Please consider registering to attend this important event; even if the time does not work for you, once registered, you will then receive the link to the recording afterwards. You are also invited to share it amongst your professional and other networks.
As you know if you follow me here, my focus is on improving outcomes for people with dementia, including that dementia is a major cause of acquired disabilities globally, and we have a right to rehabilitation. I also campaign for deinstitutionalisation and desegregation, and for dementia to be included in the work of all disability and dementia organisations.
Deinstitutionalisation, as well as desegregation of people with dementia, who are also people with cognitive and multiple other disabilities, must be included in this work, and not left behind.
Dementia as a disability continues to be the biggest challenge I have faced as a campaigner, including for researchers, health care professionals, service providers, and, other organisations representing people with disabilities such as the International Disability Alliance, to include people with dementia in their work as people with #cognitive #disabilities.
Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dY_3g_UnSrm8dk6VHgujXw
Date: Tuesday, 1 Mar 2022
- 7:00 am CST, Central Time
- 8:00 am EST, Eastern Time
- 1:00 pm GMT, London, UK
- 2:00 pm CET, Central European Time,
- 9:00 pm SGT, Singapore
- 11:30 pm ACDT, Adelaide, AU
Description:
As the biggest development and humanitarian aid donor in the world, the European Union (EU) is in a prime position to address the ongoing social exclusion and segregation of children, adults and older persons with disabilities in long-stay residential institutions. Despite the adoption and broad ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), including by the EU, persons with disabilities around the world continue experiencing institutionalisation, poverty, denial of education, exclusion from the labour market and inability to access mainstream services, among other. More transparency and better involvement of people with disabilities are key.
Purpose of the webinar:
The purpose of the webinar is to launch the report “Role of the European Union funding in supporting deinstitutionalisation around the world: A Call for Change” as well as discuss with guests on the results of the report. The webinar is organised jointly by the European Disability Forum and the European Network on Independent Living – ENIL.
Speakers:
- Gerard Quinn, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Ines Bulic Cojocariu, Deputy Director, European Network on Independent Living (ENIL)
- Jonas Ruškus, Vice-chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the United Nations
- Stela Grigoras, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office
- Jorge Manhique, Marie – Curie Research Fellow, Disability Advocacy Research in Europe (DARE)
- Gunta Anca, General Secretary European Disability Forum – EDF
- Vesna Dzuteska-Bisheva, Team Leader, Inclusive Growth – UNDP
- EU representative (TBC)
Accessibility: This event will provide international sign interpretation and real-time captioning in English.
The report is available by clicking here.
#deinstitutionalisation #desegregation #dementia #cognitivedisabilities
