The Fight For Right team along with human rights activists and experts joined the preparation of the Forum in the format of the Future Search
To convince desperate skeptics of the advantages of inclusion, to eliminate discrimination against people with disabilities, and, in general, to achieve maximum compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities in Ukraine…
How to advocate for it even during the war, the participants of the steering committee for the preparation of the Forum in the format of the Future Search during the first meeting within the project ” Inclusion – let’s simply do it!”
The Fight For Right team along with human rights activists and experts joined the preparation of the Forum, which will be held in Lviv from October 1 to 4, 2024.
Members of the steering committee:
– Constanze Stoll, Internationales Bildungs- und Begegnungswerk gGmbH
– Tetiana Herasymova, Fight For Right
– Liudmyla Fursova, Fight For Right
– Karina Hrytsyuk, Fight For Right
– Nazariy Boyarsky, NGO “Democratic Initiatives Incubator”
– Bohdan Moisa, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
– Vadym Sydorenko, National Association of Advocates of Ukraine, Committee on Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
– Iryna Zemliana, Institute of Mass Information
– Iryna Yuzyk, Zmina
– Olexiy Nashivochnikov, Community of the Deaf
– Ksenia Semenova, Kyiv City Council deputy/rector of the National Aviation University
– Mariia Yasenovska, European Disability Forum
– Yana Salakhova, NGO “Theater of Changes”
– Niia Nickel, NGO “Epiprosvita”
– Stanislav Turina, Coalition for the Protection of People with Intellectual Disabilities/Atelienormalno
Constanze Stoll, representative of the Internationales Bildungs- und Begegnungswerk gGmbH (Germany), a leading partner of the ” Inclusion – let’s simply do it!” project, stated: “We developed this project because we believe that is no longer necessary to discuss whether to strive for an inclusive society and whether people with disabilities should have full access to education, culture, training, and work environment.
These issues were solved, and the answer is unequivocal – “Yes!!!” Therefore, the project’s goal is to create an accessible environment in the current situation in Ukraine and jointly explore what we can do to protect the rights of people with disabilities even now, during the war, and to ensure the removal of barriers and successful integration. The experience that we will gain, in our opinion, will also be significant during the rebuilding of Ukraine. “
At the first meeting, the organizing committee of the Forum succeeded, in particular:
– present the goals, objectives, and key activities of the project ” Inclusion – let’s simply do it!”;
– discuss concerns and expectations regarding the project and the Future Search method.
Recall that the result of the Forum should be practical solutions to eliminate barriers and implement the norms of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities in various fields of activity. The three mini-projects or prototypes of the best initiatives will receive financial support for their implementation.
The project “Inclusion – let’s simply do it!” is implemented by Fight For Right together with the NGO “Democratic Incubator Initiatives” in partnership with the Internationales Bildungs- und Begegnungswerk gGmbH (Germany) thanks to funds allocated by the German Federal Foreign Office within the framework of the program “Expanding cooperation with civil society in the Eastern Partnership countries.”
The cooperation is supported by funds from the Federal Foreign Office’s program “Strengthening Cooperation with Civil Society in the Eastern Partnership Countries.”
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