Discriminación multiple de las mujeres con discapacidad por José Fernando Lousada Arochena, Magistrado, docente y escritor

Date of article: 26/01/2021

Daily News of: 26/01/2021

Country:  Spain - Galicia

Author: Regional Ombudsman of Galicia

Article language: es

Hasta no hace mucho tiempo, las normas y las políticas sobre igualdad de género desatendían la situación particular de las mujeres con discapacidad; también esa situación particular era desatendida en las normas y las políticas sobre discapacidad. El derecho y la política antidiscriminatoria por razón de género y por razón de discapacidad estaban construidas como si obedecieran a realidades paralelas que en ningún caso podrían confluir...

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Councils urged to learn from Ombudsman investigation into child abuse complaint

Date of article: 26/01/2021

Daily News of: 26/01/2021

Country:  United Kingdom

Author: Local Government Ombudsmen for England

Article language: en

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is urging councils to place children at the centre of decision making in cross border child protection cases, after a suicidal teenager was left without appropriate support when she reported serious sexual abuse...

 

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The practice by an employer in paying of an allowance only to workers with disabilities who have submitted disability certificates after a date chosen by that employer

Date of article: 26/01/2021

Daily News of: 26/01/2021

Country:  EUROPE

Author: Court of Justice of the European Union

Article language: en

VL was employed by a hospital in Kraków (Poland) from October 2011 to September 2016. In December 2011, she obtained a disability certificate, which she submitted to her employer that same month. In order to reduce the amount of the contributions payable by the hospital to the Państwowy Fundusz Rehabilitacji Osób Niepełnosprawnych (State Fund for the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities) (PFRON), the director of that establishment decided, following a meeting with the staff which took place in the second half of 2013, to grant a monthly allowance to employees who, following that meeting, submitted certificates attesting to their disabilities. On the basis of that decision, the allowance was granted to thirteen workers who had submitted their certificates after that meeting, whereas sixteen other workers, including VL, who had submitted their certificates earlier, did not receive that allowance...

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