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We focus on a very important theme this evening: Stigma of Mental Illness and the Associated Psychosocial Disabilities
And we are really fortunate to have a distinguished Facilitator to handle this topic.
But before I introduce the Lecturer and allow her to proceed, we would like to observe a minutes silence in honour of our recently demised Pioneer Program Manager, Ms Jemila Abubakar.
We are grateful to have Dr Toyin Janet Aderemi-Ige as our Facilitator today
Dr Toyin Janet Aderemi-Ige
PhD, MPH, B.Pharm.
Senior Disability Officer, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Jordan. She oversees the disability inclusion works of the organization in its Headquarters (Amman) and in all the five field offices in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and Gaza.
In 2006, she was awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program to study for a PhD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She graduated with PhD (Behavioural Medicine) in 2011. Previously, she obtained a Bachelor of Pharmacy and a Master of Public Health (Health Promotion & Education) degrees, both from the University of Ibadan in 1995 and 2002 respectively.
Dr Aderemi-Ige is a disability-inclusive development practitioner and researcher, whose works influence government and development policies for social inclusion and protection. Toyin has held a wide-range of roles in disability-focused international non-governmental and mainstream organisations, including advisory and leadership roles, in Ethiopia, South Africa, South Sudan, Nigeria and in the Middle East. She has an extensive work experience in disability-inclusive sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including HIV and AIDS.
Dr Aderemi-Ige also had participated actively in many international conferences to advocate the rights of persons with disabilities. She has peer-reviewed publications on the same topic in reputable journals. She has developed and/or contributed to various local and international resources on disability and gender, disability and SRH, as well as disability-inclusive humanitarian response. She contributed the health component of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines on the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action. Recently, she undertook the ‘Nigeria Social Analysis on Disability’, commissioned by the World Bank in 2019.
Dr Aderemi-Ige is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Human Capital Development of Nigeria. She is an Alumna of the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program. In recognition of her achievements as a woman with disability, she won the global 2018 Her Abilities Award (Health and Education category).
She is a polio-survivor and uses a wheelchair for mobility.
PhD, MPH, B.Pharm.
Senior Disability Officer, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Jordan. She oversees the disability inclusion works of the organization in its Headquarters (Amman) and in all the five field offices in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and Gaza.
In 2006, she was awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program to study for a PhD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She graduated with PhD (Behavioural Medicine) in 2011. Previously, she obtained a Bachelor of Pharmacy and a Master of Public Health (Health Promotion & Education) degrees, both from the University of Ibadan in 1995 and 2002 respectively.
Dr Aderemi-Ige is a disability-inclusive development practitioner and researcher, whose works influence government and development policies for social inclusion and protection. Toyin has held a wide-range of roles in disability-focused international non-governmental and mainstream organisations, including advisory and leadership roles, in Ethiopia, South Africa, South Sudan, Nigeria and in the Middle East. She has an extensive work experience in disability-inclusive sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including HIV and AIDS.
Dr Aderemi-Ige also had participated actively in many international conferences to advocate the rights of persons with disabilities. She has peer-reviewed publications on the same topic in reputable journals. She has developed and/or contributed to various local and international resources on disability and gender, disability and SRH, as well as disability-inclusive humanitarian response. She contributed the health component of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines on the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action. Recently, she undertook the ‘Nigeria Social Analysis on Disability’, commissioned by the World Bank in 2019.
Dr Aderemi-Ige is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Human Capital Development of Nigeria. She is an Alumna of the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program. In recognition of her achievements as a woman with disability, she won the global 2018 Her Abilities Award (Health and Education category).
She is a polio-survivor and uses a wheelchair for mobility.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please join me as we welcome Dr Aderemi-Ige to take the floor