[PDFlist] Online event - Closing the Justice Gap for Women with Disabilities- 20 October 2022

[Paradise Tabucala]

From UN Women:

UN Women Regional Office Asia and the Pacific, together with the Government of Sweden, University of Galway, OHCHR, the International Commission of Jurists and the International Disability Alliance, cordially invite you to an online side event:
Closing the Justice Gap: Innovation, evidence and action to enhance access to justice for women with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Asia and the Pacific.
The event is an opportunity to share good practices and the emerging learnings of a pioneering legal needs survey conducted in the Philippines, Nepal, Indonesia, and Fiji to identify the legal needs of women with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities.
Speakers:
•            H.E Marina Berg, Ambassador of Sweden to Indonesia
•            Miyeon Kim, Vice-Chair, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
•            Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of Galway
•            Disability rights self-advocates - Mona, Petra, Amaysa
•            Sera Osborne on behalf of Transforming Communities for Inclusion
•            Amba Salelkar, International Disability Alliance
•            Doreen Buettner, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Concept Note and Agenda attached.

Date: 20 October 2022 |
Time: 12:30 pm – 13:40 pm (Indochina Time)
Virtual event – hosted on Zoom

Registration: https://unwomen.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xEvrIDMsQ_a3cKFB6IDTVA

The Zoom link will be shared directly after registration.
This online event will take place as part of the ESCAP High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Final Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities 2013-2022 (19-21 October, Jakarta, Indonesia).
International Sign Language interpretation and real-time captioning will be provided.

For further information on the event, please contact:
Laura-Lee Sage, Policy Specialist - Access to Justice for Women with Disabilities
laura-lee.sage at unwomen.org<mailto:laura-lee.sage at unwomen.org>

Vinaka and Kind Regards
Paradise Tabucala | Public Relations & Comms Officer

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