Global Disability Summit 2025

2–3 Apr 2025 | Berlin, Germany

Wednesday, 2 April 2025 | 10:30 - 11:00

Fireside Chat Area 3: How the cuts of Official Development Assistance (ODA) impact Persons With Disability

Track:Fireside Chat

Global Citizen is hosting a fireside chat at the sidelines of the Global Disability Summit to facilitate an urgent policy dialogue on global aid financing and its impact on persons with disabilities. We expect a group of committed government representatives, civil society leaders and senior experts to discuss the impact of global aid cuts, and how we can sustain the ambition to ‘leave no one behind’ to deliver for the most vulnerable and marginalized people. 

Organized by:
Global Citizen

Facilitated by:
Friederike Meister, Senior Advocacy Director, Global Citizen

Speakers:

  • Dr. Ola Abu Alghaib, Director, UN Global Disability Fund

  • Miríam Ciscar Blat, Chief (Deputy Director) Sectoral Branch: Spanish Agency of International Cooperation

  • Abia Akram, Disability rights activist, Founder of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan, Ambassador of Sightsavers Equal World Campaign

1 speaker

  • Abia Akram

    Chair, Global Forum on the Leadership of Women with Disabilities

    Global Forum on the Leadership of Women with Disabilities