By IDA

 - July 23, 2020

Call to Action: Inclusion of Women with Disabilities and Migrant Women Workers in Covid-19 Response and Recovery Plans

We should cooperate to improve the inclusion and participation of women with disabilities and migrant women workers, giving due attention to those with disabilities, throughout the Arab Region in the COVID-19 response and recovery measures.

The Arab Organization of Persons with Disabilities (AOPD) calls on National and Local Governments, UN Agencies, the International Media and Civil Society to give women with disabilities and migrant women workers, with a focus on those with disabilities,priority in all actions and interventions that would protect them against the current pandemic.

About the Arab Organization of Persons with Disabilities (AOPD):
The Arab Organization for Persons with Disabilities (AOPD) is an independent non-profit organization founded in 1998 in Cairo, Egypt. AOPD aims to represent, empower, and promote the rights of Arab people with disabilities, as a regional organization composed of organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) operating in Arab countries. In 2006, AOPD   launched the Arab Forum of Women with Disabilities (AFOWD) a network of women representatives with different types of disabilities from 16 member countries, aimed at educating women and girls with disabilities on their rights and ensuring their equal participation in society.

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