This webinar will be an opportunity to hear from the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) on the relevance of the Istanbul Convention for women and girls with disabilities and how to contribute to its implementation with the goal to end violence against all women …
Europe in Action is an annual conference which brings together more than 200 people with intellectual disabilities, their families and professionals. They discuss issues important to them and share experiences and ideas to advance inclusion. The conferences are organised by Inclusion Europe and a national partner organisation (Inclusion Europe member). The first Europe in Action conference was organised in 2003. The latest Europe in Action took place in Vilnius, Lithuania, in June 2019.
On 3rd June 2020, 10h00-12h00 CEST, the European Commission will be hosting a virtual helpdesk, in the form of a webinar, that will provide advice to social services on how to access the EU's Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII and CRII Plus). Launched in response to the outbreak, the initiative seeks to re-direct unspent EU …
The ASD-EAST project is delighted to announce four one-day online conferences to share the projects teacher education curriculum and training materials with specialists teachers across Europe. ASD-EAST partners have decided to host the conferences virtually due to the current COVID-19 situation. The conferences will be hosted on the ASD-EAST website by partner countries Belgium, Croatia, …
Le projet ASD-EAST a le plaisir d'annoncer quatre conférences en ligne pour présenter le programme de formation pour enseignants et le matériel de formation du projet à des enseignants spécialisés et autres parties intéressées de toute l'Europe. Les partenaires du projet ASD-EAST ont décidé de tenir ces conférences virtuellement en raison de la situation actuelle …
In this webinar, a panel including persons with disabilities and experts in disaster management, human rights and service provision will discuss the need for “emergency deinstitutionalisation” of persons with disabilities and how this could be achieved. The term “emergency deinstitutionalisation” refers to protecting disabled peoples’ basic rights to live in the community, getting them the …
With the COVID-19 pandemic, discrimination, abuses and human rights violations against women and girls with disabilities have worsened. What are the specific issues faced by women and girls with disabilities during the pandemic? How can we ensure that intersectionality be a mandatory component to the response to the pandemic to ensure that no women and …
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How can we move children from institutions to families? Launch of the Lancet Group Commission on the institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children The movement of children from institutions to families is a much needed and long overdue process which could change millions of young people's lives for the better. This Lancet Group Commission advocates global …
