Josephine Sinyo

Josephine Sinyo is a Kenyan lawyer, politician and disability rights activist. She is a member of Kenya's parliament, having become in 1998 the country's first blind person to be elected an MP. Quotes The majority of women with disabilities have no credentials, no godfathers, no connections and therefore are the powerless of the powerless in both state and church. In her chapter "Gender and Disability Challenges Within the Church," Josephine Sinyo argues that women with disabilities experience multiple layers of exclusion. She explains that discrimination based on both gender and disability leaves many women without access to education, leadership, or influence in either society or the church. Majority of the women with disabilities are illiterate and untrained. Little investment is made in us and therefore many of us lack confidence and self-esteem. Sinyo discusses how limited educational opportunities and inadequate investment in women with disabilities contribute to low self-confidence and restricted participation in public life. External links Category:Women politicians in Kenya Category:Lawyers from Kenya Category:Women activists from Kenya Category:Living people Category:Women in law Category:Disability rights activists Category:Blind people