human-rights
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31 March Mar 2016 1711 31 March 2016 European Disability Movement agrees definition of independent living
ENIL, the Europe-wide network of disabled people, has successfully campaigned for a common definition of Independent Living. The first step in ensuring that it becomes part of the EU and national policy documents.
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30 March Mar 2016 1139 30 March 2016 5.8 million people prevented from going blind
The association Light for the World, has just reached a milestone in the fight against trachoma, which is the leading global infectious reason of blindness.
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30 March Mar 2016 1052 30 March 2016 S&D Group in Addis to strengthen EU-Africa relations
A delegation of members of the European Parliament of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Group led by President Gianni Pittella is visiting Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). In agenda meetings with Ethiopian and African Union leaders in order to discuss the increasingly important EU-Africa relations.
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29 March Mar 2016 1606 29 March 2016 UN disability rights committee to review Portugal, Thailand, Chile, Slovakia, Serbia, Lithuania, Uganda
The Committee will meet the States in Geneva. Besides the official delegations, the Committee has in agenda meetings with organizations representing disabled persons, NGOs and national human rights institutions
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24 March Mar 2016 1432 24 March 2016 Women in Turkey: "We are asking you for support to help rebuild lives"
Women from the Women's Peace Initiative in Turkey are sending out an online message to ask for help rebuilding the lives of those displaced by the destruction caused in Kurdish region of Turkey. They have launched a campaign called #Room4Life on INDIEGOGO, and are asking for donations to reach their target goal of $100,000.
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18 March Mar 2016 1603 18 March 2016 Asylum seekers are not a "flow" nor an "invasion"
Caritas Europa launched its report “Migrants and refugees have rights! Impact of EU policies on accessing protection”. For the first time, this report brings together all aspects of migration. It looks at access to international protection, non-refoulement, family reunification, labour migration and irregular migration from a humane perspective.
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15 March Mar 2016 0939 15 March 2016 Migrants and refugees have rights!
The preview of the findings and proposals of the upcoming Caritas report "Migrants and refugees have rights! Impact of EU policies on accessing protection”.
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29 February Feb 2016 1339 29 February 2016 We need more inclusion for people with disabilities
Over one billion people in the world live with disabilities. According to a recent report, for 1/7 of our global population, inclusion in society is made more difficult by physical barriers such as inaccesible buildings, and mental barriers of stigma and discrimination. Promoting a psychosocial approach to inclusion through empowerment might be the solution.
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29 February Feb 2016 1104 29 February 2016 Rough times for democratic change
The state and challenges of democracy and market economy in the world according to the findings of the Bertesmann Stiftung's Transformation Index (BTI) which has analyzed 129 developing and transformation countries biennially since 2006.
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26 February Feb 2016 1251 26 February 2016 Avoiding deaths at sea is not a utopia. Sant'Egidio achieves "safe passages"
On Monday the 29th, a group of a hundred refugees will reach Europe by the so-called "safe flights”. An initiative of the Community of Sant'Egidio and some Protestant churches.