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Abia Akram (Urdu: ابیہ اکرم; born c. 1985) [1] is a Pakistani disability rights activist. She is the founder of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan, and a leading figure within the disability rights movement in the country as well as in Asia and the Pacific. She was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021. [2]
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Tanzila Khan is a Pakistani entrepreneur, disability rights activist, author and founder of Girlythings PK, a platform and website that delivers sanitary napkins to women in Pakistan. Khan focuses on raising awareness of and access to diversity and inclusion in all sectors, reproductive health and education especially for those with disabilities.
People with disabilities in Pakistan are seen differently than in most Western countries due to cultural and religious beliefs. The lack of accurate epidemiological evidence on disabilities, insufficient resources, weak health care facilities and worker shortages are major obstacles to meeting the needs of disabled Pakistanis.
The conservative majority of the Supreme Court has some disability rights activists worried that the 33-year-old law could be significantly weakened
When the organization announced a reboot of the event, to be hosted by Kevin Hart, it was a painful trigger for many disability activists who had long viewed the telethon as a “stigmatizing ...
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On 18 March 2013, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced a policy for persons with disabilities (PWD) to raise awareness about the integration of persons with disabilities into society and work towards preventing certain avoidable disabilities through early diagnosis and medical treatment, [178] [179] after which the KPK government led by PTI ...