Come join the GW Institute for Korean Studies, alongside the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Taiwan Education & Research Program, and the East Asia National Resource Center, for a signature conference featuring experts on Disability Rights in East Asian democracies on Friday, April 11th from 9:00am-2:00pm!

This event will highlight cutting-edge research in the growing legal and social scientific scholarship on disabilities in East Asia’s democracies. Speakers will discuss a range of topics, including (but not limited to) the development of laws related to persons with disabilities; disparities across disability categories; the role of regulations and technology in the employment of people with disabilities; the enfranchisement of persons with intellectual disabilities; the gendered division of labor for care; and the intersection of globalized concepts of rights with local disability politics.