About Stars of Hope
Due to discrimination against women with disabilities and the lack of organizations that target this issue, Stars of Hope Society (SHS) was founded as an effort to address the needs of women with disabilities and support them in realizing their rights. Since its foundation in 2006, SHS has been eager to increase awareness about women with disabilities, their status, reality and needs as an endeavor to promote equality in education, employment and all walks of life. Furthermore, SHS has been successful in increasing awareness among women with disabilities on their rights, as well as building their capacities and developing their professional skills to increase their chances when demanding equal job opportunities.
Our Vision
Stars of Hope Society envisions a world where women and girls with disabilities are fully empowered and enjoy a life of dignity, rights, and active participation in an inclusive society.
Our Mission
Stars of Hope Society is committed to empowering women and girls with disabilities to achieve full and equal participation in society through capacity building, advocacy, and promoting disability-inclusive policies and practices.
Our Governing Values
Stars of hope Society is committed in its strategic direction to the principles that inform the humanrights based approach to our work:
Universality &inalienability: Human rights are universal and inalienable, the entitlement of all people everywhere in the world. An individual cannot voluntarily give them up. Nor can others take them away.
Indivisibility: Human rights are indivisible .Whether civil, cultural, economic, Political or social, they are all inherent to the dignity of every person. Consequently, all human rights have equal status.
Interdependence & interrelatedness: The realization of one right often depends, wholly or in part, on the realization of others.
Equality & non-discrimination: All individuals are equal as human beings, and by virtue of the inherent dignity of each person, are entitled to their rights without discrimination of any kind.
Participation and inclusion: All people have the right to participate in and access information relating to the decision – making processes that affect their lives and well-being.
Accountability: State and other duty –bearers are answerable for the observance of human rights. This includes both positive obligations to protect, promote and fulfill human rights, as well as negative obligations to abstain from rights violations.
Our Goals
- Empower women and girls with disabilities to advocate for their rights and promote their participation in public life.
- Advance disability inclusion in public policies, legal frameworks, and services.
- Enhance public understanding and acceptance of disability and gender issues to combat stigma and discrimination.