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Disability and empowerment

Economic and health independence for people living with disability in Africa

For many people living with disabilities in Africa there are few if any services to enable them to find jobs or access specialist health care. However in Senegal an number of initiatives are looking to change that. Khadidiatou Cisse meets one young woman challenging the stereotypes of disability who now has a successful business.
(Picture: a hairdresser in Senegal. Credit: Africa Life Clinic TV)

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Tue 23 Mar 202112:50GMT
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