European Parliament’s Disability Rights Week days 1 and 2
15.12.2023
EDF
The European Parliament organised its first “Disability Rights Week” to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It took place from 27 November to 4 December.
Below, you can read a summary of the relevant events:
Development Committee: Access to education and training for persons with disabilities in developing countries
This debate took place on 28 November and focused on the challenges children with disabilities face in accessing education in the Global South, along with the suitable solutions to address these challenges.
It consisted of presentations from Suguru Mizunoya, Technical Cooperation Team Lead of UNESCO-IIEP; Fatma Wangare Haji, Regional Coordinator of Inclusion Africa and Estefanía Mirpuri, Director General of the ONCE Foundation for Latin America, followed by a debate.
Mr Mizunoya delved into the broader spectrum of challenges encountered by children with disabilities, providing key statistics related to the enrolment of students with disabilities. Ms Wangare Haji shed light on the stigma and discrimination experienced by children with intellectual disabilities in Kenya, and Ms Mirpuri addressed the unique challenges faced by students with vision impairments in Latin America.
MEPs [...]