Hello, Thank you very much for the information.
Sincerely, Aarthi On 10/20/14, Yogesh Chhabra <yogesh4...@gmail.com> wrote: > International Conference "From Exclusion to Empowerment - The Role of > Information and Communication Technologies for Persons with Disabilities" > picture_ndl_event_rec.jpg > <http://en.unesco.org/file/picturendleventrecjpg-17> > Deaf School Sri Lanka CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 > (c) UNESCO > When, local time: > Monday, 24 November 2014 - 9:00am to Wednesday, 26 November 2014 - 6:00pm > Where: > India, New Delhi > Type of Event: > Category 4- International Congress > Contact: > Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg (i.kasinska...@unesco.org) > > With a view to empower persons with disabilities and inclusion of > disability issues into the sustainable development agenda in Member States, > UNESCO, in close cooperation with international, regional and national > partners, is organizing an international conference entitled "From > Exclusion to Empowerment: The Role of Information and Communication > Technologies for Persons with Disabilities" in New Delhi, India from 24 to > 26 November 2014. > The major objective of the event is to promote the human rights and > fundamental freedoms of persons with disabilities and to encourage all > stakeholders to take concrete measures for the empowerment of persons with > disabilities through the effective application of ICTs. > > As recognized by the UNCRPD, women and girls are often at greater risk, > both within and outside of home for violence, injury, abuse, neglect or > negligent treatment, maltreatment and exploitation. It is, therefore, > crucial to integrate gender equality in all efforts to promote the full > enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons with > disabilities, including in the current Conference. > > The International Conference programme of three days, consists of plenary > sessions and panel discussions (International conference), a film festival > - 'We Care' -film screenings and the exhibition on innovative ICT solutions > as well as one or several workshops for pre-selected participants and media > and supporting events. > > Major organizers of the international event: > > UNESCO in co-operation > with the Government of India, > > Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, > Department of Disability Affairs > > and Ministry of Human Resource Development, > Department of University and Higher Education > and Indian National Commission > for Cooperation with UNESCO > > In close partnership with Brotherhood, > We Care Filmfest, United Nations Information > Centre for India and Bhutan > > Participants: > > More than 500 international, regional and national participants are > expected from around the world, including: > > * High-level representatives of the Government of India; > * Representatives of Ministries and Departments of Education, Information > and Communications, Social Affairs and Health, Women and Child Development; > * Policy and decision makers, international organization representatives; > * Disabled peoples' organizations, civil society and teacher training > institutes; > * Representatives of ICT, media and film industry; > * Information and media professionals and other stakeholders. > > Working Language of the event is English. > Links: > Agenda <http://www.unesco-ci.org/ict-pwd/node/18> > Concept Note > <http://www.unesco-ci.org/ict-pwd/images/ND%2024-26%20November%202014%20-%20Concept%20paper.pdf> > UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities > <http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml> > Access for people with disabilities > <http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/access-for-people-with-disabilities/> > From Exclusion to Empowerment - The Role of Information and Communication > Technologies for Persons with Disabilities > <http://www.unesco-ci.org/ict-pwd/> > warm regards, > yogesh chhabra > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Aarthi Burthony <aburtony...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I hope that you are all fine. >> >> Does anyone of you have information about the Unesco Conference on >> ICTs for persons with disabilities to be held in New Delhi, India in >> November 2014? >> >> If yes, I am grateful to you to provide me with the information. >> >> Thanking you, >> >> Aarthi >> >> Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! >> >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. 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