
HLPF Side Event: Leave No Woman Behind – How to achieve the SDGs for Women with Disabilities and Indigenous Women – 15 July, 14:30 – 16:00 Monday July 8th, 2019
High-Level Political Forum 2019 Side Event
Leave No Woman Behind
How to achieve the SDGs for
Women with Disabilities and Indigenous Women
15 July 2019, 14:30 – 16:00
Church Center of the United Nations, 10th Floor
777 United Nations Plaza, New York
Organizers:
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)
Description
Women with disabilities and indigenous women face multiple discriminations. The organizers are working with member organizations and networks, local and national civil society organizations to bring the perspectives of women affected by multiple discriminations and how to achieve SDGs and Leave No Woman Behind. The results will be presented by representatives of these women and their organizations. The leading principle is Nothing about us without us and is part of GCAP’s Faces of Inequality Campaign.
Moderator: Salina Sanou, GCAP Global Co-Chair
Programme
14:30 Welcome and introduction
14:40 Gam A. Shimray, Secretary General, AIPP
Localizing SDGs for local communities and women facing multiple discrimination
14:50 Alice Appiah, GFD, Ghana
Experiences of women and girls with disabilities in Ghana
15:00 Rita Kusi Kyeremaa, GFD, Ghana, and Aminata Toure Barry, AMASBIF
Mali Women and girls with disabilities in Africa
15:10 Devi Anggraini, PEREMPUAN AMAN, Indonesia
Indigenous women’s perspectives and experiences
15:20 Responses:
Tarcila Rivera, Chirapaq, Peru, Women’s Major Group
Memory Kachambwa, FEMNET
15:30 Discussion
16:00 Summary and concluding remarks
Refreshments will be served.
Part of the Faces of Inequality Campaign:
Supported by: