Hearing on "Adressing the challenges faced by women with disabilities"
06-12-2024 - 09:17
On Wednesday, 4 December 2024, the FEMM Committee held a hearing on “Addressing the challenges faced by women with disabilities in healthcare, employment, societal participation”.
Against the background of the rights of persons with disabilities as guaranteed by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) and the celebration of the International Day of People with Disabilities on 3 December, the hearing aimed to examine the various obstacles that girls and women with disabilities still face in the European Union, such as in the healthcare and employment sectors together with societal participation.