Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen is a South African politician, and the country's first Deaf female
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
. She attended
Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University ( ) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and blind children. It was the first sc ...
and was elected the vice-president of the
World Federation of the Deaf
The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is an international non-governmental organization that acts as a peak body for national associations of Deaf people, with a focus on Deaf people who use sign language and their family and friends. WFD aims ...
in 2011.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
Gallaudet University alumni
Deaf politicians
South African deaf people
Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa