Rahma El Siddig Mustafa
Rahma El Siddig Mustafa | |
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.jpg) Mustafa, at the Week of Women panel discussion and networking event hosted by DFID in London, 17 November 2016 | |
| Nationality | Sudanese |
| Known for | Disability rights advocacy |
Rahma El Siddig Gasm Elbari Mustafa, more commonly known as Rahma El Siddig Mustafa or Rahma Mustafa, is a Sudanese disability rights activist.
She is best known for objecting to being charged an extra boarding fee by Cambodian airline Bassaka Air because she is a wheelchair user.
Personal life[edit]
In September 2015, Mustafa made the news after she was charged US$240 extra to board a Bassaka Air flight from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh because she uses a wheelchair and needed assistant board the aircraft.[1][2] The initial news reporting led to accusations of blame being traded between the airline and the Cambodia Airport Management Service Company.[3]
The charge led to an investigation by the Cambodian Disability Action Council to assess if there was a breach of Cambodian legislation.[4]
Career[edit]
In 2016, Mustafa was a program manager for ADD International (formally: Action on Disability and Development).[5] She was a panelist at the UK Department for International Development's panel discussion and networking event on the 17 November 2016.[5]
In 2018, she was awarded a fellowship from the International Disability Alliance Switzerland to study disability rights at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, part of the National University of Ireland.[6]
In 2019, she represented the Sudan National Union of Persons with Physical Disability, at a conference on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Sustainable Development Goals.[7][8]
In 2020, Mustafa was a panelist at the United Nations Economic and Social Council event Inclusive Humanitarian Action = Effective Humanitarian Action.[9][10]
Selected publications[edit]
- Mustafa, R & Ouertani, I, October 2021, Tigray Refugees with Disabilities in Eastern Sudan Camps, Islamic Relief[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Sotheary, Pech. "Outrage over boarding charges". www.phnompenhpost.com. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ Castiglioni, Roberto (29 September 2015). "Bassaka Air charge disabled woman USD240 for Ambulift". Reduced Mobility Rights Limited. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ Sotheary, Pech. "Bassaka puts the blame on CAMS". www.phnompenhpost.com. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Bassaka Air charges US$240 for Ambulift". magazine.groundhandling.com. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ a b Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (2016-11-17), Week of Women, retrieved 2022-02-22
- ^ "Rahma MUSTAFA | PhD Student | LLM in International Comparative Disability Law & Policy | National University of Ireland, Galway, Gaillimh | NUI Galway | Centre for Disability Law and Policy". ResearchGate. 2018. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Bridge CRPD-SDGs Module 3 on Article 11 of the CRPD - 20 to 27 June 2019, Beirut, Lebanon". International Disability Alliance. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Disability inclusion in humanitarian action" (PDF). Overseas Development Institute. October 2020.
- ^ "Event: "Inclusive Humanitarian Action = Effective Humanitarian Action" at 2020 Economic and Social Council Humanitarian Affairs Segment". Women's Refugee Commission. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "ECOSOC HAS Side Event Inclusive Humanitarian Action = Effective Humanitarian Action" (PDF). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
- ^ Mustafa, Rahma; Ouertani, Imed (October 2021). "Tigray Refugees with Disabilities in Eastern Sudan Camps" (PDF). Islamic Relief.