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Webinar on advocating for strong national adoption of the European Accessibility Act

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To help EDF members and other disabilities advocates negotiate strong adoption of the Accessibility Act by their governments, EDF organises this webinar to: • provide an overview of the Act, including its scope, objectives, monitoring and enforcement mechanisms, the role of the national surveillance authorities; • advise organisations of persons with disabilities on how to effectively advocate for ambitious transposition of the Act. We will base our recommendations on the EDF toolkit for transposition of the European Accessibility Act, which we will publish before the webinar.

Creating employment opportunities in the EU institutions for people with intellectual disabilities.- Online

Online

The aim is to raise the debate about how EU institutions could make sure they are also fostering the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. Speakers Stefan Trömel – Senior Disability Specialist at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Rebekka Wiemann – Equal Opportunities Officer at the Council of the European Union, Silvia Muñoz – Project Manager at Plena inclusión and Katrin Langensiepen …

Conference on COVID-19 and disability- Building a better future.- Online

The European Disability Forum, and Lebenshilfe would like to invite you to take part in the Conference ‘COVID 19 and Disability’ on October 30th, 2019; is is open to all, to participate online and will explore the impact of COVID 19 on persons with disabilities in Europe. We will also draw up recommendations for policy makers at National and European level.

The Conference will be in German and English, and there will be live captioning in German and English. There will be Interntional Sign language interpretation.

Webinar on “Ending violence against women and girls with disabilities in the European Union”

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Women and girls with disabilities constitute 16% of the total population of women in the European Union, and 60% of the overall population of 100 million persons with disabilities. This corresponds to an estimated 60 million of women and girls with disabilities (equivalent to the total population of Italy). Even before COVID-19, women and girls …

Work to Inclusion: Jobs for people with intellectual disabilities in the labour market – Online

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As the goal of the project is to foster the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the open labour market through diversity management, in this event we will bring the perspective of companies sharing their experiences and knowledge of employing people with intellectual disabilities. As the COVID-19 pandemic brought deep impacts in all areas …

Safe online, safe at home: Together against gender-based violence

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As life moved inside home and social interactions went online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, data shows an alarming increase in harrassment and violence against women and girls online and offline. Raising awareness, providing resources and putting preventing measures and tools at the disposal of women who are facing such threats is now …