(Equinet) Equality Today - Issue 5

(Equinet) Equality Today - Issue 5 - October 2020

Date of article: 05/10/2020

Daily News of: 07/10/2020

Country: EUROPE

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Article language: en

Roundtable - The Future of Equality Legislation in Europe

On 14 October 2020 we will hold an online roundtable, together with MEP Alice Bah Kuhnke, to discuss the EU legal framework for equality and the adoption of the „Horizontal Directive”, pending since 2008. Check out our Facebook event for more information and to register.

Roundtable - Women in Poverty: Breaking the Cycle

On 22 October 2020 we will hold an online roundtable, together with the Institute of Women and for Equal Opportunities in Spain, on breaking the cycle of women in poverty. Several organisations representing different groups of women will have a chance to present concrete examples of intersectional discrimination, develop solutions and build bridges with equality bodies. For more information and registration, head to our dedicated website page.

Equinet response to COVID-19

How do we protect and not limit those fundamental rights, which were not fully implemented already before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out? Our latest blog post discusses the role of equality bodies in ensuring full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, as a crucial part of healthcare.

Ageism is the most widespread form of discrimination across the EU. Last week, for International Day of Older Persons, we published a guest blog post, written by Nena Georgantzi from AGE Platform Europe, on how COVID-19 may compound inequalities against older persons.

Equality Blog

Can EU funds be used to perpetuate discrimination? This is the topic of our latest blog post on the Equality Blog, written by Independent Living Austria (ILA) and the European Network on Independent Living – ENIL, where they discuss how living facilities, as well as sheltered workshops co-funded by the EU, perpetuate the segregation and social exclusion of persons with disabilities in Austria.

In July we submitted our first third-party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in cases that concern the accessibility of polling stations to persons with disabilities in wheelchairs. Our blog post, written by Lindsey Reynolds from the Equality and Human Rights Commission in Great Britain, discusses the work of Equinet’s Equality Law Working Group in preparing the submission and monitoring Article 14 cases from the Court that resulted in our recently published Compendium.

We’re hiring!

Are you passionate about equality and non-discrimination? Interested in learning about communication or policy aspects of our work? Then apply to one of our upcoming traineeships, as a communication or policy assistant! Spread the word within your networks - deadline for applications is 7 October 2020.