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Brilliant & Resilient Photography Book

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Book cover of Brilliant and Resilient features black and white portrait of smiling woman seated in wheelchair making powerful gesture

This book recognizes the leadership and outstanding accomplishments of 50 disabled women activists from 41 countries.

All alumni of MIUSA’s Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD), the women photographed in this book are confronting discrimination and working tirelessly to improve the lives of women and girls with disabilities across the globe.

With a unified voice, women with disabilities are successfully articulating their needs, issues and achievements to the world and infiltrating broader human rights and gender equality movements.

Their stories illustrate issues that significantly impact the lives of women with disabilities, including access to education, employment, political power, reproductive health services, and HIV/AIDS and violence prevention.

The book accompanies the Brilliant & Resilient Photo Exhibit, which features a collection of 30 selected photos and vignettes. The photographic exhibition and book honor the 1995 U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, a historic event that ignited the international disabled women’s rights movement.

The project also highlights the crucial role of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in advancing the status of women with disabilities, as well as the importance of ensuring women with disabilities are included in all efforts to reach the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Revenues from book sales support the next generation of emerging women leaders with disabilities to participate in MIUSA’s leadership trainings.

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Book price: $29.95

Shipping per book: $6.95 for domestic orders; $12.95 for international orders. Contact MIUSA to calculate shipping for orders of multiple books.

Brilliant & Resilient: Celebrating the Power of Disabled Women Activists

Editors: Susan Sygall and Susan Dunn

Copyright 2013 by Mobility International USA

ISBN: 978-0-615-85224-9

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