Cesario Da Silva

Program Manager, Timor-leste Disability Associations
Timor-Leste
Cesario is the Program Manager at Timor-Leste Disability Associations (ADTL). As a Program Manager, he has experience advocating for rights of persons with disabilities. He wrote a NGO report for the UN Universal Periodic Review in 2016, conducted cases and documentations on disabilities, and monitored and evaluated cases on disability issues in Timor-Leste. He believes the disability issues in Timor-Leste are ignored, and stigma, discrimination and violence still exist. He believes by taking part in the Diplomacy Training Program, he would learn to become a skillful advocate and lobby effectively on the right of persons with disabilities through media and by developing collaborations with other non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders.

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