.Sara Rocha shares the stories of forcibly sterilised women. "I can't imagine having my dream of motherhood and choice taken away from me" We call on the EU and its leaders Ursula von der Leyen Roberta Metsola António Costa to #EndForcedSterilisation: edf-feph.org/end-forced-ste…

No women should be deprived of becoming a mother if it's their dream! We need to #EndForcedSterilisation!

Victor was only 15 when he was placed in an abusive psych hospital in #Moldova. As a child with a #disability, he should have received support . This year, he achieved justice. Watch Victor's testimony. Support our seasonal appeal: shorturl.at/w4c7F youtube.com/watch?v=5Y0ILZ…

Judgment I.C. v. the Republic of Moldova - allegations by intellectually disabled woman of labour exploitation and sexual abuse after she had been taken out of State care hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion… #ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

LANDMARK RULING: European Court Finds Moldova Failed to Prevent Disability Servitude: In a legal first, the #ECtHR found violation of Art. 4 in respect of our client I.C., who was "placed" in a family under guise of #DI, where she was horrifically abused. bit.ly/3F0Hy7A

On #IWD, I want to share with you a report I wrote for Validity Foundation on their project examining violence against women with disabilities, access to justice and support services in the EU. Amazing project by Validity and partners! validity.ngo/2025/02/27/end…

Let's get #deinstitutionalization and the leadership of #survivors to the top of the agenda of the #GlobalDisabilitySummit 💪🏽 #GDS2025

Let's get #independentliving, #communityinclusion and #deinstitutionalisation on the agenda of the Global Disability Summit in Berlin next week! People with psychosocial disabilities must be at the table in all development programming #GDS2025 #CRPD TCI-Global

An important new study from Prof Gerard Quinn, looking at the need for enhanced investigations of the deaths of people with disabilities worldwide, and the reasons why states must take far greater steps to deal with structural discrimination.

On our way to the Civil Society Forum taking place before #GDS2025 starts tomorrow. Our advocacy priorities: 1. Get independent living & #deinstitutionalization on the agenda, 2. Legal capacity for all, 3. Leadership of persons with #psychosocial & #intellectual disabilities.

ENIL and Validity welcome the UN CRPD Committee’s recommendations, which reflect the concerns raised in our shadow reports and represent an important step toward strengthening the rights of persons with disabilities across the EU.

🔔 Join us for an important conversation on international cooperation and deinstitutionalization! As part of the ‘From Words to Practice’ webinar series by the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GCDI) on UN Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies,