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THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA) PROMOTES MEANINGFUL AND SUSTAINABLE INCLUSION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is working to promote meaningful and sustainable inclusion of persons with disabilities across all its programmes and operations and to effectively and systematically include persons with disabilities, especially #women and young persons with disabilities in development, humanitarian, sustaining peace and peacebuilding settings. 

As such, to initiate a dialogue to identify and strengthen advocacy, accountability, inclusion mechanisms and to identify key areas of interventions and potential partnerships UNFPA organized a stakeholder consultation with persons with disabilities and those who work with persons with disabilities in May 2023 at the UN Conference Hall. 

Manique Gunaratne contributed on how to include women with disabilities and key priority areas.

Presentation on the Screen
Presentation on the Screen
Participants at discussion
Participants at discussion
Manique at the discussion
Manique at the discussion
Participants at discussion
Participants at discussion
Participants at discussion
Participants at discussion
Participants
Participants
Presentation on the Screen
Presentation on the Screen
Manique at the discussion
Manique at the discussion

MANIQUE GUNARATNE
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2022

Celebrating the International Day of Women is very important for women with disability to just as a woman but also a woman with a disability. It is a day that the entire world recognizes the plight of women and the efforts that have been channeled towards achieving gender equality. The 2022 theme for International Women’s Day was ‘Gender Equality for a Sustainable Tomorrow’ with the campaign #BreakTheBias. This theme speaks volumes to the challenges that women face and the immense potential that can be unlocked if we created a society that supports women empowerment and equality.

As we celebrate International Women’s Day it is also very critical for us to acknowledge different realities for different populations of women. One of this population is women and girls with disabilities who face compounded vulnerabilities in the society for being of a female sex and also for having a disability. These vulnerabilities tend to increase depending on the social and economic factors. It’s for these reasons that girls and women with disability should be involved in the commemoration of Women’s Day and the fight for gender equity and equality.

Girls with disability can be involved in the celebrations of the International Women’s Day through self-advocacy to create awareness on the challenges and barriers they face and recommend solutions to those challenges. Self-advocacy is a very practical concept when it comes to raising awareness on disability issues as persons with disabilities are the experts of their different life experiences and empowering them to do self-advocacy is one of the right things to do.

Manique Gunaratne spoke on importance of including women with disability on International Day for Women at a program at Yarl TV in March 2022.

At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
Speaking at the programme
Speaking at the programme
Speaking at the programme
Speaking at the programme
Speaking at the programme
Speaking at the programme
At Yarl TV
At Yarl TV
Speaking at the programme
Speaking at the programme
Speaking at the programme
Speaking at the programme

MANIQUE GUNARATNE
BOARD MEMBER NAVAJEEVANA REHABILITATION

SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITY

The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon, Specialised Training & Disability Resource Centre together with Manchester International conducted a Soft Skills Development training for women titled “Fem Train” from September to November 2021. The “Fem Train” programme included women with disabilities. Women with disabilities were trained in soft skills to develop their employability skills.

Awarding the Certificate
Awarding the Certificate
Employment Session
Employment Session
 Employment Session
Employment Session
Group Photograph
Group Photograph

MANIQUE GUNARATNE
Steering Committee Member – International Labour Organisation Global Business Disability Network