God for the great success achieved so far. This year, we received a lot of dignitaries and stakeholders from Embassies, …
To God be the glory, Deaf Women Association of Nigeria, Abuja Chapter and Deaf Women Aloud Initiative will be partnering with US Embassy, Abuja to implement a 12 months project for Deaf women and girl under this project titled: Project HER- Health, Empowerment and Rights (HER) of Deaf Women and girls within FCT. What is …