Members of the EDID-GHDI partnership presented at the Canadian Political Science Association conference in a three-part panel on June 12th on the topic of “Political Representation, Inclusion and Participation in Local, National and Transnational Activities: Learning from Women with Disabilities.” The panel was chaired by Karen Soldatić of Toronto Metropolitan University with Discussants Kirsten Van Houten, post-doctoral scholar with EDID-GHDI, and Naefa Kahn from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
The panel presentations included
- “Using a Feminist Intersectional Livelihoods Analysis to understand experiences of historically marginalized women and girls with disabilities in Canada” by Deborah Stienstra and Kathryn Reinders;
- “Representing Women and Girls with Disabilities in United Nations Arenas” by Dominique Masson and Clothilde Parent-Chartier; and
- “From Global Norms to Local Action: Implementing the Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP) in South Africa” by Jacqueline De Matos Ala, Sharlene Cassel, and David Black.
This panel took place on Zoom on June 12th, 2024, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The entire conference ran from June 12th to June 14th, 2024. For more information, visit the Canadian Political Science Association conference page.