Empowerment through Self-Advocacy and Inclusive Education

Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie, Ph.D. is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and a Lecturer in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Vermont. Her personal experience as a woman of color with a physical disability has shaped her journey as an international advocate for underrepresented people, especially those with disabilities around the globe. Her work as an international disability rights advocate, educator, researcher, and policy analyst for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD), has won many international awards including: the International Service Award from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)-USA, Ford Foundation International Fellowship award, and the International Alliance of Women (TIAW) award.

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