Abia Akram
Director of Inclusive Health & Advocacy
Abia Akram is a prominent advocate in the disability rights movement across Asia and the Pacific, recognized as one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021. Her academic background includes a Master of Arts in Gender and International Development from the University of Warwick in England. She brings her expertise as the research director for the project focused on developing a system to track sign languages for people with disabilities.