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Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Minkara’s Travel to the UAE and Bahrain 
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November 19, 2024
Special Advisor on International Disability Rights (SAIDR) Sara Minkara will be traveling to the UAE and Bahrain November 19-21.  In the UAE, SAIDR Minkara will participate in the Special Olympics Global Summit in Abu Dhabi, where she will deliver remarks on the importance of inclusive education and shifting the global narrative toward persons with disabilities to a value-based model.  SAIDR Minkara also will meet with UAE officials in Dubai to discuss the importance of including persons with disabilities at the center of economic and social development.  In Bahrain, SAIDR Minkara will meet with government officials and civil society to identify barriers and opportunities for advancing greater social inclusion for persons with disabilities, building upon the October 2024 U.S.-Bahrain Strategic Dialogue.
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