When 'women' actually means 'some women'
Susan Scott-Parker
Founder - Scott-Parker International and business disability international, Strategic Advisor ILO Global Business Disability Network and Founder of Disability Ethical? AI Alliance
The Global Summit of Women, this year in Switzerland, asks when you register; 'are you a vegetarian?' They do not ask: 'what could we do which would enable the participation of the 1 in 5 women worldwide who are living with disabilities - be it easy to read programmes, subtitling videos, having a few chairs at the champagne reception and, yes, ensuring wheelchair access not just to the break out rooms - but, imagine- to the podium.
Clearly the 'Convention on the Rights of Persons Who Eat Broccoli' has had more impact on gender campaigners than the 'UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities': and just as clearly, though the event is branded the "Global Summit of Women", they really mean only some women.......
Susan Scott-Parker OBE
business disability international
https://globewomen.org/globalsummit/index.php/2019-registration-page/
Transgender, Author, Software Quality, MBA (Syd)
5 年This kind of invisible discrimination is common. I suppose they may argue that the venue already catered for disabilities in accordance with local regulations. It's usually transwomen who get shafted, so if you're trans and disabled stay home lol.