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Media 2025
December
8 appearances
Servimedia : Vardakastanis advierte en Bruselas del “retroceso del espacio cívico en Europa”
20minutos: La odisea de viajar en avión con silla de ruedas: es “complicado” e “inaccesible” en todas sus fases
Corriere della Serra : La Giornata Internazionale delle Persone con Disabilità per rovesciare pregiudizi e luoghi comuni. A partire da quel “dis”
Superando.it : Disabilità, clima e un giornalismo che restituisca dignità a chi spesso resta ai margini
Handicap.fr : Tribune: accessibilité numérique, la science prend le “lead”
Agence Europe: Le Forum européen des personnes handicapées rappelle que les progrès ne peuvent se faire sans financement ni liberté d’action
Politico Living Cities: ACCESSIBLE CITIES:
Interfax Ukraine: What will the inclusive reconstruction of Ukraine look like: an action plan will be presented at the National Forum
November
8 appearances
EuroEfe: Valencia y Zaragoza, entre las urbes europeas finalistas al Premio Ciudad Accesible 2026
Politico Pro Transport: Rights of passengers with disabilities remain grounded
Superando.it: 7 persone con disabilità su 10 nell’Unione Europea discriminate quando viaggiano in aereo!
Politico Europe: Brussels Playbook: UNFAIR FLYING
Agence Europe: European Disability Forum sounds alarm about climate policies said to “leave behind” people with disabilities
Politis.com.cy: Andria Kades Wins First Prize in Journalism Award For Report on Forced Sterilisations
EU Observer: Why climate solutions need to be disability friendly
Agence Europe: MFF – European Disability Forum fears that European Union is reneging on its commitments on rights of people with disabilities
October
6 appearances
Agence Europe: AI Act – European Disability Forum publishes new version of its guide to inclusive implementation
Agence Europe: Disability rights – European Disability Forum welcomes announcement of EU strategy update in Commission’s 2026 programme
Euronews: Affordable housing is key for independence of people with disabilities, says Danish minister
Superando.it: Prossimamente nuove azioni verranno inserite nella Strategia Europea sui Diritti delle Persone con Disabilità
Superando.it: Crisi climatiche e umanitarie, conflitti armati: un approccio inclusivo prima, durante e dopo
Euronews: Video. How does gender inequality affect people with disabilities?
September
3 appearances
Agence Europe: European Disability Forum publishes note to UN experts on European priorities
Independent: Prince Harry visits Ukraine on surprise trip to offer help to soldiers injured in war
August
3 appearances
Euronews: ‘Bruselas, ¿te quiero?’ Igualdad en la Unión Europea, ¿bajo ataque?
Sardegna Gol: Disabilità, Bruxelles accelera sull’attuazione dei diritti.
Agence Europe: 2024 was a “year of contrasts”, according to European Disability Forum’s annual report
July
9 appearances
Agence Europe : EU gender equality strategy 2026-2030 – European Disability Forum makes recommendations
Superando.it : Una buona notizia: riparte la marcia della Direttiva Europea sulla parità di trattamento
Agence Europe: Le Forum européen des personnes handicapées appelle à une transition verte plus inclusive
Superando.it: Per una ricostruzione dell’Ucraina centrata sull’accessibilità e sull’universalità degli interventi
Politico Morning Tech: European Accessibility Act
Politico Living Cities: Accessibility issues in Brussels
Euractiv: Disability groups hopeful about EU act to make smartphones, apps more accessible
Indepedent Malta : New laws in favour of persons with disabilities welcomed locally and in Europe, government says
June
10 appearances
Disabili.com: Accessibilità: oggi entrano in vigore le nuove norme europee su prodotti e servizi
Social Economy news: European Disability Forum urges EU to maintain disability funding
AgenceEurope: Accessibility for people with disabilities – applications now open for Access City Award 2026
Euronews: Exclusive: After 17 years, EU anti-discrimination bill hits a dead end
Ansa: Locatelli, all’Onu Italia protagonista, al lavoro su G20 disabilità
Ilsole24ore: Disabilita’: Locatelli, a conferenza Onu buone pratiche Italia e Terzo settore -2-
Corriere.it: Inclusione, il modello Italia approda all’Onu con la ministra Locatelli
Politico Influence: Overdoing it?
niepelnosprawni.pl: Accessibility is an opportunity for business. Now it will also be a requirement
May
7 appearances
Agence Europe: According to European Disability Forum, UN’s observations should guide second phase of EU Disability Strategy
Agence Europe: European Disability Forum publishes a guide to support transposing directive on combating gender-based and domestic violence
NGO.pl: Kto i jak reprezentuje organizacje pozarządowe na poziomie europejskim? [wywiad]
Politico ‘Living Cities: UNACCEPTABLE INACCESSIBILITY
Teleprensa: El CERMI denuncia a España ante el Consejo de Europa por incumplir con el derecho a una vivienda accesible
Superando.it: Oltre un milione e mezzo di persone con disabilità nell’Unione Europea vivono ancora segregate
Superando.it: Occupazione e paghe eque per le persone con disabilità, in un mercato del lavoro aperto
April
8 appearances
Agence Europe : Coalition of organisations launches appeal to improve accessibility of emergency communications in EU
Agence Europe: Le Forum européen des personnes handicapées salue des discussions « encourageantes » avec Glenn Micallef
Superando.it: Giovani, disabilità e futuro: incontro tra il Forum Europeo sulla Disabilità e il commissario Micallef
L’espresso; Salute mentale: si rischia un’involuzione
Agence Europe: European Disability Forum welcomes “encouraging” discussions with Glenn Micallef
Superando.it: Giovani, disabilità e futuro: incontro tra il Forum Europeo sulla Disabilità e il commissario Micallef
Agence Europe : Rights of people with disabilities, UN Committee has published its ‘Concluding Observations’ and urges EU to review its legislation
Pressmare: European Disability Forum, 1° posto all’Italia per il Concorso fotografico
Sail World: Italian Sea4All shot wins the European Disability Forum Photo Competition 2025
Financial times: How policies in Ireland and Chile hit disabled people’s job prospects
March
7 appearances
Handicap.fr: Handicap au sein de l’UE : un dossier relégué au 2nd plan?
Euractiv : EU failing to uphold UN convention on disability rights, says NGO
Altinget (Denmark) : EU var til handicapeksamen. Og særligt ét kritikpunkt er værd at bemærke, mener aktører
Il Sole 24: La Roadmap per le donne dell’Ue includa le disabilità
Agence Europe : European Disability Forum condemns failure of EU ‘roadmap’ to take account of women with disabilities
Superando.it: La Roadmap dell’Unione Europea sui diritti delle donne includa le donne con disabilità!
February
19 appearances
Superando.it: Tre anni di guerra in Ucraina e l’impatto sulle persone con disabilità
Agence Europe: European Disability Forum challenges European Commission ahead of presentation of roadmap on women’s rights
Superando.it: L’Unione Europea non può e non deve abbandonare la lotta contro la discriminazione!
Agence Europe: Multiannual Financial Framework – European Disability Forum urges EU to maintain support for marginalised groups
Superando.it: La Commissione Europea lo sancisce: i siti web devono essere accessibili alla fonte
Superando.it: Disabilità e viaggi aerei: l’Europa dev’essere più “ambiziosa” nel migliorare i diritti
Superando.it: Un appello per l’abbandono definitivo di quel Protocollo Europeo che viola i diritti umani
Agence Europe: Horizontal ‘anti-discrimination’ directive – nine organisations condemn its removal from European Commission’s priorities
Agence Europe : European Disability Forum wants to debunk “myths” about women with disabilities
Superando.it : Europa, stop alla Direttiva sulla Parità di Trattamento
Euronews: EU can’t plug USAID funding gap, including in Ukraine, Commission
Superando.it: L’Unione Europea finanzi le organizzazioni di persone con disabilità colpite dai tagli USA!
Superando.it: Rendere la Carta Europea della Disabilità una realtà
Euractiv: USAID cuts harm European disability groups, say NGOs
Agence Europe: ‘passenger rights’ – European Disability Forum calls on MEPs to take up its amendments to be more ambitious
Publico.pt: Esterilização de mulheres com deficiência: “Continuamos esquecidas”
Jornal noticias (Portugal): Criminalização da esterilização forçada de pessoas com deficiência pode avançar
Superando.it: Rendere la Carta Europea della Disabilità una realtà
January
6 appearances
Superando.it (Italy): Strategia Europea sui Diritti delle Persone con Disabilità: servono azioni più forti e concrete
Agence Europe: Rights of people with disabilities, Commission responds to organisations’ concerns and assures that equality “remains priority”
Giornale Radio Sociale (Italy): Disabilità in Europa: un milione di persone vive in contesti segreganti
Agence Europe : According to European Disability Forum, inclusion is still too much on margins of EU’s official development assistance projects
Agence Europe: European Disability Forum presents list of priorities for Polish Presidency of EU Council
Open Access Government (page 56): Fostering Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities in the EU
Media 2024
December
- Beatmetleben (Germany): „Die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen sind nicht verhandelbar!“
- The Press Project (Greece): Αναγκαστικές στειρώσεις σε γυναίκες: “Τώρα κάνε όσο σεξ θες”
- Ultima Voce (Italy): European Disability Forum: Consiglio Ue riduce i diritti
- Agence Europe: Droits des personnes handicapées, une centaine d’organisations adressent une lettre ouverte à Hadja Lahbib pour impulser de nouvelles actions
- Il Sole 24ore (Italy) : Violenza sulle donne con disabilità, servono interventi strutturati e servizi dedicati
- Il Sole 24ore (Italy) : Solo una persona con disabilità su tre lavora
- Poltico.eu: These Roma women were sterilized without their consent. Is compensation enough to stop the fight? (reference to EDF report on forced sterilisation)
- Politco Pro Morning Mobility: Disability Rights Diluted
November
12 appearances
- Politico.eu: Von der Leyen’s first Commission: The final verdict – Helena Dalli
- Politico.pro Morning Mobility: Transport council to adopt position on passenger right
- Politico Pro Morning Mobility: COREPER to discuss council draft diluting disabled traveler rule
- Politico Pro Morning Mobility: The European Disability Forum is accusing countries of diluting the reform of passenger rights
- Politico Pro Monting Mobility: Passenger Rights
- Superando.it : Combattere la violenza nei confronti delle donne con disabilità
- Superando.it : La Settimana Europea dei Diritti delle Persone con Disabilità
- Superando.it: Tutela legale e inclusione delle persone con disabilità nelle maggiori sfide odierne
- Niepelnosprawni (Poland): EDF: wspieranie niezależnego życia zamiast instytucji opiekuńczych
- Sociale.it: Diritti dei passeggeri con disabilità dell’Unione europea, Come stanno le cose
- Reliefweb : Leaders in Europe and Central Asia jointly call for strengthened disaster resilience and climate action ahead of COP29
- Servimedia: La discapacidad europea y española reclama que lo social no se diluya en la UE
October
- Superando.it: Una guida per arrivare a un’intelligenza artificiale inclusiva in ogni Paese
- Euronews : Overcoming obstacles to equality: the battle for disability rights in the EU
- Agence Europe: Ukraine, les recherches d’une coalition d’ONG révèlent les besoins des enfants handicapés et appellent à les intégrer dans les plans gouvernementaux
- Euractiv : G7 and EU members sign on new charter for disability rights
- Superando.it: Sostenere i princìpi della “Carta di Solfagnano” con azioni e finanziamenti concreti
- Euronews: G7 members adopt new disability rights commitments
- La Stampa (Italy): Disabilità e inclusione, i governi del G7 firmano la Carta di Solfagnano
- Superando.it: Carta Europea della Disabilità e Contrassegno di Parcheggio: ora tocca agli Stati
- Agence Europe : Ahead of G7 summit on inclusion and disability, European Disability Forum demands concrete commitments
- Superando.it: G7 Inclusione e Disabilità: un approccio globale e le priorità specifiche
- Agence Europe : European Disability Forum welcomes progress made under Belgian Presidency of EU Council, but calls for greater national involvement
- Ekolist.cz: Veronika Radová a Veronika Králová: Lidé se zdravotním postižením a klimatická krize
- Politico Living Cities : Named and shamed
- Superabilie.it : L’uguaglianza è esclusa dai portafogli della Commissione
- Avvenire.it: Il Forum europeo sulla Disabilità: un commissario per garantire i diritti
September
- Superado.it: Un G7 di impegni concreti per i diritti di un miliardo e 300 milioni di persone
- Executive Digest (Portugal): Mais de 50 organizações acusam Von der Leyen de “retrocesso” no combate à discriminação devido a mudança na Comissão Europeia
- The Guardian: Equality ‘downgrade’ in European Commission dismays rights groups
- Avvenire.it: Cancellato il commissario per l’Uguaglianza. «Per i disabili un passo indietro»
- Superando.it: Il declassamento dell’uguaglianza nella nuova Commissione Europea
- Superando.it: Segnali preoccupanti dalla composizione della nuova Commissione Europea
- Vita.it: Così von der Leyen ha declassato la disabilità
- Euronews: Don’t downgrade equality, rights groups warn von der Leyen
- Euractiv: Health Briefing “European Disability Forum “outraged”
- Politico Europe: Brussels Playbook: OUT … “Equality” is no longer a standalone job, European Disability Forum laments.
- Euronews: UN slams EU Commission over protection of people with disabilities
- Agence Europe: European Disability Forum and seven other organisations call for equitable participation in climate negotiations
- Superando.it: Persone con disabilità e privazione della capacità giuridica: un nuovo rapporto
- Agence Europe: European Disability Forum denounces deprivation of legal capacity of persons with disabilities and its violent consequences in EU
- Euronews: – Brussels, my love? Is France becoming the sick man of Europe? (at 28:30)
- Agence Europe: European Disability Forum urges Commission to combat poverty, which affects 28% of people with disabilities in EU
August
Agence Europe: European Disability Forum and its Ukrainian partners propose actions for inclusive reconstruction in Ukraine
July
- Politico Pro HealthCare : “Also unhappy at the lack of mention”
- EUObserver: It ‘matters to Europeans’, so why is von der Leyen ignoring disability?
- Superando.it: Per migliorare l’accesso alle cure sanitarie da parte delle persone con disabilità
- Agence Europe : No mention of disability in next European Commission’s political priorities—European Disability Forum is concerned
- Superando.it: Nuova Commissione Europea: colmare subito quelle lacune sulla disabilità
- Agence Europe: European Disability Forum makes its recommendations to Hungarian Presidency of EU Council
- Superando.it: Una cultura del lavoro ancora ostile alle persone con disabilità
- Agence Europe: Disabled workers continue to face inaccessibility and lack of support at work, according to new report
- WNP.pl: UE: Raport: tylko co druga osoba z niepełnosprawnościami ma pracę
- Superando.it: Una cultura del lavoro ancora ostile alle persone con disabilità
- Euractiv Health Brief: Workers with disabilities facing inaccessibility and lack of support in workplaces
- EUObserver: Report highlights hiring practices as hurdle to disabled European job-seekers
- Superando.it : Includere diritti e istanze delle persone con disabilità in ogni azione sul clima
- Superando.it: Verso due importanti eventi internazionali sui diritti delle persone con disabilità
June
- Autonomia.org: Faciliter la mobilité et l’accessibilité des psh en Europe
- Agence Europe: 2025 Access City Award, applications open until 10 September
- Agence Europe: Equal treatment directive: three organisations call on Germany to lift its blockage
- Jurist.org: From Silent Atrocities to Justice: Examining the Legal Landscape of Forced Sterilisation of Women with Disabilities across Europe
- Politico Brussels Playbook : NGOs PUSH FOR EQUALITY:
- Handicap.fr: 400 000 électeurs handicapés privés de vote en Europe
- AgenceEurope: 400,000 disabled people unable to vote in European elections, according to European Disability Forum
- Superando.it: Diritto di voto delle persone con disabilità: ancora (molte) ombre, ma anche luci
- Superando.it: Linee Guida sugli accomodamenti ragionevoli nel luogo di lavoro
- Euractiv: “Could these elections be the most accessible ones so far?”
- Politico Europe: Voters with disabilities come up against barriers
- EUObserver: EU elections liveblog: accessibility issues
- EUObserver: 100 million disabled EU voters deserve better
- European Data Journalism Network: How the European Parliament fails to reflect the diversity of the EU
- ECAS Podcast: Europeans on the vote – Accessible Elections
May
- Euronews: EU Policy. Countries unprepared for voters with disabilities, says report
- STA (Slovenia): Začenja se generalna skupščina Evropskega invalidskega foruma
- Agence Europe: European Disability Forum welcomes achievements of European Parliament’s Disability Intergroup
- Huffington Post Italy: Per elezioni accessibili
- Malta Daily: The Malta Federation of Organizations Persons With Disabilities Promoting Equal Inclusion
- Malta Independent : Promoting equal Inclusion: Advocating for persons with disabilities
- Agence Europe: Sensibilisation à l’accessibilité, deux organisations appellent à une mise en œuvre renforcée de la législation de l’UE
- Superando.it: Diritti delle persone con disabilità: chiediamo un impegno a tutti i candidati
- Superando.it: Le Direttive dell’Unione Europea sugli standard per gli Organismi per la Parità
- Parliament Magazine: How EU citizens with disabilities are deprived of their voting rights
- Cyprus Mail: ‘Back to the dark ages’: forced sterilisation still exists
- EU Observer: Disabled MEPs face a tougher path to power
- Vita.it: Se l’intelligenza artificiale si mette al servizio dell’inclusione digitale
- Superando.it: Perché una persona con disabilità (se può farlo) dovrebbe andare a votare
- Social Europe: Persons with disabilities: removing the barriers
- Arbeit&Wirtschaft (Austria): Frauen mit Behinderungen: Der Wille zur Sichtbarkeit
- Superando.it: Una “Garanzia Europea per l’occupazione e le competenze delle persone con disabilità”
- Agence Europe: European Disability Forum calls for ‘European Disability Employment and Skills Guarantee’
- Politico Brussels Playbook : Disability Employment Guarantee
April
- RTP (Portuguese Public broadcaster) : A Prova dos Factos. Esterilização forçada de mulheres deficientes é prática em Portugal
- Superando.it : Approvata la Carta Europea della Disabilità: ora diventi rapidamente realtà
- Yanous.com (France): Mal accessibles élections européennes
- Euronews: Will the new EU disability card guarantee freedom of movement for everyone?
- Euronews: How do the EU’s new disability cards facilitate cross-border travel?
- Social Europe: European elections: a call for accessibility
- PM 360: Campaigners seek EU-wide ban on forced sterilisation of people with disabilities
- Yahoo News: Campaigners seek EU-wide ban on forced sterilization
- Swiss info: Campaigners seek EU-wide ban on forced sterilisation of people with disabilities
- Reuters: Campaigners seek EU-wide ban on forced sterilisation of people with disabilities
- Agence Europe: Le Forum européen des personnes handicapées et la Fondation Funka dénoncent le manque d’accessibilité des sites des partis politiques européens
- Superando.it : Ma ai partiti europei interessa che ogni elettore possa votare consapevolmente?
- EU Influence: Inaccessible Party websites
- Euronews : Political party websites freezing out voters with disabilities – report
March
- Politico Brussels Playbook: NGOs’ EQUALITY CALL
- Reuters: Ahead of EU election, rights groups urge equality drive to counter populists
- EUObserver: Rights groups urge EU equality mandate after June polls
- Agence Europe: Nine European anti-discrimination organisations call for “inclusive and equal European Union”
- Agence Europe: “To strengthen rights and inclusion of people with disabilities, Belgian Presidency of EU Council examines future of EU’s 2021-2030 strategy”
- Superando.it: “Legge Europea sull’Intelligenza Artificiale: luci e ombre secondo l’EDF”
- Agence Europe: Journée internationale des droits des femmes, le Forum européen des personnes handicapées demande de garantir et promouvoir les droits des femmes en situation de handicap
- Agence Europe : On International Women’s Day, European Disability Forum calls for rights of women and girls with disabilities to be guaranteed and promoted
- Superando.it: Le immagini e le storie di donne e ragazze con disabilità
- Superando.it: Donne con disabilità: partecipazione alla vita politica e molto altro
- Agence Europe: European Disability Forum calls on European Union and national governments to ensure inclusion of women and girls with disabilities in decision-making processes
- Superando.it: Il Terzo Manifesto sui diritti delle donne con disabilità nell’Unione Europea
February
- Superando.it: Diritti umani delle persone con disabilità: e la Spagna va
- Onet Wiadomisck (Poland): Unia Europejska wychodzi naprzeciw osobom z niepełnosprawnościami. “Wszystkie kraje — jeden dokument”
- Sociale.it: Disability Card. Accordo sulla carta europea disabilità e contrassegno parcheggio disabili
- Politico Pro Mobility: MOBILITY RIGHTS
- Politico Pro: MEPs’ push to ban forced sterilization of disabled women fails
- Euractiv Health Brief: Health Brief: The health workforce has no time to lose
- Euractiv: EU Disability Card goes some way to improving accessibility across the bloc
- Euronews : EU Policy. First European disability card coming, slowly
- Handicap.fr: Carte européenne du handicap : c’est décidé, pas avant 2028!
- AgenceEurope: Violence against women, European Disability Forum criticises absence of measures against forced sterilisation in European directive
- EUObserver : EU’s first gender-based violence law a ‘big disappointment’
- Handicap.fr (France) : Handicap en Europe : les députés vont devoir se mouiller!
- Euractiv: Are EU elections fit for people with disabilities?
January
- Politico Europe EU Election Playbook: Pledge for disability rights
- Agence Europe: European Disability Forum calls on future MEPs to commit to “an inclusive future”
- Agence Europe: With launch of Eurostat’s new disability database, European Disability Forum welcomes a major step forward in access to statistics and defence of rights
- Superando.it (Italy): Carta Europea della Disabilità e Contrassegno Europeo di Parcheggio: si procede
- Agence Europe : Electoral access for people with disabilities, European Disability Forum denounces Commission’s incomplete approach to disparities between Member States
- Handicap.fr (France) : Espagne : Mar Galcerán, 1ère parlementaire avec trisomie 21
- Handicap.fr (France): “Carte européenne du handicap : nouvelle étape “cruciale” »
- Malta Independent : Parliament begins discussing ban on forced sterilisation
- Brussels autonomia (Belgium) : Elections européennes : plus d’élus en situation de handicap en 2024 !
- Sociale.it (Italy): La Commissione Europea pubblica una guida sulle buone pratiche elettorali per le persone con disabilità
- Euractiv : EU Parliament endorses new bloc-wide Disability Card
- Handicap.fr: Carte européenne du handicap : nouvelle étape “cruciale”
- EUObserver: MEPs demand fewer barriers for disabled people moving in the EU
- EUObserver: The voices of EU’s forcibly-sterilised disabled women
Media 2023
December
- Irish Examiner: Inclusive workplaces — a lot done, more to do
- RTVSLO (Slovenia): “V zadnjih 20 letih je bil dosežen določen napredek, vendar je treba še veliko postoriti“
- Agence Europe: 39% des personnes LGBT+ handicapées en Europe auraient été confrontées à des actes de violence, selon l’ILGA
- BBC : Climate Change: As seen by disabled people in peril
- Handicap.fr (France): Elections européennes : plus d’élus handicapés en 2024!
- Times of Malta : ‘On the right side of history’
- Lasvolta (Italy) Ue: le donne con disabilità sono vittime di sterilizzazione forzata
- EUObserver: Protecting workers’ rights throughout the AI revolution
- Euractiv: Ukrainian reconstruction efforts lack commitment to accessibility
- Superando.it (Italy): Il nuovo Parlamento Europeo rappresenti equamente le persone con disabilità
November
- Politico Europe Morning Healthcare: Campaign against forced sterilization
- Politico Europe Pro Mobility : Passengers with disabilities, platforms concerned
- Politico Europe Pro Mobility : The European Commission’s upcoming proposal on passenger rights “completely ignores” people with disabilities, the European Disability Forum says.
- Handicap.fr : Carte européenne du handicap : ça se précise !
- Agence Europe : COP28, European Disability Forum to launch appeal for more inclusive climate solutions
- Faire-face (France): Faut-il changer la loi autorisant la stérilisation des femmes handicapées ?
- Vita.it (Italy): Clima, se sicurezza fa rima con inclusione
October
- Politico Pro Mobility : The review of the air passenger rights file for people with disabilities and reduced mobility
- Alter echos (Belgium): Bruxelles plaide pour une nouvelle «carte européenne d’invalidité»
- A1+ (Armenia): Alarm. People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Aliq Media (Armenia): Those displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh should not be ignored. European Disability Forum
- AlphaNews: People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at great risk of violence and death. alert
- Alternativ (Armenia): Persons with disabilities are at great risk of death in Nagorno Karabakh. statement
- Aravot: The European Disability Forum calls on all actors to ensure the protection and safety of persons with disabilities affected by the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.
- Aysor: People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at great risk of violence and death. Alarm
- Hayacq (Armenia): Persons with disabilities who are in Nagorno-Karabakh or have fled there are at high risk of death
- Hraparak (Armenia): Persons with disabilities who are in Artsakh are at the risk of death
- Infoport (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at great risk of violence and death. Alarm
- Irakanum (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at great risk of violence and death. alert
- Iravaban (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Lragir (Armenia): Nagorno Karabakh. protection and safety of persons with disabilities
- Newpress (Armenia): Persons with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at great risk of death. an open letter to the international community
- News.am (Armenia): Persons with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Newshub (Armenia): Alarm. People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Oragir News (Armenia): Persons with disabilities are at great risk of death in Nagorno Karabakh. statement
- Panorama (Armenia): Alarm. People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Panorama (Armenia – English): Persons with disabilities in or fleeing from Nagorno-Karabakh at great risk, EDF warns
- Pastinfo (Armenia): The European Disability Forum called on all actors to ensure the protection and safety of persons with disabilities affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis
- Politik (Armenia): Persons with disabilities are at great risk of death in Nagorno Karabakh. statement
- PressMedia (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Yerevan.today Persons with disabilities are at great risk of death in Nagorno Karabakh. statement
- Zarkerak (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- 5TV (Armenia): Persons with disabilities are at great risk of death in Nagorno Karabakh. statement
- 1in (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Deutsche Welle: UE wciąż niewiele robi dla osób z niepełnosprawnościami
- EUObserver: EU made ‘little difference’ to disabled lives, find auditors
- Euractiv: EU Parliament calls for harmonisation of rights of autistic people in Europe
September
- Politico Pro Mobility : The review of the air passenger rights file for people with disabilities and reduced mobility
- Alter echos (Belgium): Bruxelles plaide pour une nouvelle «carte européenne d’invalidité»
- A1+ (Armenia): Alarm. People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Aliq Media (Armenia): Those displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh should not be ignored. European Disability Forum
- AlphaNews: People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at great risk of violence and death. alert
- Alternativ (Armenia): Persons with disabilities are at great risk of death in Nagorno Karabakh. statement
- Aravot: The European Disability Forum calls on all actors to ensure the protection and safety of persons with disabilities affected by the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.
- Aysor: People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at great risk of violence and death. Alarm
- Hayacq (Armenia): Persons with disabilities who are in Nagorno-Karabakh or have fled there are at high risk of death
- Hraparak (Armenia): Persons with disabilities who are in Artsakh are at the risk of death
- Infoport (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at great risk of violence and death. Alarm
- Irakanum (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at great risk of violence and death. alert
- Iravaban (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Lragir (Armenia): Nagorno Karabakh. protection and safety of persons with disabilities
- Newpress (Armenia): Persons with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at great risk of death. an open letter to the international community
- News.am (Armenia): Persons with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Newshub (Armenia): Alarm. People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Oragir News (Armenia): Persons with disabilities are at great risk of death in Nagorno Karabakh. statement
- Panorama (Armenia): Alarm. People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Panorama (Armenia – English): Persons with disabilities in or fleeing from Nagorno-Karabakh at great risk, EDF warns
- Pastinfo (Armenia): The European Disability Forum called on all actors to ensure the protection and safety of persons with disabilities affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis
- Politik (Armenia): Persons with disabilities are at great risk of death in Nagorno Karabakh. statement
- PressMedia (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Yerevan.today Persons with disabilities are at great risk of death in Nagorno Karabakh. statement
- Zarkerak (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- 5TV (Armenia): Persons with disabilities are at great risk of death in Nagorno Karabakh. statement
- 1in (Armenia): People with disabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are at high risk of death
- Deutsche Welle: UE wciąż niewiele robi dla osób z niepełnosprawnościami
- EUObserver: EU made ‘little difference’ to disabled lives, find auditors
- Euractiv: EU Parliament calls for harmonisation of rights of autistic people in Europe
August
- AgencEurope: Protection of vulnerable adults, two United Nations experts contest several elements of the European Commission’s proposal
- AgencEurope: European Disability Forum calls for accessible State of Union speech
- Politico: Disabled passengers push for EU to reform ‘nightmare’ air travel
- Politico Morning Mobility: Disability passenger groups urge reform
- Politico Brussels Playbook: Making SOTEU more accessible
- Irish Examiner: Employers boost efforts to help people with disabilities get jobs
July
- ARTE : Handicap et stérilisations forcées : la fin d’un crime ?
- Agenda Digitale (Italy): Disabilità, un aiuto dall’IA: i vantaggi di riconoscimento e sintesi vocale
- Irish Times: A cohort of people excluded from the workforce
- RTE: Ireland’s rate of employment for people with disabilities worst in Europe
- Irish Examiner: Ireland has worst rate in Europe of employing people with disabilities
- Politico Europe: EU’s disability card needs to go beyond good intentions, say activists
- Irishtimes : RTÉ controversy takes the heat off politicians, but saga will roll into another weekend
June
- WION News (India): The disabled have no right to give birth
- The Europeans (Podcast) : Greece’s elections, whales, and disability rights
- Handicaps.fr: Web : superpositions d’accessibilité, la fausse bonne idée
- Politico Morning Mobility (pro): Disability forum again pushes commission on pax rights
- Euronews: ‘I see the scar and I want to die’: Why the EU allows sterilisation of women with disabilities
- Euronews: Europe’s hidden shame: Forced sterilisation of women with disabilities is still a concern
May
- EUObserver: €211 a month: workers who love their job, but can’t live from it
- Politico Brussels Playbook: Disability Employment Stats
- Politico.eu (pro): Travelers with disability clamor for better eu protection
- AgencEurope: European Disability Forum calls on MEPs to ensure accessibility of artificial intelligence
- Euractiv.eu: Tech Brief: AI Act committee vote, EUCS tiered approach – Euractiv
- Radio 100.7 (Luxembourg):KI: e Fortschrëtt, mee och eng Gefor fir Leit mat Handicap
- Servimedia: El V Parlamento Europeo de la Discapacidad aprueba por unanimidad el Manifiesto sobre las elecciones europeas
- Agensir: Forum europeo della disabilità: Metsola, “un’Europa della speranza e delle opportunità deve essere accessibile a tutti”
- Deutsche Welle (Polish): Unijna legitymacja dla osób z niepełnosprawnościami
- Irish Examiner (Ireland): ‘There are so many barriers for disabled women,’ says Waterford campaigner
- Brussels Politico Playbook: European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities
- Europaportalen.se: Debatt: EU kan göra mer för personer med funktionsnedsättning
- Hospimedia.fr: Le Forum européen des personnes handicapées demande aux politiques des engagements
- Handicap.fr: Handicap : 27 pays, mêmes défis, l’Europe s’en mêle!
- AgencEurope : Manifesto to support disability rights for European elections
- Euractiv/EuroEFE: La presidenta de la Eurocámara urge a la Comisión a impulsar la tarjeta europea de la discapacidad
- Servimedia : El V Parlamento Europeo de la Discapacidad aprueba por unanimidad el Manifiesto sobre las elecciones europeas
- 15min.lt: Briuselyje – išskirtinis dėmesys žmonių su negalia klausimams: kaip turi keistis Europa?
- RTE radio: European Ombudsman on the state’s failure on disability rights
- Malta Daily: 700 disability advocates call on the EU to ensure “Nothing about them without them”
April
- Independent Ireland: Just 15pc of disabled Irish women are in full-time jobs, survey shows
- Superando.it: Vincolare i fondi per la ricostruzione in Ucraina ad accessibilità e fruibilità
- Euronews: Disabilities and politics: Ireland takes a step forward
- Article19.org: EU: AI Act must protect prioritise fundamental rights
- Reuters: Disability groups urge EU to end air travel ‘nightmare’
- Politico.eu Morning Mobility Disability group pushes for eu air-passenger rights overhaul (paywall)
- AgencEurope: European Disability Forum calls for stronger protection in air travel
- Servimedia.es: El subdirector y responsable de Políticas del EDF habla sobre el Parlamento Europeo de las Personas con Discapacidad y su compromiso con el proyecto europeo
- AgencEurope: People with disabilities excluded from quality employment, says European Disability Forum
- EUObserver: For the EU disabled, earning money can mean losing benefits
March
- Euractiv: Tech Brief: OECD definition, Data Act semi-final text
- Superando.it: A light on the lives of young Europeans with disabilities
- La Vanguardi. Cermi Mujeres celebra el “gran avance” de la nueva directiva de lucha contra la violencia hacia las mujeres
- The Parliament: In Europe’s energy price crisis those with disabilities must be considered
- Social Europe: Equal citizenship for persons with disabilities
- Superando.it: Diritti delle donne con e senza disabilità: serve una svolta reale e concreta
February
Superando.it: La disabilità e l’Anno Europeo delle Competenze 2023
January
EUObserver: Disabled people still feel like second-class citizens in EU
Media in 2022
December
- Social Europe: Making women with disabilities visible
- Euractiv.es: Las personas con discapacidad no quieren ser héroes, sino igualdad de derechos
October
- Al-Jazeera: What the war means for Ukrainians with disabilities
- Injuve.es: Concurso de fotografía EDF 2022. Iluminando a los jóvenes con discapacidad
- Health Europa: Health Europa Quarterly Issue 23. Access to healthcare
September
- HealthEuropa: Healthcare equity for persons with disabilities
- Euractiv: France criticised for slow implementation of disability access
August
- Politics Today: No One Should Be Left Behind: Disabled People in the Russia-Ukraine War and Armed Conflicts
- Politico.eu: Living Cities: Mobility for everyone — German cities go dark — Self-driving post buses
June
- Superando.it: Sospesa l’adozione di quel Protocollo Europeo che viola i diritti umani
- Politico.eu: Disability rights activists fight for access to cities’ Pride events
- Times of Malta: The right of persons with disability to vote in secrecy
May
- Social Europe:Does the future of Europe include disability?
- EU Observer: Parliament demands pan-EU candidates and vote
- Telemadrid: El Rey entrega el Premio Carlos V al Foro Europeo de la Discapacidad y llama a superar las barreras que faltan
- Digital Journal:. CCHR Reports UN Human Rights Council Condemns Coercion in Mental Health Systems
- Superando.it: Unione Europea e voto di tutte le persone con disabilità: la strada è aperta
- Toute l’europa: Guerre en Ukraine : “Faire en sorte que l’UE ne se retrouve plus en position de vulnérabilité”
- Handicaps.fr: En 2024, des élections européennes 100 % inclusives?
- Vita: In Ucraina i bambini con disabilità sono abbandonati
April
March
- The New York Times: What Happened on Day 15 of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
- CNN: Escaping the horror in Ukraine is not an option for many disabled children and their families
- Reuters: Fate of Ukrainians with disabilities a ‘crisis within a crisis’
- Forbes:Ukrainians With Disabilities At Breaking Point As Russian Onslaught Bears Down
- Superando.it: Un incontro del Forum Europeo sulla Disabilità con Roberta Metsola
- Inews: Ukraine appeal: readers’ donations set to pass £500,000 as charities warn of millions trapped by conflict
- The Independent: Learning disabilities refugees in Ukraine
- Business Insider: Russia shells a Kharkiv care home for 330 adults and children with disabilities
February
- Politico: Brussels Playbook: Kyiv under assault — Ukraine ‘left alone’ — NATO alert
- Budapest Business Journal: Citi Foundation launches program to empower disabled people in CE
- The National: Russia Ukraine: Fears for children ‘caught in crossfire of adult war’
January
- Cronica Directo. Barcelona, la tercera ciudad más accesible de Europa
Media 2021
Disability campaigners welcome EU’s vaccine certificate
Parliament Magazine – 28 May
EDF at COP26. Interview of Nadia Haddad
28 October 2021 – BBC WorldNews
Media 2020
How Europe can better protect migrants with disabilities and mental health problems
New Europe – December 17