The Albino Foundation Public Notice
Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) under Data 360 project supported by Ford Foundation hosted a media roundtable targeted at new media practitioners majorly focusing on bloggers, content creators and social media influencers.
This was contained in DRAC September, 2022 newsletter.
The Centre stated that “The roundtable is aimed at fostering collaboration and jointly identifying strategies for drawing attention of duty bearers to disability issues in Nigeria as well as increasing public awareness on disability rights.
“Persons with disabilities have rights as well, and the media is crucial in furthering those rights and amplifying their voices as rights holders. However, comprehensive and accurate media coverage of disability inclusion has been sporadic due to a lack of understanding of disability rights as well as myths and prejudices about Person with Disabilities that the media, whether purposefully or not, spreads and popularizes.
“Partnership with media practitioners is essential in order to change public perception and bring duty bearers’ attention to disability issues in Nigeria, particularly those involving the collection of disability-disaggregated data, assistive technologies, violence against women with disabilities, and the implementation of disability laws and policies.
“In light of this, DRAC under her Data 360 project supported by Ford Foundation hosted a media roundtable targeted at new media practitioners majorly focusing on bloggers, content creators and social media influencers. It is aimed at fostering collaboration and jointly identifying strategies for drawing attention of duty bearers to disability issues in Nigeria as well as increasing public awareness on disability rights.”
To read more on activities and partnership opportunities, visit https://drac-ng.org/
