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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center"><a name="_jsPrependBmk_"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">OFFICIAL</span></b></a><a name="_jsPrependBmkEnd_"></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Join us on 21 August (7pm Fiji, 8pm Nukualofa,
2pm Bangkok, 5pm Sydney AEST) for the first session of the two-part webinar series
<i>Pathways to Inclusive Social Protection</i>: <b>Beyond Cash Transfer: Integrated Support for Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities</b>, organised by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in partnership with UNICEF and
hosted by <a href="http://socialprotection.org/" title="http://socialprotection.org">
<span style="color:#0C66E4">socialprotection.org</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">If you register for the webinar, you will be
sent the recording after the event.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">This series explores how inclusive and gender-responsive
social protection systems can be designed to support those most at risk of exclusion and insecurity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">This session will explore multisector approaches
to disability inclusion, focusing on how social protection, assistive technologies, inclusive healthcare, education, and community-based services can work together to overcome cost-related barriers and foster full participation across the lifecycle. In support
of the 6 preconditions approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Hear from experts including Ms Faatino Utumapu,
from Nuanua O Le Alofa and Ms Nantanoot Suwannawut, Director of International Cooperation Section, Thai Ministry of Social Development and Human Security on emerging evidence, integrated support packages, and financing to advance disability inclusion globally.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">International sign language interpretation
will be available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">17:00 AEST (GMT +10)<br>
Register: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5e927bk5" title="https://tinyurl.com/5e927bk5">
<span style="color:#0C66E4">https://tinyurl.com/5e927bk5</span></a><br>
Organisers: DFAT and UNICEF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Tag a colleague working on disability inclusion
or social protection <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">#DisabilityInclusion #SocialProtection #InclusiveServices
#DFAT #UNICEF #SPorgWebinar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">To find more information about this session, access:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span><a href="https://socialprotection.org/learn/webinars/beyond-cash-transfer-integrated-support-inclusion-persons-disabilities" title="https://socialprotection.org/learn/webinars/beyond-cash-transfer-integrated-support-inclusion-persons-disabilities"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0C66E4;letter-spacing:-.05pt">https://socialprotection.org/learn/webinars/beyond-cash-transfer-integrated-support-inclusion-persons-disabilities</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt">,
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">organised by DFAT and UNICEF</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Reach out if you have any questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Many thanks
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Felicity O’Brien<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Social Protection – Advisory Services Section
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Development Performance and Advisory Branch | Program Enabling Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">© Brooke Rigney-Lively (2024)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, waters and community.
We pay our respects to all First Nations peoples, their cultures and to their Elders, past, present and emerging.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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