At least some are familiar with it international human rights treaty being heard probably as we speak on the senate floor. We're hoping that it will be ratified because it's an important tool to advance the rights of disability, of people with disabilities around the And also just on a more personal note, between before we bring it to the national levels, Mark mentioned I'm leaving for Africa tomorrow. And I do also gender work and people have asked me if that overlaps with disabilities work, and actually what I'm specifically working on in Africa is gender and conflict. And of course it does. Whenever there is it results in issues for women having disabilities and I just want to say that something that I've noticed in my international work is that it's slowly becoming more of a discourse. We hear more about working with people with women with disabilities, and I also work nationally, there's a U.S. national action plan on women peace and security and specifically within that they do address issues of women with disabilities. So just a little note to share. I'd like to introduce our panel going from left to right. We have Andrew Imparato, works with senator Harkin principal advisor on disability issues he's currently working on a bipartisan employment disability spurring 20 percent increase in the labor market of people with disabilities in the U.S. by 2015. Andy's perspective is informed by his own experience with bipolar disorder and he's been working in disability policy and advocacy for more than two decades including 11 years as president and CEO of the American Association of People With Disabilities.
At least some are familiar with it international human rights treaty being heard probably as we speak on the senate floor. We're hoping that it will be ratified because it's an important tool to advance the rights of disability, of people with disabilities around the And also just on a more personal note, between before we bring it to the national levels, Mark mentioned I'm leaving for Africa tomorrow. And I do also gender work and people have asked me if that overlaps with disabilities work, and actually what I'm specifically working on in Africa is gender and conflict. And of course it does. Whenever there is it results in issues for women having disabilities and I just want to say that something that I've noticed in my international work is that it's slowly becoming more of a discourse. We hear more about working with people with women with disabilities, and I also work nationally, there's a U.S. national action plan on women peace and security and specifically within that they do address issues of women with disabilities. So just a little note to share. I'd like to introduce our panel going from left to right. We have Andrew Imparato, works with senator Harkin principal advisor on disability issues he's currently working on a bipartisan employment disability spurring 20 percent increase in the labor market of people with disabilities in the U.S. by 2015. Andy's perspective is informed by his own experience with bipolar disorder and he's been working in disability policy and advocacy for more than two decades including 11 years as president and CEO of the American Association of People With Disabilities.
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