BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251201T100452EST-2364NVXhbA@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251201T150452Z DESCRIPTION:Systematic discrimination against women and girls with disabili ties continues to result in the denial of the rights to experience their s exuality\, to have sexual relationships and to found and maintain families . While the right to integrity and the right of a woman to make her own re productive choices are contained in a number of international human rights treaties\, women with disabilities continue to be denied these rights thr ough practices such as forced sterilization\, sexual violence and the remo val of their legal capacity in many parts of the world. The speakers: Ste phanie Ortoleva (Board Member of Disability Rights International and Presi dent of Women Enabled\, Inc.)\, Rebecca Schleifer (Fellow with the Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale University and former Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch)\, Yolanda Muñoz (Program Officer for the Latin Ame rica/ Caribbean and Middle East Regions of the Disability Rights Fund) and  Juan Sebastián Rodríguez Alarcón (CHLRP Disability Rights Fellow and Open Society Foundations). A request for continuing legal education accredita tion has been sent to the Barreau du Québec. For more information please contact juan.rodriguezalarcon [at] mail.mcgill.ca or visit our Event page on Facebook. DTSTART:20140219T170000Z DTEND:20140219T190000Z LOCATION:Stephen Scott Seminar Room (OCDH 16)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel SUMMARY:Gender\, disability and global health: The rights of girls and wome n with disabilities URL:/law/channels/event/gender-disability-and-global-h ealth-rights-girls-and-women-disabilities-232796 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR