[Governance] Reminder--Invitation--Accessible Banking for the Blind in the 21st Century: Experience Sharing from the Developed and Developing Countries"--March 26 1300 UTC

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

This is really fantastic Judith, thank you.

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021, 2:10 pm Judith Hellerstein via Governance, <
governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Just a reminder to all to  join Accessibility SIG in what looks to be a
> great event that our President Muhammad Shabbir has organized, titled:
> "Accessible Banking for the Blind in the 21st Century: Experience Sharing
> from the Developed and Developing Countries"
>
>
>
> Date: 26th March 2021, 1300 to 1430 UTC
>
> *https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUude-grj8sHN0sDBiOa6WN5uolHUTnqqgw
> <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUude-grj8sHN0sDBiOa6WN5uolHUTnqqgw>*
>
>
>
> Many banks offer a number of digital services that allow consumers to pay
> bills and shop online all from the comfort of home without visiting your
> bank in person. However, even in this day and age people with blindness in
> some countries despite knowledge, skills and willingness, have to
> physically go to the bank branch to do their business because of the
> stubbornness of the bankers and/or their Ignorance to add accessible
> digital technologies to their systems.
>
>
>
> Join Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/> Accessibility
> Special Interest Group <https://www.accessibilitysig.org/> (
> Accessibility-SIG <https://www.a11ysig.org/>) in this interesting webinar
> where people with blindness from developed and developing countries come
> together to share their experiences with the banking sector in the 21st
> century.
>
>
>
> This discussion is a part of a series of webinars that ISOC
> Accessibility-SIG is organizing to spread the message of digital
> accessibility for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). The current pandemic
> has highlighted the grave importance of increasing the awareness of how to
> make digital spaces accessible. During this current Pandemic, where
> everything is virtual many online platforms, digital environments and even
> conferences are just not accessible to people with disabilities. Through
> this series of webinars, we hope to increase the awareness so that the
> digital spaces can be made more accessible and inclusive to all
> irrespective of the disability. Our goal is to make sure that the Internet
> is really for everyone just as the ISOC tagline states. In the next webinar
> of this series, we are bringing experts and users from around different
> parts of the world together to discuss the challenges that people with
> visual impairment/blindness face particularly with regards to the banking
> system.
>
>
>
> The English language webinar will be organized on Friday March 26th from
> 1300-1430 UTC on Zoom. The Speakers include:
>
>
>    - Majid Khan, USA,
>    - Vashkar Bhattacharjee, Bangladesh,
>    - Abdul Qadir, Jordan,
>    - Abdul Busuulwa, Uganda,
>    - Imran Shaikh, Pakistan,
>    - Gerry Ellis, Ireland,
>    - Anatoliy Popko, Russia,
>
>
> Open discussion,
>
> Closed captioning will be provided at this link:
> https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-A11YSIG
>
> There will be a live webcast with open captions via ISOC.LIVE which will
> be archived, along with a transcript and any presentations
>
>
>
> REGISTER ON ZOOM http://bit.ly/a11ysig6
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Judith Hellerstein
>
> Accessibility SIG Secretary
>
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