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Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, a podcast by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), gives a voice to Parliamentarians, civil society experts and activists across the Commonwealth to discuss common democratic challenges and share their ideas on what can be done to solve them. The CPA promotes knowledge of the constitutional, legislative, economic, social and cultural aspects of parliamentary democracy. Our work enables Commonwealth Parliamentarians and officials to uphold and strengthen parliamentary democracy, the rule of law, sustainable development and human rights.
Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth
Rights and access: Disability campaigning in the Commonwealth
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This year the CPA has embarked on its first annual campaign, which aims to enshrine Disability rights in law across the Commonwealth. In this episode of the CPA podcast, we spoke with some of the most prominent disability activists in the Commonwealth about the intersectional approaches they bring to disability rights.
Our guests in this episode are Abia Akram is a Pakistani disability rights activist and founder of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities, who has spent nearly three decades pushing for the rights of women and girls with disabilities across Pakistan and the Asia-Pacific, earning her a spot on the BBC's 100 Women in 2021. She currently serves as an ambassador for the Sightsavers Equal World campaign.
Datuk Dr Ras Adiba Radzi is a former Malaysian broadcast journalist turned disability advocate, who co-founded OKU Sentral to empower Malaysia's disabled community. She went on to serve as as a paralympic shooter, and a Senator in Malaysia's Upper House.
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