Leaving No One Behind: Online Networking in the COVID-19 Context

Lessons Learned from the Webinar Series on Disability Inclusion in Gender and GBV Humanitarian Interventions

From July to September 2020, the Women’s Refugee Commission, South Asian Disability Forum, the Network of African Women with Disabilities, and UN partners, with support from the Australian government, conducted a series of webinars on the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action for gender and gender-based violence (GBV) actors in Africa and Asia.

This paper describes the strategies employed, ongoing gaps faced, and recommendations for engaging women with disabilities in all their diversity in online networking for inclusive humanitarian action.