{"id":1262,"date":"2026-01-26T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:16:41","slug":"event-re-imagining-from-the-south-girls-and-women-with-disabilities-advocating-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/2026\/event-re-imagining-from-the-south-girls-and-women-with-disabilities-advocating-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"[Online Event] Re-imagining from the South: Girls and Women with Disabilities  Advocating for Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        [Online Event] Re-imagining from the South: Girls and Women with Disabilities  Advocating for Change\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h2 id=\"re-imagining-from-the-south-girls-and-women-with-disabilities-advocating-for-change\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Re-imagining from the South: Girls and Women with Disabilities <\/strong><strong>Advocating for Change<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> February 26, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 8:00-10:00AM&nbsp; EST\/ 6:30-8:30PM IST\/ 8:00-10:00PM ICT\/ 3:00-5:00PM SAST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Register on Eventbrite:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/re-imagining-from-the-south-girls-and-women-with-disabilities-advocating-tickets-1979751685585?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=ebdsshcopyurl\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/re-imagining-from-the-south-girls-and-women-with-disabilities-advocating-tickets-1979751685585?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=ebdsshcopyurl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organiser:<\/strong> Decolonial Disability Studies Collective (Carleton University) and Brock University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ENGAGE Youth Leadership Circle Leaders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Chelsea Jones, Brock University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen, Carleton University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Event description: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ENGAGE brings together youth, artists, researchers, and community members from post-colonial contexts in India, South Africa, and Vietnam to share creative knowledge about disability, girlhood, and justice across transnational spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event highlights a digital exhibition of the leadership journey of young women and girls with disabilities from the Global South, and a coversation with youth leaders and research team. It creates decolonial spaces for cross-community learning that foster leadership and activism with women and girls with disabilities across the Global South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about the ENGAGE project: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/engage\/\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/engage\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-1263\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/222\/ENGAGE_Youth-Led-Knowledge-Mobilization_140126_Final-240x320.png\" alt=\"The poster includes event information and a registration scan code. The images show diverse cultural attire, group activities, and advocacy messages. Text at the bottom reads \u201cStanding united with all our uniqueness.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-1263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/222\/ENGAGE_Youth-Led-Knowledge-Mobilization_140126_Final-240x320.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/222\/ENGAGE_Youth-Led-Knowledge-Mobilization_140126_Final-160x213.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/222\/ENGAGE_Youth-Led-Knowledge-Mobilization_140126_Final-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/222\/ENGAGE_Youth-Led-Knowledge-Mobilization_140126_Final-400x533.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/222\/ENGAGE_Youth-Led-Knowledge-Mobilization_140126_Final-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/222\/ENGAGE_Youth-Led-Knowledge-Mobilization_140126_Final-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/222\/ENGAGE_Youth-Led-Knowledge-Mobilization_140126_Final-360x480.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/222\/ENGAGE_Youth-Led-Knowledge-Mobilization_140126_Final.png 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The poster with event information and a registration scan code. 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Text at the bottom reads \u201cStanding united with all our uniqueness.\u201d At the bottom, there are logos of Decolonial Disability Studies Collective, SSHRC, and Brock University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re-imagining from the South: Girls and Women with Disabilities Advocating for Change Date: February 26, 2026 Time: 8:00-10:00AM&nbsp; EST\/ 6:30-8:30PM IST\/ 8:00-10:00PM ICT\/ 3:00-5:00PM SAST Register on Eventbrite: https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/re-imagining-from-the-south-girls-and-women-with-disabilities-advocating-tickets-1979751685585?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=ebdsshcopyurl Organiser: Decolonial Disability Studies Collective (Carleton University) and Brock University Speakers: Event description: ENGAGE brings together youth, artists, researchers, and community members from post-colonial contexts in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,26,32],"tags":[39,60,61,59],"class_list":["post-1262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knowledge-mobilization","category-video","category-youth-leadership-circle-engage","tag-decolonial-disability-studies","tag-digital-exhibition","tag-the-global-south","tag-youth-led-event"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions\/1270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ddsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}