My lens, my reality

Swiss Disability and Development Consortium (SDDC) On International Women’s Day, 8 March, the Swiss Disability and Development Consortium (SDDC) cordially invites you to an online CRPD side-event to launch a Photovoice study on the barriers and enablers to the social, economic and political inclusion of women with disabilities in Nepal and its accompanying photography exhibition entitled "My Lens My Reality". The online side-event is being organized in the context of the CRPD Committee’s 26th session with the participation of the Committee’s Working Group on Women and Girls with Disabilities. It will take place on Tuesday, March 8th from 14.00 to 14.45. The program for the webinar is as follows: • Introductory remarks: Ms. Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, CRPD Committee Member and Chair of the CRPD Working Group on Women and Girls with Disabilities • Situation and priorities of women with disabilities in Nepal (via video): Ms. Meena Paudel, Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA) • Presentation of Photovoice project: Ms. Chantal Baumgarten, CBM Switzerland and SDDC Secretariat • Presentation of Photovoice study results and recommendations: Dr. Christine Bigler, Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies, University of Bern • Moderation and concluding remarks: Ms. Mirjam Gasser, CBM Switzerland. For any questions related to the webinar or exhibition, please contact Désirée Zaugg at desiree.zaugg@cbmswiss.ch. The My Lens My Reality exhibition will be on display at the Palais des Nations from March 8 to 18.

• Swiss Disability and Development Consortium (SDDC)

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