@catnaughton.bsky.social
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🚨The EU’s new “Return Regulation” is really a Deportation Regulation.
It expands detention, weakens safeguards & creates profit for private contractors – at the expense of people’s dignity & communities.
Over 200 organisations say: Reject it.
@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @eu2025dk.bsky.social
It expands detention, weakens safeguards & creates profit for private contractors – at the expense of people’s dignity & communities.
Over 200 organisations say: Reject it.
@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @eu2025dk.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🚨The EU’s new “Return Regulation” is really a Deportation Regulation.
It expands detention, weakens safeguards & creates profit for private contractors – at the expense of people’s dignity & communities.
Over 200 organisations say: Reject it.
@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @eu2025dk.bsky.social
It expands detention, weakens safeguards & creates profit for private contractors – at the expense of people’s dignity & communities.
Over 200 organisations say: Reject it.
@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @eu2025dk.bsky.social
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We call on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to act immediately, opening infringement proceedings and requesting interim measures to protect organisers and participants.
September 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We call on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to act immediately, opening infringement proceedings and requesting interim measures to protect organisers and participants.
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Letter to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: the EU must act urgently for freedom of assembly after Hungary banned Pécs Pride. The organisers and marchers will face real risks. Freedom of assembly is a fundamental EU right and cannot be denied https://bit.ly/3ILS9Wc
Letter EU President von der Leyen on freedom of assembly in Hungary
ILGA-Europe urges the European Commission to act against Hungary's bans on Pécs Pride, highlighting ongoing violations of the fundamental rights and rule of law
bit.ly
September 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Letter to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: the EU must act urgently for freedom of assembly after Hungary banned Pécs Pride. The organisers and marchers will face real risks. Freedom of assembly is a fundamental EU right and cannot be denied https://bit.ly/3ILS9Wc
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Your monthly LGBTI rights update:
🟣 Pécs Pride in Hungary has been banned
🟣 Slovakia pushes through anti-rights amendment
🟣 Kazakhstan plans to adopt anti-LGBTI laws
🟣 Landmark CJEU opinion demands legal gender recognition across EU
🟣 Enes Hocaoğulları is free
🟣 Pécs Pride in Hungary has been banned
🟣 Slovakia pushes through anti-rights amendment
🟣 Kazakhstan plans to adopt anti-LGBTI laws
🟣 Landmark CJEU opinion demands legal gender recognition across EU
🟣 Enes Hocaoğulları is free
Rainbow Digest September 2025 | ILGA-Europe
Freedom of assembly on the line in Hungary with new Pride ban On 5 September, authorities in Pécs, Hungary, invoked Section 13/A of the Assembly Act to prohibit the Pride march. Organisers are determi...
www.ilga-europe.org
October 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Your monthly LGBTI rights update:
🟣 Pécs Pride in Hungary has been banned
🟣 Slovakia pushes through anti-rights amendment
🟣 Kazakhstan plans to adopt anti-LGBTI laws
🟣 Landmark CJEU opinion demands legal gender recognition across EU
🟣 Enes Hocaoğulları is free
🟣 Pécs Pride in Hungary has been banned
🟣 Slovakia pushes through anti-rights amendment
🟣 Kazakhstan plans to adopt anti-LGBTI laws
🟣 Landmark CJEU opinion demands legal gender recognition across EU
🟣 Enes Hocaoğulları is free
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"Every stage of life deserves equal respect, opportunity and access."
For the International Day of Older Persons, we share a special message from Sirpa Rautio, Director of the @fra.europa.eu
👵👦
👉 www.age-platform.eu/internationa...
#IDOP #AgeDiscrimination
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_GF...
For the International Day of Older Persons, we share a special message from Sirpa Rautio, Director of the @fra.europa.eu
👵👦
👉 www.age-platform.eu/internationa...
#IDOP #AgeDiscrimination
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_GF...
Sirpa Rautio (Director of FRA) - International day of Older Persons 2025
YouTube video by AGE Platform Europe
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Every stage of life deserves equal respect, opportunity and access."
For the International Day of Older Persons, we share a special message from Sirpa Rautio, Director of the @fra.europa.eu
👵👦
👉 www.age-platform.eu/internationa...
#IDOP #AgeDiscrimination
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_GF...
For the International Day of Older Persons, we share a special message from Sirpa Rautio, Director of the @fra.europa.eu
👵👦
👉 www.age-platform.eu/internationa...
#IDOP #AgeDiscrimination
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_GF...
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Today, we celebrate 5 years of the #WebAccessibility Directive.
In her speech, our Executive Director underlined how this law is an example of legislation driving innovation:
- Clear standards
- Forward thinking
Web accessibility is a necessity, not a luxury.
@iaaporg.bsky.social
In her speech, our Executive Director underlined how this law is an example of legislation driving innovation:
- Clear standards
- Forward thinking
Web accessibility is a necessity, not a luxury.
@iaaporg.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Today, we celebrate 5 years of the #WebAccessibility Directive.
In her speech, our Executive Director underlined how this law is an example of legislation driving innovation:
- Clear standards
- Forward thinking
Web accessibility is a necessity, not a luxury.
@iaaporg.bsky.social
In her speech, our Executive Director underlined how this law is an example of legislation driving innovation:
- Clear standards
- Forward thinking
Web accessibility is a necessity, not a luxury.
@iaaporg.bsky.social
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Accessibility and Universal Design must be part of higher education policy and curricula.
It is why the Nicosia declaration calls for structural change in higher education.
Join more than 100 signatories (individuals and organisations) in endorsing the declaration: aaate.net/the-nicosia-...
It is why the Nicosia declaration calls for structural change in higher education.
Join more than 100 signatories (individuals and organisations) in endorsing the declaration: aaate.net/the-nicosia-...
September 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Accessibility and Universal Design must be part of higher education policy and curricula.
It is why the Nicosia declaration calls for structural change in higher education.
Join more than 100 signatories (individuals and organisations) in endorsing the declaration: aaate.net/the-nicosia-...
It is why the Nicosia declaration calls for structural change in higher education.
Join more than 100 signatories (individuals and organisations) in endorsing the declaration: aaate.net/the-nicosia-...
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Proud to join the #BuildBetterLives campaign!
Millions in the EU face unsafe, unhealthy homes. We join this campaign to advocate not only for better living conditions, but also for accessible, affordable, and energy-efficient housing for all.
More on the campaign: www.edf-feph.org/build-better...
Millions in the EU face unsafe, unhealthy homes. We join this campaign to advocate not only for better living conditions, but also for accessible, affordable, and energy-efficient housing for all.
More on the campaign: www.edf-feph.org/build-better...
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Proud to join the #BuildBetterLives campaign!
Millions in the EU face unsafe, unhealthy homes. We join this campaign to advocate not only for better living conditions, but also for accessible, affordable, and energy-efficient housing for all.
More on the campaign: www.edf-feph.org/build-better...
Millions in the EU face unsafe, unhealthy homes. We join this campaign to advocate not only for better living conditions, but also for accessible, affordable, and energy-efficient housing for all.
More on the campaign: www.edf-feph.org/build-better...
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Today is #InternationalDayofOlderPersons
Older people with disabilities face challenges like lack of long-term support and barriers to autonomy.
In our #DisabilityVoice we share their voices and discuss the EU Action Plan to combat ageism.
Thanks @ageplatformeu.bsky.social
bit.ly/DVSept
Older people with disabilities face challenges like lack of long-term support and barriers to autonomy.
In our #DisabilityVoice we share their voices and discuss the EU Action Plan to combat ageism.
Thanks @ageplatformeu.bsky.social
bit.ly/DVSept
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today is #InternationalDayofOlderPersons
Older people with disabilities face challenges like lack of long-term support and barriers to autonomy.
In our #DisabilityVoice we share their voices and discuss the EU Action Plan to combat ageism.
Thanks @ageplatformeu.bsky.social
bit.ly/DVSept
Older people with disabilities face challenges like lack of long-term support and barriers to autonomy.
In our #DisabilityVoice we share their voices and discuss the EU Action Plan to combat ageism.
Thanks @ageplatformeu.bsky.social
bit.ly/DVSept
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Read our 2024 Annual Report!
Wins: #DisabilityCard, stronger EU laws on on violence against women and accessible elections, aid for 70,000+ in Ukraine
Challenges: rights backlash, disability sidelined in EU priorities
Our message is clear: no turning back on rights
www.edf-feph.org/publications...
Wins: #DisabilityCard, stronger EU laws on on violence against women and accessible elections, aid for 70,000+ in Ukraine
Challenges: rights backlash, disability sidelined in EU priorities
Our message is clear: no turning back on rights
www.edf-feph.org/publications...
September 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Read our 2024 Annual Report!
Wins: #DisabilityCard, stronger EU laws on on violence against women and accessible elections, aid for 70,000+ in Ukraine
Challenges: rights backlash, disability sidelined in EU priorities
Our message is clear: no turning back on rights
www.edf-feph.org/publications...
Wins: #DisabilityCard, stronger EU laws on on violence against women and accessible elections, aid for 70,000+ in Ukraine
Challenges: rights backlash, disability sidelined in EU priorities
Our message is clear: no turning back on rights
www.edf-feph.org/publications...
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We have launched registrations for our upcoming conference on supporting families of people with disabilities in Turin! Register👇
www.easpdconference.eu
#EmpoweringFamilies
www.easpdconference.eu
#EmpoweringFamilies
July 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We have launched registrations for our upcoming conference on supporting families of people with disabilities in Turin! Register👇
www.easpdconference.eu
#EmpoweringFamilies
www.easpdconference.eu
#EmpoweringFamilies
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Does your organisation want to create or strengthen a Women’s Committee?
Join our peer exchange to share best practices, tackle common barriers and get inspired by others in the disability movement.
🗓️ 25 September | 11:00 CET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join our peer exchange to share best practices, tackle common barriers and get inspired by others in the disability movement.
🗓️ 25 September | 11:00 CET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Does your organisation want to create or strengthen a Women’s Committee?
Join our peer exchange to share best practices, tackle common barriers and get inspired by others in the disability movement.
🗓️ 25 September | 11:00 CET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join our peer exchange to share best practices, tackle common barriers and get inspired by others in the disability movement.
🗓️ 25 September | 11:00 CET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Strong rules and legislation are essential to ensure our rights.
This wave of deregulation risks further marginalising persons with disabilities and regressing on the hard won rights of the past years.
This is why we joined @caneurope.org and 470 other organisations on this strong statement.
This wave of deregulation risks further marginalising persons with disabilities and regressing on the hard won rights of the past years.
This is why we joined @caneurope.org and 470 other organisations on this strong statement.
Our protection is being sold for profits.
Ahead of Von Der Leyen's 'State of the Union' speech tomorrow, 470 organisations are calling a stop to the EU's drastic deregulation spree on environmental protection, social rights, digital rights and climate policies back many years.
Ahead of Von Der Leyen's 'State of the Union' speech tomorrow, 470 organisations are calling a stop to the EU's drastic deregulation spree on environmental protection, social rights, digital rights and climate policies back many years.
470 organisations denounce deregulation campaign ahead of State of the Union speech
Instead of driving a bold green industrial policy, the EU is surrendering to the polluting industries demanding deregulation and delay. Watering down the 2040 climate target and dismantling…
caneurope.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Strong rules and legislation are essential to ensure our rights.
This wave of deregulation risks further marginalising persons with disabilities and regressing on the hard won rights of the past years.
This is why we joined @caneurope.org and 470 other organisations on this strong statement.
This wave of deregulation risks further marginalising persons with disabilities and regressing on the hard won rights of the past years.
This is why we joined @caneurope.org and 470 other organisations on this strong statement.
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Transport is not a luxury: it is a basic service that allows us to be active members of society. But millions of persons with disabilities still face challenges and inaccessibility.
On #EuropeanMobilityWeek, we call for strong laws to ensure mobility for all: www.edf-feph.org/european-mob...
On #EuropeanMobilityWeek, we call for strong laws to ensure mobility for all: www.edf-feph.org/european-mob...
September 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Transport is not a luxury: it is a basic service that allows us to be active members of society. But millions of persons with disabilities still face challenges and inaccessibility.
On #EuropeanMobilityWeek, we call for strong laws to ensure mobility for all: www.edf-feph.org/european-mob...
On #EuropeanMobilityWeek, we call for strong laws to ensure mobility for all: www.edf-feph.org/european-mob...
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Join us on 11 September for a chat with @Oracle about its accessibility journey and collaboration with the accessibility community.
We will also discuss:
- Updates on EU accessibility policies
- The way AI can contribute to accessibility
Register: www.edf-feph.org/events-slug/...
We will also discuss:
- Updates on EU accessibility policies
- The way AI can contribute to accessibility
Register: www.edf-feph.org/events-slug/...
September 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Join us on 11 September for a chat with @Oracle about its accessibility journey and collaboration with the accessibility community.
We will also discuss:
- Updates on EU accessibility policies
- The way AI can contribute to accessibility
Register: www.edf-feph.org/events-slug/...
We will also discuss:
- Updates on EU accessibility policies
- The way AI can contribute to accessibility
Register: www.edf-feph.org/events-slug/...
They burned my heart: thanks @desibility.bsky.social for continuing to report about the horrific situation of people , and specifically with details about people with disabilities in Gaza. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/they...
“They burned my heart”
Apocalyptic conditions in Gaza, and curated news from 37 countries.
www.disabilitydebrief.org
July 31, 2025 at 5:25 AM
They burned my heart: thanks @desibility.bsky.social for continuing to report about the horrific situation of people , and specifically with details about people with disabilities in Gaza. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/they...
Yolanda Díaz, thank you for championing #socialinvestment #SocialRights and for meeting with Social Platform at @EPSCO. We look forward to continue working together for a more #social Europe @yolandadiaz.bsky.social @socialplatform.bsky.social @eu2025dk.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Yolanda Díaz, thank you for championing #socialinvestment #SocialRights and for meeting with Social Platform at @EPSCO. We look forward to continue working together for a more #social Europe @yolandadiaz.bsky.social @socialplatform.bsky.social @eu2025dk.bsky.social
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So, so sad.
Anna Drabarz was not only a great activist and expert.
She was first and foremost a great person. Always a pleasure to be around, always looking for ways to help others.
This is a great loss to Poland, Europe and the world.
Sincere condolences to Anna's family, friends and colleagues.
Anna Drabarz was not only a great activist and expert.
She was first and foremost a great person. Always a pleasure to be around, always looking for ways to help others.
This is a great loss to Poland, Europe and the world.
Sincere condolences to Anna's family, friends and colleagues.
March 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
So, so sad.
Anna Drabarz was not only a great activist and expert.
She was first and foremost a great person. Always a pleasure to be around, always looking for ways to help others.
This is a great loss to Poland, Europe and the world.
Sincere condolences to Anna's family, friends and colleagues.
Anna Drabarz was not only a great activist and expert.
She was first and foremost a great person. Always a pleasure to be around, always looking for ways to help others.
This is a great loss to Poland, Europe and the world.
Sincere condolences to Anna's family, friends and colleagues.
Right now, you can watch the European Union and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, discussing the rights of people with disabilities in the EU: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k17...
772nd Meeting, 32nd Session, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Consideration of the European Union (cont'd)
webtv.un.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Right now, you can watch the European Union and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, discussing the rights of people with disabilities in the EU: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k17...
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Where do we stand 30 yrs after the #BeijingDeclaration?
Proud to be at #CSW69, where global leaders unite to advance gender equality.
Progress happens when we move forward together. Through dialogue, learning & action. Because March 8 isn’t just a day. It’s a year-round fight.
Proud to be at #CSW69, where global leaders unite to advance gender equality.
Progress happens when we move forward together. Through dialogue, learning & action. Because March 8 isn’t just a day. It’s a year-round fight.
March 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Where do we stand 30 yrs after the #BeijingDeclaration?
Proud to be at #CSW69, where global leaders unite to advance gender equality.
Progress happens when we move forward together. Through dialogue, learning & action. Because March 8 isn’t just a day. It’s a year-round fight.
Proud to be at #CSW69, where global leaders unite to advance gender equality.
Progress happens when we move forward together. Through dialogue, learning & action. Because March 8 isn’t just a day. It’s a year-round fight.
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European Commission non-legislative proposals 2025:
* action plan, European Pillar of Social Rights
* Social fairness Quality jobs roadmap
* Strategy to support, protect and empower civil society
* Equality Roadmap for Women’s Rights
* Equality New equality strategies for LGBTIQ and Anti-racism
* action plan, European Pillar of Social Rights
* Social fairness Quality jobs roadmap
* Strategy to support, protect and empower civil society
* Equality Roadmap for Women’s Rights
* Equality New equality strategies for LGBTIQ and Anti-racism
February 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
European Commission non-legislative proposals 2025:
* action plan, European Pillar of Social Rights
* Social fairness Quality jobs roadmap
* Strategy to support, protect and empower civil society
* Equality Roadmap for Women’s Rights
* Equality New equality strategies for LGBTIQ and Anti-racism
* action plan, European Pillar of Social Rights
* Social fairness Quality jobs roadmap
* Strategy to support, protect and empower civil society
* Equality Roadmap for Women’s Rights
* Equality New equality strategies for LGBTIQ and Anti-racism
Its 3 years since we woke up to the awful news of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Our article tells the stories of persons with disabilities and our members work in Ukraine during three years of war. www.edf-feph.org/the-war-in-u...
The war in Ukraine: impact on persons with disabilities - European Disability Forum
Today we mark three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 1097 days of a war that has devastated millions of lives, including the lives of over 3 million persons with disabilities livin...
www.edf-feph.org
February 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Its 3 years since we woke up to the awful news of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Our article tells the stories of persons with disabilities and our members work in Ukraine during three years of war. www.edf-feph.org/the-war-in-u...
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We thank the @ec.europa.eu for its work as a major humanitarian donor, including for people with disabilities. We recognise the EU cannot fill this gap alone, but it needs to stand as a leader for the wider community. 1/2
Thank you @martairaola.bsky.social for covering it!
Thank you @martairaola.bsky.social for covering it!
🚨 “The EU cannot fill this gap left by others,” the European Commission told Euronews as disability NGOs seek emergency aid from Brussels after US President Donald Trump blocked international development projects.
Super story by @martairaola.bsky.social
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Super story by @martairaola.bsky.social
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
EU can't plug USAID funding gap including in Ukraine, Commission says
“The EU cannot fill this gap left by others,” the European Commission told Euronews as disability NGOs seek emergency aid from Brussels after US President Donald Trump blocked international developmen...
www.euronews.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We thank the @ec.europa.eu for its work as a major humanitarian donor, including for people with disabilities. We recognise the EU cannot fill this gap alone, but it needs to stand as a leader for the wider community. 1/2
Thank you @martairaola.bsky.social for covering it!
Thank you @martairaola.bsky.social for covering it!
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The @ec.europa.eu and the @press.consilium.europa.eu fell short of protecting the rights of passengers with disabilities.
The @europarl.europa.eu can still make it right.
We call on Members to introduce strong amendments in passenger rights laws:
www.edf-feph.org/european-par...
The @europarl.europa.eu can still make it right.
We call on Members to introduce strong amendments in passenger rights laws:
www.edf-feph.org/european-par...
European Parliament must be ambitious in improving passenger rights
We call on Members of the European Parliament to be ambitious in their position regarding the Commission’s proposed revision of laws on the rights of passengers during air travel and multimodal transp...
www.edf-feph.org
February 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The @ec.europa.eu and the @press.consilium.europa.eu fell short of protecting the rights of passengers with disabilities.
The @europarl.europa.eu can still make it right.
We call on Members to introduce strong amendments in passenger rights laws:
www.edf-feph.org/european-par...
The @europarl.europa.eu can still make it right.
We call on Members to introduce strong amendments in passenger rights laws:
www.edf-feph.org/european-par...
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Cuts to U.S. funding are causing untold damage to persons with disabilities. Organisations in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and South Caucasus are especially affected.
We call on the EU, EU countries and donors to step up and provide emergency funding:
https://buff.ly/42SA93Y
We call on the EU, EU countries and donors to step up and provide emergency funding:
https://buff.ly/42SA93Y
February 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Cuts to U.S. funding are causing untold damage to persons with disabilities. Organisations in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and South Caucasus are especially affected.
We call on the EU, EU countries and donors to step up and provide emergency funding:
https://buff.ly/42SA93Y
We call on the EU, EU countries and donors to step up and provide emergency funding:
https://buff.ly/42SA93Y