Films
Gender Justice
SAMOA: In the workplace, Samoan women with disabilities face a complex web of discrimination arising from the convergence of gender and disability biases.
Filmmaker: Faaolo Utumapu-Utailesolo
Faaolo Utumapu-Utailesolo is the Program Officer for the Pacific Island Countries for the Disability Rights Fund and the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund. Read more about Faaolo Utumapu-Utailesolo
‘Life Is Possible’
UGANDA: At different points in their lives, Dorothy Natako Mubezi and Irene Isiko faced challenges as Ugandan women with psychosocial disabilities. They both found their own paths forward with the help of their community.
Filmmaker: Esther Suubi
Esther Suubi is an advocate for young girls and women's voices and a peer educator at Triumph Mental Health Support. Read more about Esther Suubi
‘Nobody Will Be Giving Me Any Coin’
UGANDA: DJP Fellow Christine Oliver Dhikusooka investigates why only 1.3% of formally employed Ugandans are disabled, speaking with a mother who makes fishing nets and a Deaf schoolteacher along the way.
Filmmaker: Christine Oliver Dhikusooka
Christine Oliver Dhikusooka is executive director of One Voice Heard 4 Disability Uganda (OVH4DU), which advocates for the rights of women with disabilities in Uganda. Read more about Christine Oliver Dhikusooka
‘I Swallow Medicine But Run Short on Food’
UGANDA: For many Ugandans with disabilities living with HIV, access to medication alone is not enough when poverty and food insecurity make it difficult to stay healthy and avoid life-threatening secondary infections.
Filmmaker: Nissy Namuyomba
Nissy Namuyomba is an administrative assistant at the Masaka Association of Persons with Disabilities Living with HIV/AIDs and a volunteer with the Masaka Association of Persons with Cerebral Palsy in Uganda. Read more about Nissy Namuyomba