Mozambique: Using Art to Fight Discrimination Against People With Albinism

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A local organization in Mozambique is using the power of images to fight discrimination. Azemap, a volunteer-run organization that supports people with albinism, has begun painting five murals at schools across the central Mozambican province of Tete, in collaboration with Human Rights Watch. The murals depict two girls, one with albinism. Below the murals, it reads: "People with albinism are the same as you!"

In the past two years, I've encountered many people with albinism in Mozambique who are struggling --not because of their physical condition, but because their communities ostracize and discriminate against them, and authorities do little to combat this stigma or support their needs.

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