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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> crpd-forum@groups.io <crpd-forum@groups.io> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Bethany Brown via groups.io<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 13, 2021 10:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> crpd-forum@groups.io<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [crpd-forum] UN Commission on the Status of Women: Events Listing Disability<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">A belated happy International Women’s Day! Next week marks the start of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (link
<a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw65-2021">here</a>). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">We have compiled a list of side events and parallel events that include disability in their description, below. It is by no means exhaustive or final, and events have
various levels of interpretation. Please have a look at the main side event webpage (link
<a href="https://teamup.com/ksjgjdxx23dqs947md">here</a>), and parallel event page linked below, and we hope this will facilitate your participation in some of these events!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Best wishes,<br>
Bethany</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Side Events</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">1. Connect2Include. Include2Connect.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Thu 18 Mar 8:00 - 9:30 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">RSVP link / Registration: </span></strong><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fitu.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_-l6vmsTrSDOX6RV8B_dq0g&data=04%7C01%7Ccsw.sideevents%40unwomen.org%7Cde238b615e6b4965e7b708d8df36d099%7C2bcd07449e18487d85c3c9a325220be8%7C0%7C1%7C637504773848314478%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=HxmbC7xRTt8pg%2BFnEPMcrSeVpvtaW%2B5dwwcDudQm%2B4o%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://itu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-l6vmsTrSDOX6RV8B_dq0g</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Leaving no one behind in the digital world means ensuring that technology is people centered. This encompasses that no one is offline due to the lack of connectivity
or due to the lack of accessibility of the digital information, products, and services. This session will bring attention to the importance of developing appropriate policies, strategies and actions that address the specific needs for the digital inclusion
of <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">women and</span></strong><b> </b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">girls</span></strong><b>, </b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">youth</span></strong><b>, </b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">children</span></strong><b>, </b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">persons
with disabilities</span></strong><b>, </b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">older persons</span></strong><b>, </b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Indigenous peoples,
and people living in remote areas</span></strong><b> </b>to achieve true and meaningful universal connectivity, especially when it comes to designing accessible and affordable digital solutions that will impact everyone’s lives and the process of building
inclusive digital societies.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">2. Barriers to the full and effective participation of women and girls with disabilities</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Thu 18 Mar 9:00 - 10:30 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">RSVP Link / Registration: </span></strong><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkfumhqTkvHt2H-8ssitvKwGZrSQPQGJUF" target="_blank"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkfumhqTkvHt2H-8ssitvKwGZrSQPQGJUF</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The event aims at promoting dialogue on the political participation of women and girls with disabilities and exchanging knowledge and good practices on ways to increase
and strengthen their representation in political institutions and elected bodies at national and local level. The discussion will provide the opportunity to take a closer look at the political participation of women and girls with disabilities through two
lenses - the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Parallel Events</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">To register for parallel events, sign up at the Eventbrite link here:
</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ngo-csw65-forum-advocate-registration-tickets-137312871495"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ngo-csw65-forum-advocate-registration-tickets-137312871495</span></a></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Is the Way you Think about Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Ableist? Good Practices for Disability Inclusive SRHR Programmes and Advocacy.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">10:30 PM - 12:30 AM EDT<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> on Tuesday, 16 March</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sponsoring Organization:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Women Enabled
International</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Ableism is a term for discrimination against people with disabilities. Across the world people with disabilities face discrimination when accessing SRHR services. Ableism
can manifest in inaccessible physical spaces and information to prejudicial attitudes. Similarly, people with disabilities are often excluded from SRHR advocacy campaigns, which exacerbates their exclusion and the lack of attention to issues such as forced
procedures. Join experts on disability rights and inclusion from across the Asia-Pacific region to discuss how ableism manifests in the SRHR field and prevents people with disabilities from realizing their rights and good practices for dismantling these barriers.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Women’s Representation in Wales: How gendered is my valley?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> on Thursday, 18 March</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sponsoring Organization:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Wales Assembly of Women</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Wales, a small nation within the UK, made waves worldwide in 2003 as the first legislature to achieve 50:50 gender balance with equal members of men and women. Although Wales
broke this significant barrier, women are still under-represented in public life and business, paid less than men and more likely than men to be working below their qualifications level. The panel which will focus on the experiences of disabled women, women
in Welsh sport leadership and elected women in Welsh local government will draw together robust data, analysis and evidence from post-graduate research in Wales to bring fresh perspectives to women’s representation in Wales.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Practicing feminist disability rights organizing. Strategies for collective action.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">8:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> on Friday, 19 March</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sponsoring Organization:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">CREA, Deaf Women Included, Women Spaces Africa, Show Abilities Uganda, Anjali, Women with Disabilities Development Foundation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The event will explore strategies women with disabilities and organizations working at the intersection of feminism and disability rights are
implementing to dismantle structural ableism while fighting for gender equality. We will discuss issues activists with disabilities find crucial to advance participation, decision–making, and leadership of women with disabilities and to ensure critical rights
issues they face are on the agenda. In particular, we will address the importance of gender-based violence prevention policy reforms, leveraging the CRPD to safeguard the rights of all persons with disabilities, and building cross-movement solidarity in practice.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">How to Ensure Women’s and Girls' Empowerment, Including those with Disabilities, at all Stages of their Life?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">2:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> on Saturday, 20 March</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sponsoring Organization:</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
DIDEPAS, ETNAD3, Femmes d'Afrique Magazine, François </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Women and girls, especially those with disabilities, continue to be left behind in the decision-making process despite all the resolutions adopted
after conventions, conferences, and summits of high-level States Parties. Women and girls with and without disabilities are all exposed to the same behavioral and environmental barriers. That fact hinders their full participation in public life on an equal
basis with others, as recommended by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). Participants will discuss all aspects of adversities, including the new constraints that the COVID-19 crisis places on women and girls. All women and girls, without exception, are exposed to disabling conditions that prevent their decision-making in
their community. Each participant will provide solutions and recommendations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">An Untold Narrative: Immigrant Women with Disabilities</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> on Monday, 22 March</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sponsoring Organization:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">RespectAbility</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life must include the voice(s) of women with disabilities – including immigrant women of color with
disabilities. The intersectionality between women, disability, and immigration status is a common yet untold experience. When we discuss inclusion, this demographic should be embraced in conversations around the workplace, politics, education, healthcare,
faith and the entertainment industry. There are vital lessons to be learned from this intersectionality. Join RespectAbility in a lively discussion among panelists with this lived experience. We can do better nationwide and globally to learn from this perspective,
helping to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Feminist Alliances for a new civil society</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> on Tuesday, 23 March</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://D.i.Re">D.i.Re</a> - Donne in Rete contro la violenza</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Along the Italian experience of a Position Paper “The Change We Want. Feminist proposals – 25 years on from Beijing ", edited by a group of 68 Italian feminist women representing
45 organizations in order to built together a strong political stance, to voice the change needed with reference to the 1995 Beijing Declaration in Italy, there will be a discussion among three of the Italian feminists co-editing that Paper and a Serbian feminist
activist and the policy officer of Euromed Rights to build transnational feminist solidarities in a context of global backlashes against gender equality, and reflecting on the challenges of global feminism.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Build Back Safer, Inclusively: Women with Disabilities Addressing Violence</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> on Wednesday, 24 March</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Disability Rights Fund</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Looking back on the year of Beijing +25 and COVID-19, feminists with disabilities in the Global South led some of the most innovative efforts
to reverse increases in gender-based violence. Building on national-level advancements of CEDAW and involvement in Beijing+25 processes, these efforts were amplified through partnerships strengthened by the urgency of addressing the violence. Panelists will
share insights from a year disrupted and recommendations based on experience to ensure a more equitable post-pandemic world.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Visible Voices: An Intersectional and Intercultural Discussion on Women Decision-makers</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> on Wednesday, 24 March</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sponsoring Organization:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Bell Global Justice Institute</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Our Parallel Event will feature women of multiple intersectional identities who will share their lived experiences, challenges, and best practices on how they use their voices
within decision-making spaces. Our speakers are dedicated community leaders and will address gender equity and empowerment at the intersection of indigenous rights, disability rights, gender-based violence, political rights, art and social justice, and youth
leadership. Through our panel discussion, we aim to provide participants effective ways of using their voices, and to amplify the powerful words of U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>The Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence Panel on Gender Based Violence and Disability</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-IE">8:00-19:30 AM EDT Thursday 25th March</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Web: <a href="http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/" target="_blank" title="http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/">www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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