PARVIS News August 2022

New Rights-reporting podcast episode on habilitation and rehabilitation

The newest Rights-reporting podcast episode focuses on the important right of access to habilitation and rehabilitation, stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, article 26.

The episode features two experts – Barbara Martin Munoz from Spain and Irma Jokstyte from Lithuania. In addition, Conchi Blocona, who is an instructor of rehabilitation at the Spanish Association ONCE, tells us a story about a woman called Belen and certain obstacles she encountered at the workplace. We will hear about barriers and challenges, but also about possibilities and tools for solutions.

You can read here the podcast episode transcript.

New video on rights of visually impaired children

Watch the newest awareness-raising video on the rights of visually impaired children, according to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10.3 and article 7 in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Translated videos in 9 other languages will be available on the PARVIS YouTube channel September 7!

Seminar on non-discrimination in Amsterdam, 18-19 October, 2022

A seminar on the topic of discrimination related to receiving information in accessible ways in the education, healthcare and employment areas, is organised in the Corendon Village Hotel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on October 18 and 19, 2022.

Please register online by filling out this registration form until September 8 (extended deadline) at the latest. Should you have any difficulties with the registration form or have other questions or need assistance related to the please contact mariem.sene@euroblind.org.