Deza Nguembock

Wish me luck — I’m heading to Doha!

In a few hours, I’ll fly to the 2nd World Summit on Social Development, carrying ne deep conviction:
social change isn’t declared — it’s built, step by step, voice by voice.

Over the past two years, I’ve poured my heart into this mission:
💫 Founding
💫 Launching the pilot program in France
💫 Bringing 50 women leaders from 11 African countries together
💫 Taking their voices to the
💫 And now… heading to Doha to turn promises into action.

This journey carries the heartbeat of every woman in the AHADI community, their strength, their courage, their hope.

At Doha, I’ll carry the spirit of RISE:

Inclusion is not a favor.
Resilience is not a word.
Leadership is not a privilege.
They are forces, levers, and actions. 🖤

Gratitude. Determination. Faith.
That’s what I’m taking with me.

Wish me luck — not for me, but for all those women who deserve to be heard and at the table.

Yesterday was the World Polio Day

Here I am, 4 years old.
Smiling. Innocent.
I had received the same vaccines as my 11 siblings…
And yet, a few months later, my life changed forever.

No clear diagnosis was ever made.
But the aftereffects I live with suggest a form of polio, maybe atypical, maybe misunderstood.

That’s the thing about viruses:
they evolve, mutate, and still surprise us.

🌍 Polio hasn’t disappeared.
It remains endemic in a few countries, and it can re-emerge wherever vaccination declines or crises weaken health systems.

Today, nearly 20 million people live with polio’s aftereffects worldwide, including 50,000 in France, many of them facing post-polio syndrome.

Vaccination has saved millions of lives.
But vigilance and research must go on, because medical history is never finished.

🙏🏾 To Polio-France, to all survivors who keep this fight alive, and to Pr François Genet and Adrian Chaboche.

This photo is a reminder:
fragility doesn’t erase strength, it reveals it.
And from that strength, I’ve built my purpose.

Disability, Gender and Leadership: Why Women with Disabilities are the Missing Link in Global Equity.

Read my latest op-ed for the October issue 2025 page 13.

Six months of silence.
Not absence, evolution.
I needed space to think, to rebuild, and rise again.
So here I am, ready to share again.