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Interview with the European Network for Independent Living on parents with disabilities

Interview with the European Network for Independent Living on parents with disabilities

The COFACE Disability Platform for the rights of persons with disabilities and their families has carried out a review of EU policies in the fields of employment and work-life balance, to assess whether they provide for targeted measures in support to working parents with disabilities. We had the pleasure of discussing the results of the review with Kamil Goungor from the European Network for Independent Living.

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Families and climate change: Paving the way for a family-oriented climate policy in Europe

Families and climate change: Paving the way for a family-oriented climate policy in Europe

Climate change is a defining challenge of our time, with urgent ecological, economic, and social implications. Families are at the heart of sustainable development and climate action. They raise the next generation, provide care across life stages, and are crucial...

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OPINION – Full-time family carers should be recognised as workers

OPINION – Full-time family carers should be recognised as workers

In Italy, those who care for a family member with a disability living with them 24 hours a day are neither recognised nor supported. They find themselves alone, poor (having given up work to provide care) and at risk of depression. The law in Italy has been awaited for 30 years and has been under discussion in parliament for 15 years. Read more in this opinion piece by Alessandra Corradi, President of Genitori Tosti in Italy.

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