In a statement released Tuesday, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it recognized the activist for her work in promoting Gender Equality, the fifth global goal for sustainable development prescribed by the United Nations.

Joining big wigs like the Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres who opens the Conference with a statement of his own every year, Hauwa will set the tone for the three-day conference by addressing one hundred and sixty-three signatories to the CRPD and the UN General Assembly.

Officials tackling the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria have recognized the impact of COVID-19 on citizens’ mental health.

Hauwa Ojeifo, a mental health and disability advocate, and founder of She Writes Woman (SWW), has lamented the complicity of the United Nation member states and society in how they treat people with disabilities, especially when it comes to giving them full and equal recognition before the law.

Nigerian Mental Health Activist and inaugural Marca Bistro Fellow, Hauwa Ojeifo, is set to give the opening address at the 14th United Nations Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

In this interview with Konye Chelsea Nwabogor, she speaks on why she’s dedicated her life to helping others, what she wants women to know about mental health, and how you can help fight the stigma around mental health issues.