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Aleksis Sarma is one of founders of the “Latvian Movement for Independent Living” which was founded in 2009 and has been involved in this for the past four years. He is an active member of … Read more

The 6th Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) meeting was held between 24th and 26th April in Vienna. The Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) is the Fundamental Rights Agency’s channel for cooperation with over 350 civil society organizations … Read more

The 5th International Disability Law Summer School will take place in Aras Moyola, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland between Monday 17th June- 22nd June 2013. This is the largest and best attended Summer School … Read more

Women Enabled Inc. advocates and educates for human rights of all women and girls, with an emphasis on women and girls with disabilities, and works tirelessly to include women and girls with disabilities in international … Read more

Gatis Caunitis is a young person with disability from Latvia and he is not satisfied with the current Latvian legislation for personal assistance. The legislation came into effect on the first of January 2013. People … Read more

Today, 9th May 2013 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day ( GAAD). Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a community-driven effort whose goal is to focus one day to raise the profile of digital ( web, software, … Read more

‘Community Living for All’, A conference on the Future Role of the European Union Structural Funds to Advance Community Living for Older People and People with Disabilities took place on Friday 3rd May 2013 in … Read more

At a meeting in April 2013, the Human Rights Watch Board of Directors approved the creation of a separate division focusing on Disability Rights. This decision recognizes the importance of disability rights within the human … Read more

A leading publication in India has recently published an interview with Mr. Javed Abidi, who was appointed Vice-Chair of the International Disability Alliance in 2012. He set up the National Centre for the Promotion of … Read more

Jean Lambert is a Green Party member of the European Parliament for London. She is an active member of the Disability Intergroup and is also a regular defender of the right of Independent Living at … Read more

The European Social Network’s spring conference was held on April 18th in Helsinki this year in cooperation with the Local and Regional Government of Finland, The National Institute for Health and Welfare and The Association … Read more

ENIL has received an email from a parent of a child with disabilities who has raised concerns about violations of the rights of people with disabilities in Croatia. He along with other parents is calling … Read more

The Agency for Cooperation, Education and Development from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Center for Independent Living Serbia and Paraplegic Association of Montenegro are implementing a regional project entitled, Establishing the Balkans Independent Disability Framework. The overall … Read more

The Association for Promoting Inclusion of Serbia is a non-governmental civil society organization which works in education and in the promotion and provision of services in the field of social protection. Their vision is a … Read more

Danijela Jovanović was born in 1968 in Belgrade. She spent her childhood living in several foster homes and when she was eleven years old, in May 1979, she was placed in an Institution for children … Read more

Despite being more vulnerable to risks which could harm their development, young children with disabilities are often overlooked in mainstream programmes and services designed to ensure child development. Early Childhood Development and Disability: A discussion paper, … Read more

On the 15th April 2013, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened its 9th session ( 15th – 19th April 2013) in which it reviewed Paraguay, adopted a List of Issues on … Read more

A public debate on the third draft of the Law on Personal Assistance for people with disabilities in Slovenia finished at the end of February 2013. With adoption of the Law the Ministry for Labour … Read more

INNOSERV is now in the second half of the project. This month the second INNOSERV Newsletter has been released and in this latest edition of the INNOSERV Newsletter the most recent progress of the project … Read more

Each of us knows of or owes something to Bente Skangard. Whether it be advice at difficult times, keeping the dream alive or reminding people who are influential in the disability sector and the political … Read more