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Catherine Edeh is a deaf Nigerian lawyer.[1] She is an activist for disability rights.[1] Edeh is the first deaf female lawyer in Nigeria.[1] She is also the Executive Director of Voice of Disability Initiative.[2] She went to Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, University of Ilorin, and University of Minnesota.[1][3]
Early life
changeEdeh was born in Enugu, Nigeria.[1] She became deaf when she was five.[3] Her parents wanted her to quit school and learn to be a seamstress or hairdresser.[3] Edeh wanted to stay in school.[3] She braided people's hair to save up money to go to college.[3] She went to Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, and learned sign language there.[3]
Career
changeEdeh noticed the amount of human rights violations disabled people go through every day.[3] She wanted to do something about it.[3] She believed that laws that protected disabled people needed to be put in place.[3] Edeh got her Bachelor of Laws Degree at University of Ilorin.[1] She was the only deaf person in her class.[1] Edeh also studied in the U.S.[1] She went to University of Minnesota.[1] Edeh is the Executive Director of Voice of Disability Initiative.[2] Their goal is to inspire disabled people, especially women.[2] VDI also wants to protect the rights of disabled people.[2]
Personal life
changeEdeh married a deaf man to avoid being mistreated by a hearing husband.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "Meet Catherine Edeh-Nnadi, Nigeria's First Deaf Female Lawyer". koko.ng. 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Report, News Agency (2022-12-08). "NGO to Remove Barriers Women with Disabilities Face in Accessing Healthcare". Pharmanewsonline. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "There were times I thought of committing suicide –Edeh, deaf lawyer". Punch Newspapers. 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2023-01-17.