〰Today we celebrate Yetnebersh Nigussie 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾Repost from @openhabeshalove @TopRankRepost #TopRankRepost “Yetnebersh Nigussie didn’t realise she was different until she was 12. Only when she started at a mainstream school and found that no one wanted to be her friend did she start to understand that being a blind girl in rural Ethiopia might bring with it a few challenges. _ Being disabled and female in the developing world are no small barriers. But Nigussie, now a human rights lawyer with two daughters of her own, has been named as one of the winners of an award described as “the alternative Nobel prize” for what the Sweden-based Right Livelihood award foundation described as “her inspiring work, promoting the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities. _ Nigussie, 35, who is visiting the UK, says she is delighted. “With this award comes international recognition,” she says. “But with recognition comes responsibility. You cannot sleep once you are recognised.” 💛 @Guardian @ebony.culture @themustardseedng @ethiopiankillingit #Ethiopian #African #EthiopianWomen #Ethiopians #Blind #BlindLawyer #yetnebershniggussie #yetnebershnigussie #yetnebersh (at Houston, Texas)