July, 2019
On the 24th of July, UN Women in partnership with the International Disability Alliance (IDA) hosted a webinar on “Challenges and Solutions to Inclusion”. The webinar tried to explore how partnerships and alliance building can help address challenges to full and effective participation of women and girls with disabilities across the humanitarian – development continuum.
The webinar had notable speakers such as Bailey Grey, Program Director, Disability Rights Fund (TBC) and Boram Lee, Disability Advisor, Women’s Refugee Commission. Founder and executive director of Rising Flame, Nidhi Goyal was also one of the speakers in the webinar. She spoke about the Challenges that hinder full and effective participation of women with disabilities and what are the gaps in alliance building.