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Published on: Mar 19, 2013
Speakers at the European Development Day’s panel on Making Finance Work for Inclusive Development.
Photo courtesy of the European Union.
Making Finance Work for Inclusive Development
The IDDC organized a joint high level panel during the European Development Days focused on inclusive microfinance. In addition to IDDC, the panel was sponsored by
Published on: Mar 19, 2013
Handicap International Luxembourg “For a better consideration of persons with disabilities in international solidarity actions: which institutional and associative support from the north?”
Handicap International Luxembourg hosted an event titled “For a better consideration of persons with disabilities in international solidarity actions: which institutional and associative support from the North?” on 24
Published on: Mar 18, 2013
IDDC organise roundtable in European Parliament on EU External Action
19th February 2013, European Parliament
On February 19th 2013, the IDDC as part of the Making Development Inclusive Project hosted a roundtable with Marian Harkin (member of the European Parliament) on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Published on: Mar 18, 2013
International Women’s Day, 8th March 2013. Women with disabilities are twice as likely to be victims of domestic violence as other women, according to the UN [1]. Handicap International has decided to highlight this issue when it takes the floor at the 57th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, on International
Published on: Aug 14, 2012
The now adopted parliamentary report calls explicitly for including the rights of persons with disabilities in the implementation of that development strategy. It reads: “Calls on the Commission, the European Council and the Member States to pay particular attention to the rights of minorities, and insists that non-negotiable human rights and
