Guaranteeing Rights for Persons with Disabilities... '2022 Pyeongchang Disability Forum' Opens on the 15th

Domestic and International Invited Guests Discuss Disability Mobility, Labor, and Education Rights
March 15-17, Held Online and Offline at St. John's Hotel, Gangneung

'2021 Pyeongchang Disability Forum' Breakout Session [Gangwon-do]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] The '2022 PyeongChang Disability Forum (PDF)' will be held from the 15th to the 17th at the St. John's Hotel in Gangneung as an online-offline hybrid event.

Now in its third year, the PyeongChang Disability Forum discusses comprehensive social development plans to realize the rights of persons with disabilities under two slogans: 'A World Where No One Is Excluded' and 'Colored by the Paralympic Movement.'

Amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers, domestic and international experts in related fields, and social enterprise representatives will discuss issues such as the isolation problem of support policies and the importance of guaranteeing rights including mobility, labor, and education rights for persons with disabilities.

The forum will address topics such as 'The Legacy of the 2018 PyeongChang Paralympics and the Expansion of Disability Sports' and 'Development of Disability Policies through Public-Private Cooperation,' focusing on disability sports, human rights, and policies.

On the 15th, Gangwon Province Governor Choi Moon-soon will attend the opening ceremony marking the start of the forum, and Kim Mi-yeon, Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, is expected to participate via an online congratulatory video.

The keynote session will feature speakers such as Vladimir Kook, Executive Director of the International Disability Alliance, James Thurston, Vice President of 'G3ict,' an official UN accessibility organization, and Professor Hubert Proeyen from Hasselt University in Belgium, who will give lectures on fostering empathy for disabilities.

On the 16th, a roundtable talk show will be held, hosted by special MC YouTube creator Park, discussing solutions to mobility and labor rights issues for persons with disabilities and the elderly through assistive science and technology.

In addition to the regular forum, side events such as customized employment skill consulting for persons with disabilities, a mobility rights photo exhibition, barrier-free tours, and sound book exhibitions will also be held.

Hosted by Gangwon Province and organized by the 2018 PyeongChang Foundation, the '2022 PyeongChang Disability Forum' involves cooperating organizations including the Korea Paralympic Committee (KPC), Korea Disability Forum (KDF), Gangwon Province Federation of Organizations for the Disabled, and Gangwon Province Disabled Sports Association.

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