Global Disability Summit 2025

2–3 Apr 2025 | Berlin, Germany

Thursday, 3 April 2025 | 09:00 - 10:00

Side Event 13: Addressing Stigma, Discrimination and Violence Against Women with Disabilities

Location:Hall 4.2Track:Side Event

This Side Event will contribute to more informed and focused policy debate on stigma, discrimination and violence against women with disabilities. It aims to bring together OPDs, UN agencies and development partners and to provide practical ways to implement and integrate an intersectional approach to eliminating violence against women with disabilities.

Organized by:
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Global Forum on the Leadership of Women with Disabilities (GFLWD), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Women Enabled International (WEI), Government of France, Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HCD), Jordan

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5 speakers

  • Abia Akram

    Chair, Global Forum on the Leadership of Women with Disabilities

    Global Forum on the Leadership of Women with Disabilities

  • Abul Hasnat Monjurul Kabir

    Senior Global Adviser and Team Leader, UN Women HQ

    UN Women

  • Ian McFarlane

    Director, Division for External Relations, UNFPA

    United Nations Population Fund UNFPA

  • Sofia Minieri

    Strategy Manager at Women Enabled International

    Women Enabled International

  • Alia Harran Zureikat

    Adviser to the President & Director of International Relations and Cooperation

    The Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HCD)

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Session location Hall 4.2