3 Questions to Right Livelihood Award Laureate 2017 Yetnebersh Nigussie
Yetnebersh Nigussie is a human rights activist from Ethiopia who lost her sight at the age of five.
November 29, 2017
Yetnebersh Nigussie is a human rights activist from Ethiopia who lost her sight at the age of five.
At the end of September, it was time for Freedom Drive March 2017, an occasion when the movement for independing living gathers in Brussels, raises its voice and demands that those in power in the EU listen.
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Åsa Nilsson accompanies the Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired when it visits
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