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One of the important events taking place at the Expo 2020 Dubai, is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities that is going to take place next month at the France Pavilion.
The event will be graced by Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot who will land in Dubai, especially for the event.
The two-day event will take place on December 3 and is being staged by Better World Fund, a Paris humanitarian initiative. The initiative, since 2016, has organised a series of advanced events across the world, that include Monaco, Cairo, New York, and Venice.
The event that is taking place at the France Pavilion will have a two-hour presentation on innovation for disabilities and an economic roundtable with UAE businessmen.
There will also be a conference that will bring together global leaders in the field of disabilities, such as triple Paralympic champion Marie-Amélie Le Fur, to tackle issues around disability.
The event will also screen the four-minute animation film ‘Dear Mother,’ directed by Fadel Al-Mheiri, that showcases life with disabilities.
Along with Gal Gadot, Better World Fund patron musician and songwriter Melody Gardot, opera singer and actress Gabriella Zanchi and violinist Sir Clifford LeRoy Edwards, will join the event, who will attend a star-studded gala dinner and charity auction followed by an awards ceremony at the Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah.
The funds raised at the gala dinner will support will be donated to a UAE-based global philanthropic organization—Dubai Cares that supports the above cause.