Civil20 (C20), as an official Engagement Group of the G20, provides a platform for civil society organisations (CSOs) to contribute to G20 deliberations, including through the submission of a C20 Policy Pack to the G20. During India’s Presidency of the G20 under the guidance of the C20 Chair, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, the C20 is addressing several priority areas organised into 14 Working Groups that will provide Policy Briefs for inclusion in the C20 Policy Pack. The Working Group on Gender Equality & Disability (GED WG), coordinated by Dr Bhavani Rao, Meg Jones and Nidhi Goyal, is one such group, that, through a series of policy dialogues with over 1600 CSOs from more than 100 countries, has secured policy recommendations on 8 sub-themes under GED. As part of the process of refining and prioritising recommendations to be submitted to the C20 Sherpa for consideration for inclusion in the C20 Policy Pack, the C20 Working Group on Gender Equality and Disability Summit is scheduled to take place on 22-23 April 2023, generously hosted by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology in Bhubaneswar, India.

The expected output will be three recommendations per sub theme from which the GED WG Coordinators will identify four key policy recommendations to include in the GED WG Policy Brief. The eight sub themes under GED are:

1. Economic Empowerment & Sustainable Livelihoods
2. Education & Skill Development
3. Engaging Men & Boys
4. Environment & Disasters
5. Physical & Mental Health
6. Safety & Security
7. Society & Culture
8. Disability