[PDF-youth] FW: Kind support with dissemination: Invitation #CopingWithCOVID webinar: Conversation with youth with disabilities - 29 July, 8am EST_CART, IS and ASL will be provided

[Ruci Senikula]

Good afternoon Youth Champs,

Forwarding across a youth webinar and encouraging young people to attend.

Please read further below for more information on registration and meeting details.

Kind regards:
Ruci


Ruci Senikula
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From: Kadambari Mainkar [mailto:kadambari.mainkar at un.org]
Sent: Friday, 24 July 2020 9:36 AM
To: Ruci Senikula <Ruci.Senikula at pacificdisability.org>; leslie tikotikoca <leslie.tikotikoca at gmail.com>
Subject: Kind support with dissemination: Invitation #CopingWithCOVID webinar: Conversation with youth with disabilities - 29 July, 8am EST_CART, IS and ASL will be provided
Importance: High

Dear Ruci and Dear Leslie,


Greetings! I trust that you are well!



I will be very grateful if you can help us to disseminate information about upcoming webinar #CopingWithCOVID: Conversation with Youth with Disabilities



Please join us for the webinar #CopingWithCOVID: Conversation with young people with disabilities
29 July 8:00am-9:00am EST
Join via ZOOM link: https://unicef.zoom.us/j/94446578237



Real time captioning (CART) is available in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Chinese and Portuguese https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-UNICEF<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.streamtext.net%2ftext.aspx%3fevent%3dCFI-UNICEF&c=E,1,MtLktSEepZ6kIno0cvsqyaakOufsGxqjibDPQ7RBptOry0f5_nINTaaumZDhtjFmmXoMe3dJ9CqnxpGXjfUmZ2Dcic0LpIab-hsbK7quCsPHQTFgpV7Uizb4Yt-3&typo=1>

International Sign (IS) and American Sign Language (ASL) will be provided



Organizers:

Office of The United Nation's Secretary General's Envoy on Youth, WHO, UNICEF with support from UNFPA and META, Latin American Network of Youth with disabilities



Moderator:

Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth.



Keynote Speaker:

Nyle DiMarco, USA,  first deaf contestant to win America's Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars, disability advocate

Speakers
*         Tobiloba Ajayi, Nigeria. Young lawyer, who was awarded with Mandela Washington Fellowship, founder of The Let Cerebral Palsy Kids Learn Foundation
*         Gabriel Heredia, Argentina. 17 years old disability advocate, member of Latin-American Network for youth with Disabilities META and creator of Asperger-Chubut League
*         Surya Sahetapy, Indonesia. Deaf advocate and social media influencer; he stands for the rights of Deaf people in Indonesia. He is a student at (Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf
*         Lea Labaki, Belgium, activist, member of the European Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP ), a former researcher at Disability Rights Division, Human Rights Watch
*         Diliyan (Dido) Manolov, Bulgaria.  Psychologist, mentor and advocate to youth with visual impairment and youth with disabilities.
*         Akiko Hart, Chair of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis UK (ISPS UK<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ispsuk.org%2f&c=E,1,LPnEdyTAiyTbkWD73UElCvVn9IHmtjuaOxMIFpfEn0hd-SFyd63z-0TesVfQLwxQ1dy9nK_Nt4yzvpKY_GZPRzG0kiYaQNUVmtAdKpqEwPW5iSIE1A,,&typo=1>), a Committee Member of the English Hearing Voices Network<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hearing-voices.org%2f&c=E,1,l8CMOsRLIiMEXYUv-yfvE98wfX6KkD0sehSbcVIGV0y38wL817l6rKEhu673s_7RQQXOwEGpSoZqx3tFT4m7AVxHf145W0-MS_WrCg13g6-ipmh5CA,,&typo=1> and the Hearing Voices Project Manager at Mind in Camden<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mindincamden.org.uk%2f&c=E,1,Jg0rwdJ0k__xguGv9kC3hD24PYem_pN2sPRd8edRrjNxh2iSYsFHn3dKHVHgkKQFduvktSkXjUlpqK60ZpuQlKP5zpeO9sQwFh8ilXCmnMI,&typo=1>



Background:

It is estimated that there are between 180 and 220 million youth with disabilities worldwide, of which nearly 80 per cent live in developing countries. They face the same challenges as all young people, including lack of access to education, employment,  health and social services. However, for youth with disabilities, these issues are more complex, especially now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further marginalization and exclusion are triggered by stigma and discrimination, lack information in an accessible format, remote learning, interruption of necessary health services. Other layers of vulnerability are added by factors, such as gender, ethnic minority, emergencies. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored and exacerbated this marginalization. In this webinar, we'll learn from young disability rights advocates, how they have experienced 'Living in the new normal', how they have been taking care of their mental health during this pandemic and what they need from policymakers going forward.



We look forward to seeing you at the webinar!



Many thanks!



Warmly,



Kami



Kami Mainkar

Programme Specialist

Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth

United Nations Headquarters New York, NY, 10017

M: +1 929 498 7157









We look forward to seeing you at the webinar!



Many thanks!



Warmly,



Kami



Kami Mainkar

Programme Specialist

Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth

United Nations Headquarters New York, NY, 10017

M: +1 929 498 7157





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