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DPI Side-Event at High Level Meeting on Disability & Development


Javed Abidi, Global Chair of DPI welcomes the participants. Also seen (on the right) is Axel Leblois, Founder & President of G3ict.

Akiko Ito, Chief, Secretariat on CRPD, UNDESA welcomes the participants.

A section of the packed room at the DPI side-event on 'Eradicating Extreme Poverty: Addressing the Disability Disconnect'.

(From Left to Right) Rachel Burton of BIC; Sweta Rawat, Managing Director, The Hans Foundation; Dr. Vandana Chowdhury, Assistant Professor CUNY; Mohammed Loutfy of DPI Lebanon and Dr. Kenji Kuno, Disability Specialist JICA.

Danlami Basharu of Nigeria

Senarath Attanayake, Provincial Councillor and renowned disability activist from Sri Lanka.

Shuaib Chalklen, UN Special Rapporteur on Disability addressing the gathering.

Dr Kenji Kuno (on the right), Disability Specialist, JICA addressing the gathering.

Axel Leblois, Founder & President of G3Ict, addressing the gathering.

Kumari Selja, Hon'ble Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India (on left) at the side-event. Seen at the back(on the right) is Awanish Awasthi, Joint Secretary, Department of Disability Affairs, Government of India.

Joshua Goldstein, Principal Director, ACCION addressed the gathering.

Glimpse of the side-event.

Another glimpse of the packed room during the side event.

Saowalak Thongkuay, RDO, DPI-Asia Pacific bringing in the global South perspective.

Abia Akram, Global Coordinator of DPI's Emerging Young Women Network brings in her perspective of being a woman with disability in the global South.

Seen here is Shudarson Subedi Chairperson DPI-South Asia.

Sweta Rawat, Managing Director of The Hans Foundation addresses the gathering.

Saima Wazed Hossain, Chairperson, National Advisory Committee on Autism, Bangladesh bringing in her experiences from Bangladesh.

Kumari Selja, Hon'ble Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India addresses the gathering.

Javed Abidi, global Chair of DPI and DPI Secretariat staff seen here with Kumari Selja, Hon'ble Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment and the Indian delegation.

Javed Abidi, global Chair of DPI and DPI Secretariat staff seen here with Saima Wazed Hossain, Chairperson, National Advisory Committee on Autism, Bangladesh.
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