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Media 2024
April
- 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