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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com]
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<b>Subject:</b> [IDA_CRPD_Forum] Webinar: Asia Pacific Women with Disabilities and the Beijing Platform for Action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have you wanted to engage in the Beijing +25 process? Want to know how to ensure the priorities of women and girls with disabilities in the Asia Pacific are included in the Beijing +25 review?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please join the webinar on </b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Women with Disabilities and the Beijing Platform for Action on
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Date:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Wednesday, 26 June 2019</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Time:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> 10am-12:30pm Bangkok time (GMT+7)</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">RSVP by 20 June</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">:
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://forms...gle/y2ps6fyhx4jmKpWh9" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Complete this form</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
or email </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ya@apwld.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ya@apwld.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ahead of the regional and global 25-year reviews of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), the
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="http://apwld.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(APWLD), in cooperation with the Asia Pacific Women With Disabilities United (APWWDU), plans to host a webinar on the inter-linkages between the rights of women with disabilities and the provisions of the BPfA. This webinar is designed to be introductory,
building an understanding around the BPfA and giving information on how civil society, particularly women with disabilities can engage.
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Following this webinar, participants will be asked to circulate and
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this topic. The inputs to this survey will be included in the regional civil society submission that APWLD is preparing on the Beijing Plus 25 review, and any significant case studies or reports may help us prepare a separate report in the near future on the
state of women with disabilities rights in the region.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please circulate this information among women with disabilities individuals, advocates and organisations in your networks. Please ask interested participants
to </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/y2ps6fyhx4jmKpWh9" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RSVP on this form</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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