My name is  Dr Racheal Kalinaki, 29 year old female from Uganda. I am a medical doctor by profession and I am living with a physical disability. I am a youth expert and a passionate disability rights advocate. I am the Executive Director of Women with Disabilities Health Initiative(WODHI), a grassroots youth led organization working with and for girls and young women with disabilities in Uganda. I have over nine years experience in advocating for rights of children and young people with disabilities at National, Regional and International levels. I am a former member of the Youth Advisory Group of UNOHCHR initiative 75, which worked to advance rights of young people with disabilities at the UN during the commemoration of 75 years of universal declaration of human rights in 2023. I am an alumnus of the African UN Youth Delegates program and a former She Leads UN youth advocate at Plan International. I am also an alumnus of Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) cohort 57, United People Global Sustainability Leadership class 2023 and  Global fellows in Courage program 2025.

Currently I am a Global Youth Ambassador at Theirworld and a member of the Act For Early Years working group and an Education Issue journalist at Theirworld. I am a youth representative on the steering committee of Uganda National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders disability cluster. Furthermore I am a “We Can Work” ambassador at Light for the World organization Uganda and I am a member of Iganga district disability council representing organizations of people with disabilities and I am key in creating strategic linkages between organizations of persons with disabilities and the district. Alongside my rich and diverse disability rights advocacy background, I excel at hard work, teamwork, strong facilitation and communication skills, creativity and interpersonal skills. I enjoy using my skills to develop and deliver transformative and innovative solutions to problems affecting children and young people with disabilities most importantly girls and young women with disabilities.