MNI Stories

What does it mean to be a proud Latina woman in Kenya–a country that does not recognize your identity? Watch Norma Moran’s story.

Rupmani Chhetri is the first Deaf woman from India to become an international UN volunteer. Read her story about her work in Ukraine.

Laura, a leader in the deaf community in Indonesia talks about an issue deaf teachers face.

MNI staff works with the Nawalparasi Association of the Deaf in Nepal, South Asia, to observe and assist with their empowerment training workshop.

Typically when you travel to another country with different norms than yours, you learn lessons the hard way.

Watch Joshua Josa, a Deaf man, explain how he started his career in the international development field. In ASL with English captions.

Pamela Molina has seen change and progress for Deaf people in Chile. In particular, she sees hope for Deaf women in Chile. Watch her story.

Caribbean Deaf News interviews with Lisa Ramansar from Trinidad. She grew up without sign language then learned to sign as an adult.

First, his Deaf Center taught sign language to deaf people. Next, the government established a deaf school. Read how it was done.

Meet national and regional youth leaders in Ghana. Two are experienced national leaders, two are newly elected leaders in the Central region.

Two organizations launched the #SignYourNameChallenge project to raise awareness about deafness and sign language rights in Rwanda.

Susana Stiglich, who is now a university professor and consultant in Peru, shares her life story as a Deaf woman.