Article - Planning for her Future, Writing her Life’s Script - 2020-11-30
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- Title
- Article - Planning for her Future, Writing her Life’s Script - 2020-11-30
- Author
- Bethlehem Ayalew
- Year
- 2020
- Publication/Event Date
- November 30 2020
- Abstract
- This article, published on November 11, 2020, shares the personal narrative of Bethlehem Ayalew, a Mastercard Foundation Scholar and physiotherapy student in Ethiopia, who discusses the challenges she faced due to a physical disability and the negative social attitudes associated with it. Ayalew highlights the importance of support systems, perseverance, and the necessity for society to change its perceptions and provide increased opportunities and assistance for persons with disabilities (PwDs). The piece is published in connection with the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, emphasizing the Foundation's focus areas, which include Education and Transitions and the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program.
- Resource Subject
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- Education
- Keywords/Access Points
- Bethlehem Ayalew; Mastercard Foundation Scholar; physiotherapy student; physical disability; International Day for Persons with Disabilities; Education and Transitions; University of Gondar
- Geographic Locations
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- Ethiopia
- Language
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- English
- Demographic Groups
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- Women
- People with Disabilities
- Youth
- Special Collections
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- Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
- Foundation Corporate Announcements
- Archival Record ID
- MFA.2024.2366