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11 July Jul 2016 1503 11 July 2016 Disability, the glass half full and half empty
Praise and delusion. The implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities voted by the European Parliament according to civil society organizations.
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7 July Jul 2016 1721 07 July 2016 A step forward to advance the rights of people with disabilities
The European Parliament voted the report supporting the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities urging the European Commission and Members States to do their part.
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6 July Jul 2016 1039 06 July 2016 What has the EU done for people with disabilities?
The challenges are mounting, the EU is less united and the road ahead is an uphill struggle. However, something has been accomplished. The reasons to be optimistic acknowledged by the EU Disability Forum.
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5 July Jul 2016 1728 05 July 2016 The last mile to reach full transparency
ONE Campaign welcomes the steps took by the European Commission to further reinforce EU rules on increasing companies transparency by giving full public access to beneficial ownership registers and connecting them between Member States. But there is a dangerous loophole.
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1 July Jul 2016 1103 01 July 2016 How serious is the EU about fighting poverty?
The budget for 2017 proposes maintaining the same level of external spending that was planned when the seven-year budget cycle of the EU was agreed in 2013. A budget, as pointed out by One Campaign, that was clearly not designed to address the new challenges that the world is facing today.
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30 June Jun 2016 1515 30 June 2016 The EU agenda behind the Migration Partnership Framework
Bob van Dillen, a migration and development expert, exposes the weaknesses of the European Commission's Migration Partnership Framework and questions its capacity to really serve the purpose of helping people in need.
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29 June Jun 2016 1759 29 June 2016 EASPD and its key partners call on the EU to act on social care
Members of the European Parliament, representatives from social services, trade unions and organisations representing persons with disabilities called on the European Commission (EC) and the European Parliament (EP) to do more to support high quality social care – through adequately trained professionals - in Europe.
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29 June Jun 2016 0934 29 June 2016 Brexit can be worse for women than men
Women have been frozen out of the debate on the EU referendum. And now Brexit could lead to erosion of hard-won women rights and protections.
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27 June Jun 2016 1704 27 June 2016 100 EU NGOs reject EU Commission migration response plan
The EU is set to open a dark chapter in its history unless it rejects the European Commission’s proposal on migration, a coalition of more than 100 NGOs warned on Monday.
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24 June Jun 2016 1220 24 June 2016 Brexit, the third sector will not leave its commitments
Civil society organizations voice out their concerns on the UK’s decision to leave Europe. While the country is about to abandon the Union, the third sector players pledge to remain united to fulfill their social engagements.