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Once upon a time, In August 2021, there was at last, a powerful worldwide movement ever, to defend a minority that was silent so far….It is the biggest ever human rights movement to represent the world’s 1.2 billion persons with disabilities was launched by a coalition of international organisations from the worlds of sport, human rights, policy, business, arts, and entertainment. This moment is simply called WeThe15, referring to the 15% of the person with disabilities representing the fifteen percent of inhabitants in the world, and should ne more represented and more include in the societies. Being a minority and besides a silent one, shouldn’t neglected or mistreated just because disability is not that sexy, in the opinion of certains …This is it now happing with WeThe15, that « wants to put disability right at the heart of the inclusion agenda, alongside ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. To do that we need to have conversations with many people, which is why we welcome media engagement in the WeThe15 movement. » Their message is cristal clear « Disability is humanity, not an abnormality. Everyone gains when everyone us equal: your family, your friends, your neighbours, your communities, your colleagues, your readers, listeners and viewers. By telling their stories, together we can make a tangible and well overdue difference for the planet’s largest marginalised group. » SOURCE: WeThe15 We shall regularly publish and release their communication, in a tribute to our journalist, Rahma Sophia Rachdi, who is wheelchair bound and had to face many obstacles when it comes to her accessibility but also to being included somehow, when it comes to her activity of journalist on the field. We shall also dedicate the publication to come, for WeThe15, because we believe it is a nobel and essential cause, which needed to be supported the most, for our democracies to be in line with the respect of human rights considered as such.
