When: Wednesday 29^th March, 12pm – 1pm AEDT

Where: Zoom

What: Embracing Equity with Akii Ngo special online event

Why: To help businesses and individuals understand equity at work and home

Speaker: Akii Ngo

Our Embracing Equity webinar is in celebration of International Women’s Day.

This event is to empower and educate people about the importance of equity and the difference between equity and equality.

We are proud to partner with Akii Ngo.

Akii is proud, disabled, chronically ill and LGBTIQA+ queer, non-binary femme person of colour, from a refugee background.

Akii is a consultant, trainer, educator, presenter, Accessibility Manager at Sydney WordPride and a Senior Co-design & Engagement Advisor at the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA). Akii is Councillor on the Victorian Disability Council and a 2022 United Nations International Day of People with Disability Ambassador.

Akii (they/them/theirs) is a community leader and international multi-award-winning disability, gender equity advocate and activist who is deeply passionate about disability rights, intersectionality, inclusion and co-design.

Akii is dedicated to accessibility, universal design, non-tokenistic representation and is a fierce advocate for people with chronic  pain, chronic illness, and disabilities (apparent or hidden) due to their own lifetime of lived experiences.