“Persons with Disabilities in Portugal – Human Rights Indicators 2021” Between 2011 and 2021 registered unemployment increased by 63.1% in women with disabilities and 9.8% in men with disabilities The results of the report "Persons with Disabilities in Portugal - Human Rights Indicators 2021" (5th edition) by the Disability…
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EASPD (European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities) with the support of Policy Impact Lab, has launched a collection of 10 country factsheets on the financing of care services for persons with disabilities. These factsheets provide an overview of the financing of different support services in Spain, Slovakia, Serbia, Portugal,…
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Many essential supports and services for persons with disabilities – such as therapies or medical consultations –, have only partially restarted or are still suspended; dissatisfaction with the support given to students with disabilities, even after the reopening of schools; high levels of anxiety, sadness, and concern about a possible…
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A new European Disability Strategy was launched in 2021 with the aim of intensifying progress on ensuring the full participation of people with disabilities in society. The increase of EU policy focus on people with disabilities is timely: the COVID-19 pandemic magnified the challenges they faced in many spheres of…
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Through the framework of a joint programme funded through the UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Multi-Partner Trust Fund (UNPRPD MPTF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Inclusion International, has developed a new practical guide on how to strengthen the political participation of persons…
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In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn, examines the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the context of armed conflict.
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