Employment & Disabled Women to be discussed at International Disability Conference in Lebanon, September
One of the plenary sessions of the first International Conference on Disability and Inclusion, taking place in Beirut, September 10-21, will be devoted to "Employment and Women with Disabilities." The conference is being organized by the Arab Regional committee of Rehabilitation International and the National Rehabilitation & Development Center, under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Lebanon, General Emile Lahoud.
Some of the speakers from the Arab countries, Asia and North America include: Muneera bin Hindi of Bahrain, who has organized disabled women's activities on behalf of Mobility International; Ms. Abu Habibi and Ms. Jahda Abou Kahlil of Lebanon, both of whom have written books about successful Arab women with disabilities; Ms. Karen Ngai of Hong Kong City University, who has researched the situation of Chinese women with disabilities; and Ms. Rosangela Berman-Bieler of Brazil and the USA, will discuss aspects of parenting with a disability.
Details about the conference appear on the RI website: www.rehab-international.org and a report on the session will appear in a future issue of Disability World.
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