Panel 2: Persons with disabilities and the population and development agenda
Moderator: María Soledad Cisternas (Chile), Professor of Law and Researcher. Former Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2013 – 2016), and Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility (2017 – 2023)
• Anderson Henao, Director for Ensuring the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Equality and Equity of Colombia • Olga Montúfar, President of the Network of Indigenous and Afro-descendant Women with Disabilities of Latin America and the Caribbean • Kenrick Theus, President of the Belize Assembly for Persons with Diverse Abilities (BAPDA) • Marcela Ramírez, Coordinator of the Continuing Education and Special Services Programme and Deputy Director of the School of Social Work at the University of Costa Rica • Jorge Luis Díaz, Specialist in the Social Cohesion Area of the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB)