EDF Webinar « Left behind? Women with disabilities during COVID-19 »

With the COVID-19 pandemic, discrimination, abuses and human rights violations against women and girls with disabilities have worsened. What are the specific issues faced by women and girls with disabilities during the pandemic? How can we ensure that intersectionality be a mandatory component to the response to the pandemic to ensure that no women and girls are left behind?

The webinar will aim to:
• Outline the specific issues faced by women and girls with disabilities during the pandemic
• Discuss with EU actors and partners, including women’s organisations, how to work together to protect the rights of all women during and after the pandemic Share good practices and learnings on how to ensure responses to the pandemic that are inclusive of women and girls with disabilities

Moderator: Ana Peláez Narváez, Vice-President, European Disability Forum

Agenda

Opening and setting the scene – Ana Peláez Narváez, Vice-President, European Disability Forum

•            Updates on situation of women and girls with disabilities – EDF women’s committee 
•            Good practice on actions taken during the pandemic – CERMI Women Foundation
•            Response to the pandemic by the European women’s movement – Joanna Maycock, European Women’s Lobby
•            Collecting data on women with disabilities – Dr Marre Karu, European Institute on Gender Equality
•            The impact of pandemic on the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy – Gender Equality Unit of the European Commission (tbc)
•            Recommendations on next steps: nothing about COVID-19 without women with disabilities
        o    European Parliament FEMM Committee (tbc)
        o    UN Women Liaison Office to the European Union (tbc)

Q&A / open floor

The webinar will provide real-time captioning and international sign. The webinar will be recorded and shared later for those who cannot join. Here is the link for the real-time captioning https://www.text-on-tap.live/index.html#e=nxWG8sCUQS

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