DCDD International Conference 'Towards realisation of the MDG's for woman and girls with a disability' 2 December 2009 Griffioen Cultuurcentrum VU University Amsterdam, Amstelveen, the Netherlands
The International Conference 'Towards realisation of the MDG's for woman and girls with a disability' organised by DCDD on December 2 2009 has been a great success. DCDD likes to thank the speakers, workshop leaders and all the participants of the Conference. On this page you can find the report of conference.
Speakers of the conference
- Lydia la Rivière–Zijdel, chairperson of DCDD and international consultant on
gender and disability
- Kuhu Das, director and founder of the Association for Women with
Disabilities in the West Bengal Region of India
- Yelfigne Abegaz, senior Policy Advisor of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, Ethiopia
Workshop leaders
- Kuhu Das, director of the Association for Women with Disabilities (AWWD) India
- Pham Dung, team leader CBR-Inclusive Education MCNV, Vietnam
- Anneke Maarse, former team leader CBR - Inclusive Education team MCNV and
member of the DCDD working group on Human Rights
- Dr. Wanjiru Mukoma, Acting Director Liverpool VCT, Nairobi, Kenya
- George Kasera, Kenya Disabled Action Network (KEDAN), Nairobi, Kenya
- Carine Munting, programme officer VSO Netherlands, and member DCDD working
group Disability and HIV/AIDS
- Carin Rensen, physical therapist with wide international
experience and medical anthropologist and member of DCDD CBR working group
- Yelfigne Abegaz, senior advisor on gender and disability matters Royal Dutch
Embassy in Ethiopia. Lecturer at the University of Addis Ababa, institute of
gender studies
- Lydia la Rivière-Zijdel, DCDD and RESPO International