Vilda Atieno Otieno

Social Worker
Make Way

Vilda is a Kenyan woman with a physical disability. She is volunteering at Cheshire Disability Services Kenya as youth and feminist advocate for SRHR of young people. Being a survivor of gender-based violence and living with a disability herself, she has witnessed the many challenges that people with disabilities face, in particular the gaps in accessing SRH information and services. Prevention of GBV is one of Vilda’s focus areas, and she is speaking up for all young people with disabilities in Kenya and beyond via social media and through her involvement as global youth advocate in the Make Way program.

Event Schedule

DAY 1
18 July 2023
Start Time End Time Session Description Action
10:30 am EEST 12:00 pm EEST Cross movement collaboration: How to dismantle ableism while advancing SRHR
Concurrent
Room MH 1-2

This session will address how cross-movement engagement can foster collective action to dismantle ableism in SRH laws, policies, and practices and amplify priorities of Read More

Speakers
Vilda Atieno Otieno

Social Worker

Make Way

Wilhelmina Ice

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Yayasan Kita Juga

Agnieszka Król

Manager, Programs and Innovation

CREA

Dusenge Ariane

Country Coordinator of Make Way partnership in Rwanda

Natioanal Union of Disability organisation in Rwanda

Phyllis Mbeke

Executive Director

Women Spaces Africa

Laura Honders

Adviser Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Liliane Fonds

Nu Misra

Founding Editor of Revival Disability India

Revival Disability India

Geetanjali Misra

Executive Director

CREA

Speakers

Magdalene Dorto

Not applicable Not applicable

Deborah Nyirenda

Not applicable Not applicable

Yashmin Fernandes

Director Women's Digital Financial Inclusion Hub, Women's World Banking

Stella Anyangwe

End Polo Now Coordinator Rotary International

Blandine Umuziranenge

Founder and CEO Kosmotivr

Taryn Russell

Deputy Executive Director Results Canada

Djeinaba Kane

Advocacy & Partnership Lead AfricaNenda

Rafiat Akinokun

Youth Advorate and cub's health nurse

Melania Chiponda

Gender and Climate Advisor The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

Aries Setiadi

Managing Director Fintech Association Indonesia

Claude Mambo Muvunyi

Director General Rwanda Biomedical Center

Hanna Lemma

Co-founder & Contributor Addis Powerhouse

Kathryn Toure

Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office IDRC

Dr. Lisa Avery

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba; Director Africa Initiatives

Carmen Correa

CEO Pro Mujer

Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Price Laureate Tawakkol Karman Foundation

Anis Farid

Research Project Manager Women's Aid Organisation

Patricia Elias

Every Woman International Lawyer; Chief, Global Diplomatic Campaign

Lipi Rahman

Executive Director, Badabon Sangho Every Woman Indrani Fellow

Kigali Convention Center - KG 2 Roundabout, Kigali, Rwanda