
EESC Social Affairs
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Combating all forms of exclusion: we are a bridge between #CivilSociety & EU institutions on #education #disability #gender #employment #citizenship & #EURoma
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#COSP18 in full swing at the United Nations States, experts & stakeholders join to discuss the impact of funding cuts, harnessing new tech & the protection of indigenous people with disabilities. As we look for solutions, we will recall: "Nothing about us without us". #DisabilityRights


#COSP18 side events are in full swing: European Parliament & UNICEF organised an event on youth employment; #TeamEurope spoke at the Poland in the UN event on the potential of persons with disabilities & at a LithuaniaUN🇱🇹 | #StandWithUkraine event on inclusive motherhood. Stay tuned for more on #disabilityrights




Want to know more about the European Economic and Social Committee #FundamentalRights and #RuleofLaw Group? ☕️Have a coffee with Ozlem Yildirim (🇫🇷-workers) and Christian Moos (🇩🇪-CSOs), the Vice-Presidents of the Group! 👁️bit.ly/4jRdFFF 👁️bit.ly/4jMxVIw

Last day of the #COSP18 ! Our member Dovile Juodkaité is speaking at the side event organised by EU Justice on #AI : opportunities and risks for persons with #disabilities


The #EESCPlenary is discussing the EESC Social Affairs opinion on the new action plan on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights by SReisecker. Follow live: europa.eu/!qQ64Yc Read more: europa.eu/!QG4GMc


♿️The #EUDisabilityStrategy cannot stop halfway through its ten years of existence. We need new actions that clearly improve the lives of people with disabilities #pwd and keep #DisabilityRights high on the 🇪🇺EU agenda 🗣️ Ioannis Vardakastanis #EESCPlenary Read👉europa.eu/!6KQ8Tn


The #EESCPlenary is discussing the EESC Social Affairs opinion on addressing the loss of purchasing power, inequalities, exclusion, and marginalisation by Mari Carmen Barrera. Follow live: europa.eu/!qQ64Yc Read more:europa.eu/!ybTTWY


♀️🟰♂️Now more than ever, it is vital that the European Economic and Social Committee joins the call for a #GenderEquality society. This resolution is a powerful commitment to dignity, inclusion and real change — for us all, in all our diversity #WomenRights Rapporteur Sif Holst Read👉europa.eu/!BgWxKP


The EESC adopts an opinion on how to address the loss of #purchasingpower and the risk of rising #inequalities, exclusion and marginalisation. Rapporteur Mari Carmen Barrera gives an overview in this video 📽️ Read more here 👇 europa.eu/!ybTTWY #CostOfLiving #EESCPlenary

The #EESCPlenary is discussing the EESC Social Affairs opinion on support to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring by Tatjana Babrauskiene. Follow live: europa.eu/!qQ64Yc Read more: europa.eu/!npKyyJ




🇪🇺🇭🇺On 23-24/06 European Economic and Social Committee #FundamentalRights & #Ruleoflaw Group visits #Hungary to hear civil society about: ▫️ social partners ▫️ civic space ▫️ media freedom ▫️ equality ▫️ rule of law 👁️ 2019 FRRL Group report: europa.eu/!MVnd9N 👁️ EC report: europa.eu/!NVfhm3

Workers' Group EESC SReisecker EAPN Li Andersson Social Platform S&D Group European Economic and Social Committee EESC Social Affairs Oxfam EU UNICEF Representation to EU Institutions EU Social 🇪🇺 Today in Gorizia intervening at the International Festival on OSH at work, another key area of the opinion on the Action Plan. We need a comprehensive approach to social policy


At its June #EESCPlenary, the European Economic and Social Committee adopted a forward-looking opinion on the future of the #EUStrategy on the Rights of Persons with #Disabilities. It calls for a more ambitious and binding approach for the 2025–2030 period. Read more 👇 europa.eu/!WjY3Df


🇭🇺🇪🇺On 23-24/6, European Economic and Social Committee #FundamentalRights & #Ruleoflaw Group visited #Hungary and heard from civil society about: ▫️ social partners ▫️ civic space ▫️ media freedom ▫️ equality ▫️ rule of law Find the delegation statement here: europa.eu/!8Pvrbt


