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DTSTART:20210618T133000Z
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URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/every-girl-and-womans-right-inclusive-ed
 ucation-and-employment-responses-to-covid-19-for-girls-and-women-with-disa
 bilities/
SUMMARY:Every Girl and Woman’s Right – inclusive education and employme
 nt responses to COVID-19 for girls and women with disabilities
DESCRIPTION:Friday 18 June 2021\, 1:30-2:45pm BST\nAccess to quality educat
 ion for girls with disabilities is a basic human right and there are compr
 ehensive models of inclusive education that can change the potential a wom
 an with disabilities can reach. \nThis event is an opportunity to present 
 education and employment strategies and recommendations\, and discuss how 
 disability will fit in post-COVID policies\, to ensure that no girl or wom
 an with disabilities is left behind.\nLocation: 14th Session of the Confer
 ence of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disa
 bilities (COSP14)\, Online Zoom Webinar\nREGISTER HERE\nBackground:\n2021 
 signals a year of global commitments on education and economic recovery wh
 ere countries come together to build a fairer and more resilient world pos
 t COVID. Yet currently\, there is still a significant gender gap in formal
  employment among women and men with disabilities. \nAdolescent girls and 
 young women with disabilities are the least likely to have access to labou
 r market opportunities\, and girls with disabilities still have the lowest
  rates of school attendance and completion\, making disability and gender 
 two of the most prominent factors in educational marginalisation.\nSpeaker
 s:\n\n	Chair\, World Bank\, Deepti Samant Raja\, Social Development Specia
 list\n	UNGEI\, Antara Ganguli\, Head of UNGEI Secretariat\n	Kenyan Governm
 ent\, Fredrick Haga\, Director Special Education\, Ministry of Education\n
 	Kenya National Council for Persons with Disabilities\n	Leonard Cheshire\,
  Elaine Green\, Head of Influencing\, Campaigns and Public Affairs\n	Dorot
 hy Mulei\, Gender Coordinator\, Innovation to Inclusion at Plan Internatio
 nal\n	Leonard Cheshire Youth Lead Advocate\, Nichakarn (Khim) Kaveevorayan
 \n\nObjectives of this event:\n\n	To discuss the interrelation between e
 ducation and access to employment for women with disabilities and un
 derstand how access to quality education is critical for gaining meaningfu
 l and secure employment.\n	To present the Leonard Cheshire Inclusive Educa
 tion Model\; a holistic and community-based model shown to improve access\
 , participation\, and learning achievements for children with disabilities
 \, including for girls with disabilities.\n	To highlight the importance of
  education transitions in contributing to meaningful employment and presen
 t the UNGEI/LC ‘Leave No Girl with Disabilities Behind’ advocacy brief
  and video.\n	To present Plan International’s analysis of gender dynamic
 s\, power relations\, and gender and disability-specific barriers that wom
 en and men face when seeking private sector employment in Kenya and Bangla
 desh. This will include a presentation of the core challenges and constrai
 nts women with disabilities face in their empowerment and economic partici
 pation.\n	To present recommendations for key changes that need to take pla
 ce in programming approaches and policies for gender transformative action
 s that will promote the opportunities for full socio-economic participatio
 n of women with disabilities to be realised.\n\nTo join us:\nThe webinar w
 ill be hosted on Zoom and you will be sent a link after you have registere
 d. Please do so today to confirm your place(s).\nREGISTER HERE
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