Sunday 18 December 2011

The first deaf female MP

Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen from South Africa was elected to the Parliament in 1999. She currently serves as the Vice-President of the World Federation of the Deaf.

She earned both her Bachelor's degree in Social Works and Master's in Social Work from Gallaudet University. During her tenure in the Parliament, she was the chairperson for Joint Monitoring Committee on the Improvement of Quality of Life and Status of Children, Youth, and Disabled Persons.

For more information, see the following link:
http://www.gallaudet.edu/news/newhoudtdruchen_elected_vp_of_wfd.html

Source: Gallaudet website.    


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