15th International Disability Law Summer School! Gender and Disability Justice! 17 June- 21 June 2024!

The Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP) at University of Galway is pleased to announce the return of our International Disability Law Summer School from Monday 17th to Friday 21st of June, 2024. This year’s event will again follow a hybrid approach, enabling speakers and delegates to participate in-person or online. Our theme this year is ‘Gender and Disability Justice.’ The keynote speaker and experts with global perspectives will be announced shortly.

The 15th International Disability Law Summer School will explore these challenges by centering the voices of disabled activists and disability rights researchers from around the globe. We will provide space to discuss the institutional and societal changes needed to make the promises of the United Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities a reality and explore the disability justice-informed practices that offer potential for change.

For further information and queries, please contact: [email protected]

The 15^th International Disability Law Summer School will focus on Gender and Disability Justice. We are pleased to invite submissions of abstracts for presentations on our expert panel sessions alongside our invited speakers. We welcome submissions from researchers, activists, and representatives of disabled persons’ organisations, and are particularly interested in hearing from people with multiple marginalised identities. Submissions may relate to current or completed research, activist campaigns, the development or implementation of innovative or promising practices or other work which supports disability justice and gender. Presentations should be grounded in the lived experience of disabled persons and relate to both gender and disability justice.

We are particularly interested in submissions on the following themes:

Legal Capacity
Access to Justice
Independent Living
Informed Consent and the Right to Health
Reproductive Justice
Gender Affirming Care
Gender-Based Violence
Participation in Public and Political Life
Current Challenges (e.g., climate justice, migration, conflict)
Campaigning, Movements, Solidarity and Cross Movement Organising

Notes on submissions:

Submissions close on Monday, 18^th of March 2024.

Submissions should be made via our online form: https://forms.office.com/e/6tV8KyEcZ5.

Please notify us at [email protected] of any accessibility requirements relating to your submission.

The word limit for abstracts is 250 words. Individuals may submit a maximum of two abstracts and for co-authored submission should clearly identify one person who will present if selected. The Summer School is delivered through English and International Sign Language. Abstracts must be submitted in English.

You will be informed of the outcome of your application by mid-April. Please be aware that if you are accepted as a panellist, you must register to attend summer school by the 30^th April 2024. The early bird rate for registration will be available until 30 April. Accepted speakers will be responsible for their own visa, travel and other costs. A limited number of scholarships are available, closing date 18^th March 2024. See application form here: https://forms.office.com/e/8smX5FEVL5.

All attendees registered to attend summer school will also have the opportunity to present at a poster presentation evening. Details to follow.

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