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Esma Gumberidze

Esma is a disability rights campaigner who chairs the Platform for New Opportunities and sits on the board of the Georgian Network of Women with Disabilities. She has consulted on and contributed to research about disability rights for the government and the UN.

Opinion | Women with disabilities have the same right to a private life as anyone else

In Georgia, the social stigmas around disabilities combine with patriarchal attitudes in destructive ways.

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