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2021 DJP Fellow

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Nissy Namuyomba

Nissy Namuyomba looks up at the camera.

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.

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Julie-Marie Chibekete

Chibekete smiles at the camera.

Julie-Marie Chibekete is a program assistant (monitoring and evaluation) for the World Food Programme Malawi country office and an active member of the Spinal injuries Association of Malawi (SIAM).

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Oluwabukolami Omolara Badmus

Badmus looks seriously into the camera.

Oluwabukolami Omolara Badumus is a disability rights activist and feminist based in Lagos, Nigeria. She is both the financial secretary and Lagos state coordinator for the Lionheart Ability Leaders International Foundation (LALIF). 

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Rose Umutesi

Rose Umutesi smiles at the camera.

Rose Umutesi is chairperson of the National Organization of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry in Rwanda and co-founder and treasurer of its umbrella organization, National Union of Disabilities Organizations of Rwanda.

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Esther Suubi

Esther Subbi smiles broadly at the camera.

Esther Suubi is an advocate for young girls and women’s voices and a peer educator at Triumph Mental Health Support.