Here are some key activities that the TDKRA project has been involved in thus far:
- Training women with disabilities to become researchers and monitors of educational rights;
- Developing participatory methodologies to support the inclusion of girls with disabilities in the three selected disadvantaged districts in Vietnam;
- Researching the situation of girls with disabilities in these districts and the ways they can mobilize/capitalize on their lived experiences for knowledge production, using the participatory methodologies developed and adapted by the research team;
- Enhancing knowledge production and mobilization activities in relation to this project in Vietnam and Canada;
- Strengthening the transnational aspects of collaborative research in the areas of participation, community engagement, and international development through critical, inclusive, participatory and decolonizing research.
2018 Activities
Three local fieldwork events have been planned for 2018 as part of stage three of the TDKRA project. This includes:
One 2-day workshop in March 2018
This two day workshop included women and girls with disabilities. Activities included:
- short interviews (story-telling) or visual narratives with groups of girls (2-3 girls) about their personal histories and experiences with disability; and
- an action plan for how the women and girls want to work together, and for connecting their disability knowledge, experiences, and activism with the local DPOs.
One 2-day workshop in May 2018
This workshop will also include women and girls with disabilities to:
- reflect on the girls’ stories;
- reflect on the participants’ engagement with the project;
- develop mentoring relationships; and
- develop an action plan for next stage.
One 4-day workshop in July 2018
This workshop will:
- reflect on the girls’ stories;
- reflect on the participants’ engagement with the project;
- strengthen mentoring relationships and collective activism with the women and girls;
- develop advocacy strategies;
- create a documentary film with the participation of women and girls with disabilities in the three areas; and
- develop an action plan for next stage.