<div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4">Dearest Colleagues from Asia and the Pacific,</font></div><div>                                                                                                    </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Please join us at the Asia Pacific Disability </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Constituency Workshop! Our workshop is supported by the Pacific Disability Forum and International Disability </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Alliance. Kindly proceed to workshop registration </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WtZ1qaFEj8FRohmIfZv_JpYSQE2HWWwqDsGBCH-MKas/edit" target="_blank">2022 APRCEM Disability Constituency Workshop Registration - Google Forms</a></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"> and register.</span><br><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><div style="text-align:center"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><strong>Invitation to Workshop: </strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span lang="EN-IN">People's’ Realities and Achieving Agenda 2030: Unpacking the goals under review and current systemic barriers in the time of COVID-19 in the Asia Pacific Region<b></b></span></i></p></div><div> </div><div><em>Organised by <strong>the Asia-Pacific Disability Constituency</strong></em></div><div> </div><div><strong>Date:</strong> Thursday, 24 March 2022 </div><div><strong>Time: </strong>3:30pm - 5.00pm Fiji time</div><div><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To join: </b><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81614945878?pwd=czhJNmdVWWpmaW5FcjZnOXNDT2xhdz09" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81614945878?pwd=czhJNmdVWWpmaW5FcjZnOXNDT2xhdz09</a><br></div></font><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><div> </div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">Moderator: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Murali Padmanabhan</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">Speakers:  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b>East and Northeast Asia</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dongho Kim, Korea Differently Abled Federation, Korea</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b>South and Southwest Asia</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Muhammad Akram, Danishkadah, Pakistan</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US">Abia Akram, STEP, Pakistan</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:ini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ants</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">Closing Remarks (5 min) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Setareki Macanawai, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Disability Forum</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">*The workshop will be conducted in English. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">*International Sign Language interpretation and live captioning will be provided.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p></div></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Please feel free to share with your colleagues and networks. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Thank you and looking forward to your participation.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><img src="cid:ii_l13dn6nr0" alt="image.png" width="517" height="517"><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>