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Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Dr. for the trainees. AGENDA’s regional dialogue
Amara Pongsapich and the Director of ASEAN highlighted key insights from Kerjabilitas, a career
Cooperation’s Sub-Division within the Office of social network platform connecting persons with
the Permanent Secretary in Thailand’s Ministry of disabilities to accessible job providers in Indonesia;
Social Development and Human Security Siripong (these) Abilities, a design and technology company
Sriarkha. Both panelists discussed how the ASEAN based in Singapore that builds accessible products
communities can further collaborate and engage and assistive technologies, and L’Oreal Indonesia’s
with disability advocates and OPDs across a range inclusive hiring practices.
of key issues facing the region, including COVID-19
recovery policies. Amplifying the Voices of Persons
with Disabilities and Youth
Private Sector Best Practices for Communities
Disability Inclusion Through interactive breakout rooms, participants
Colin Blackwell, Founder of EnableCode, drafted a series of recommendations and presented
explained how the Vietnamese technology company them to government officials and private sector
builds cross-sector companies focusing
partnerships for on electoral access,
disability inclusive The U.S. is fostering accountability and capacity building for civic participation,
employment the promotion, protection and advancement of the rights of employment accessible
opportunities by persons with disabilities and advancing disability inclusive information and
democracy launched at the Summit for Democracy.
leveraging Amazon’s - Francisco Bencosme engaging young
global program (Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary at the East Asian people.
training program and Pacific Affairs Bureau, U.S. Department of State) In partnership
for persons with with winner of
disabilities to learn Indonesia’s 2014 Got
cloud computing Talent Putri Ariani, a
in Vietnam. Enable Code coordinates with the musician who is blind, and Indonesian influencer
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Husein Ja’far Al Hadar, IFES developed a series of
Fund and Vietnamese charities to identify promotional videos encouraging young people to
participants, while Amazon provides the training participate in the regional dialogue and support
and job placement, and Intel provides mentors the Enabling Masterplan’s implementation under
the hashtag #EnablingMasterplan, which reached
1.1 million impressions
on TikTok. AGENDA also
collaborated with ASEAN
Youth Organization and
ASEAN Youth Forum to ensure
that youth perspectives were a
central focus of the dialogue,
from drafting the breakout
room recommendations to the
panel discussions.

[1] JPNN, Kompas, Tempo, Liputan 6 and Merdeka
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