The 17th Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) took place at the UN headquarters in New York from Tuesday, June 11th to Thursday, June 13th, 2024. A Civil Society Forum, preceding the CoSP, was held on Monday, June 10th.
TCI Secretariat along with its members participated in CoSP 17, Civil Society Forum, and side events.
Please find below information regarding the participation of TCI during the CoSP.
TCI Speaking Sessions at COSP 17
TCI participated in the civil society forum.
1) Title of the Session: Theme 1: International cooperation to promote technology innovations and transfer for an inclusive future
Speaker: Richa Sharma – Transforming Communities for Inclusion, TCI Global
Date: Monday, 10 June, 2024
2) Title of the Session: Theme 2: Persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies
Speaker: Samuel Njoroge Macharia- Championing for Inclusive Communities, Kenya (Member of TCI Global)
Date: Monday, 10 June, 2024
3) Title of the Session: Theme 3: Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities to decent work and sustainable livelihood
Moderator: Waqar Puri- Transforming Communities for Inclusion, TCI Global
Rapporteur: Richa Sharma- Transforming Communities for Inclusion, TCI Global
Speakers: Robinah Nakanwagi Alambuya, Triumph Uganda (President of TCI Global)
Silvestre Barragán, A.L.C.E Initiative for the Abolition of Punitive and Confinement Logics- Colombia (Fellow and member of TCI Global)
Date: Monday, 10 June, 2024
TCI Speaking Sessions at COSP 17
16th Session Of The Conference Of States Parties To The CRPD
TCI participated in Round Table 2 focusing on Matters related to the implementation of the Convention.
Title of the Session: Persons with disabilities in situations of risk and
humanitarian emergencies
Speaker: Waqar Puri- Transforming Communities for Inclusion, TCI Global
Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Side Events - UNDESA Division for Inclusive Social Development
1) Title of the Session: The Future of Disability Rights is Feminist
Organizer: Women Enabled International, UN Women, and the CRPD Committee
Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
2) Title of the Session: Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities to decent work and Sustainable livelihood: lessons from the Front line and what this means for States, the UN and civil society
Speaker: Robinah Nakanwagi Alambuya, Triumph Uganda (President of TCI Global)
Organizer: Permanent Mission of Malta, UN ESCWA, and the Leprosy Mission International
Date: Thursday, June 13, 2024