Mélange Accessibility for All Magazine January 2022 | Page 78

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Miss Wheelchair World is an initiative of international stature and a non-profit organization created by The Only One Foundation based in Warsaw , Poland . As an organization highly qualified in ethics and values , Miss Wheelchair World periodically hosts an international meeting of women with motor disabilites from different latitudes of the world , where , through a contest of beauty and various recreational activities , celebrate the value of inclusion and feminine empowerment .
The main objectives of this initiative are :

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a ) Elimination of stereotypes and patterns of conventional beauty .
b ) Make visible the causes of women with disabilities around the world and generate the collective empowerment
c ) Be an institution that acts as a true change agent at an international level , generating a more empathic world with inclusion of people with disabilities , the respect for human rights , diversity and the care for biodiversity
d ) Generate a world more attached to values of accessibility and universal
The First Edition was held in Waraw , Poland in 2017 . Twenty-four ladies participated . The winner was Aleksandra Chichikova of Belarus .