Thursday, 22 February 2024 | 11:20 - 12:20

The Global Disability Summit (GDS) 2025

Format:Live streamTrack:Location: M1
  • English captions | International Sign
137 participants

The Global Disability Summit (GDS) is a unique global mechanism that improves the lives of persons with disabilities, especially from the Global South. It was created in 2017 to convene global, regional, and national stakeholders that share the same goal and vision for disability inclusive development and humanitarian action.

For livestream and on demand:

https://youtube.com/live/NzmevDqd5gs?feature=share

5 speakers

  • Mired Al-Hussein

    President

    Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

  • Ghadeer Alhares

    Assistant Secretary- General for Technical Affairs

    the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

  • Caroline Casey

    Caroline Casey

    The Valuable 500

  • Hans-Peter Baur

    Commissioner for the Global Disability Summit

    Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

  • Jose Maria Viera

    Interim Executive Director

    IDA - International Disability Alliance