WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: ab 00:00:00.899 --> 00:00:02.899 Black text on yellow screen reads: In the Solomon Islands, girls with disabilities are half as likely to attend school as girls without disabilities – 18 compared to 37 percent, according to a 2009 UNDP report. 00:00:09.455 --> 00:00:11.455 Women with disabilities in the Solomon islands experience higher unemployment rates than men with disabilities and women without disabilities, according to a 2020 report by CARE International 00:00:17.778 --> 00:00:19.778 Diana Ma'ahoro, a woman from Solomon Islands wearing a long patterned shirt and carrying a small black shoulder bag, steps down the front stairs of a wooden house. 00:00:29.898 --> 00:00:31.898 Diana walks past the camera. 00:00:44.535 --> 00:00:46.535 A photo of Diana smiling at the camera, holding up a sign adovocating for Persons with Disabilities in Solomon Islands. 00:00:50.996 --> 00:00:52.996 Diana walks underneath a wood building raised on stilts towards a road. 00:01:09.320 --> 00:01:11.320 Diana slows as she nears the road. 00:01:23.305 --> 00:01:25.305 Diana sits on a chair in a small lobby. 00:01:33.626 --> 00:01:35.626 Black text on yellow screen reads: In 2010 Diana became the first woman with a disability to attend the Girls Rise Up Young Women's Leadership Workshop of YWCA Solomon Islands. 00:01:41.036 --> 00:01:43.036 Georgina Ariki, a woman from Solomon Islands wearing a bright patterned shirt, speaks to camera. Ariki is the president of the YWCA Solomon Islands. 00:01:53.836 --> 00:01:55.836 A screenshot of a website announcing the expansion of the Girls Rise Up program. 00:01:56.429 --> 00:01:58.429 A sign for the YWCA Solomon Islands office. 00:02:09.181 --> 00:02:11.181 Diana walks down the plant-lined hallway of a brightly lit office building. 00:02:17.030 --> 00:02:19.030 A photo of 9 participants of the Girls Rise Up program wearing matching t-shirts and posing with a certificate. 00:02:24.436 --> 00:02:26.436 A photo of Diana smiling as she sits at a conference room table. 00:02:35.677 --> 00:02:37.677 Diana sits at a desk, working on a laptop computer. 00:02:39.382 --> 00:02:41.382 Black text on yellow screen reads "Today, Diana is the president and founder of Disability Women's Empowerment Association (DWEA) and a renowned disability activist in the Pacific. 00:02:47.168 --> 00:02:52.954 DWEA's mission is to advocate for and build the capacity of women with disabilities and promote sustainable inclusion in the Solomon Islands. 00:02:55.619 --> 00:02:57.619 A photo of Diana with other participants at an international conference. 00:03:02.251 --> 00:03:04.251 A screenshot of a news article about the Girls Rise Up program. 00:03:14.040 --> 00:03:14.540 A photo of Girls Rise Up program participants holding up their program manuals. 00:03:14.540 --> 00:03:16.540 A screenshot of the cover of the Girls Rise Up program manual. 00:03:31.380 --> 00:03:33.380 Diana uses a copy machine at a table in a busy office. 00:03:46.892 --> 00:03:48.892 Diana finishes making copies and stands up, closing the machine. 00:03:50.197 --> 00:03:52.197 Black text on yellow screen reads: In 2015, Diana represented the Solomon Islands at the World YWCA Council in Thailand. She was part of a panel that presented a Girls Rise Up manual that the council eventually adopted. 00:03:57.562 --> 00:03:59.562 Today, the manual helps train women and girls with and without disabilities from countries around the world. 00:04:04.442 --> 00:04:06.442 Copyright 2023 P W D S I. All rights reserved. 00:04:08.515 --> 00:04:10.515 Made with support from the Disability Justice Project and the Disability Rights Fund.