Nigeria: Fellowship Honors Disability Rights Icon Marca Bristo

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New York — Nigerian Advocate Hauwa Ojeifo Is Inaugural Fellow

Human Rights Watch has selected a Nigerian human rights advocate, Hauwa Ojeifo, as the recipient of its inaugural Marca Bristo Fellowship, an award created in memory of the pioneering disability rights icon, Human Rights Watch announced today. The fellowship honors emerging activists for their courageous leadership in disability rights.

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