COFACE Disability members’ exchange: age and disability
COFACE Disability members are invited to this online information session on age and disability
COFACE Disability members’ exchange: age and disability
Results for "Social inclusion"
OPINION – Empowering Parenthood: How the Work-Life Balance Directive Reshapes Parental Leave in Poland
OPINION – Empowering Parenthood: How the Work-Life Balance Directive Reshapes Parental Leave in Poland
On 23rd of March 2023, the President of Poland signed the bill implementing the work-life balance directive in Poland and the new regulation came into force on 26th of April 2023. This marks, two years of advocacy work led by Share the Care foundation coming to an end.
Guiding Children Through Parental Separation: Key tips from Women for Women
Guiding Children Through Parental Separation: Key tips from Women for Women
Every year, thirty thousand minor children in the Czech Republic face the divorce or separation of their parents. COFACE member organisation Women for Women (W4W) runs a service which supports separating parents and offers them a helping hand.
The Council of Europe denounces the violation of the rights of people with disabilities by the French State
The Council of Europe denounces the violation of the rights of people with disabilities by the French State
The Council of Europe's Committee of Social Rights recognises that in terms of social protection, the French state does not do enough for families affected by disability which contributes to their discrimination and precariousness. This statement is the result of a collective complaint filed by Unapei, APF France handicap, Unafam and FNATH.
Inclusive education for an Inclusive Europe – a critical perspective by Genitori Tosti
Inclusive education for an Inclusive Europe – a critical perspective by Genitori Tosti
Representatives of Genitori Tosti (member of COFACE Disability) attended a European expert meeting co-organised by AIAS and COFACE Disability to take stock of progress in inclusive education in Europe. The event took place at the end of March with 100+ participants in Monza (Italy) looking at the Italian system as a starting point for discussions with European peer countries and with EU policy-makers.
Paths2Include: A new 3-year European research project kicks off in Oslo
Paths2Include: A new 3-year European research project kicks off in Oslo
Paths2Include aims to find new solutions to overcome barriers to the inclusion of persons in vulnerable situations in the labour market. It will provide new gender-sensitive and comparative data on effective employment policies to foster inclusive labour markets. The project will tackle the dimension of discrimination based on gender, racial or ethnic origin, civil and family status, care responsibilities, disability and health, age and sexual orientation, in three labour market processes - recruitment, career trajectories and work exit.
Commission takes action to promote work-life balance in the EU
Commission takes action to promote work-life balance in the EU
To safeguard the right to work-life balance across Member States, in April 2023, the European Commission decided to continue infringement procedures against Belgium Czechia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Austria, and Slovenia by sending them a reasoned opinion for failing to notify national measures fully transposing EU rules establishing rights on work-life balance for parents and carers.
EU Cohesion policy – expected impact on social rights of children and families
EU Cohesion policy – expected impact on social rights of children and families
On 2 May 2023, the European Commission published a Staff Working Document: “Cohesion 2021-2027: forging an ever-stronger Union - Report on the outcome of 2021-2027 cohesion policy programming.” The report shows how the policy will provide investments worth a total of €545 billion, of which, €378 billion is funded by the EU.
Early Childhood Education and Care in times of trouble: Time for European minimum quality standards
Early Childhood Education and Care in times of trouble: Time for European minimum quality standards
Media release, 15th May 2023 International Day of Families As governments across the EU are called upon to increase the overall uptake of Early Childhood...