Advocating for better accessibility in all areas of life for persons with disabilities is one of the core activities of EDF’s work. 

The right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without discrimination on the basis of disability is a fundamental right enshrined in article 25 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Women with disabilities constitute 16% of the total population of women in the European Union and they have to face multiple and intersectional discrimination in all areas of life.

Young people are the future. To insure the presence of young people with disabilities within the youth movement, EDF is actively involved in numerous projects. 

As a founding member of the International Disability Alliance (IDA), we want to contribute to a diverse and effective disability movement globally.

The European Disability Forum wants to make sure the SDGs also become a reality for the 80 million Europeans with disabilities.

Ensuring inclusion on employment, social protection, public procurement and state aid, de-institutionalisation and independent living, European education and training programmes and the EU budget. 

The exclusion of representative organisations of persons with disabilities (DPOs) in decision-making processes on climate action has serious consequences. 

Equality and non-discrimination constitute a basic and general principle relating to the protection of human rights of all persons.

Refugees and asylum seekers with disabilities represent an invisible group of individuals who are forced to leave their countries in strongly disadvantaged situations.

Persons with disabilities face many issues in accessing a fair and equal justice in Europe. EDF advocates for this right for victims and for suspected and accused of crimes.

Despite the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by the EU and all its Member States, millions of persons with disabilities cannot fully take part in the democratic process. The European Disability Forum (EDF) advocates for the full and active inclusion of persons and organisations of persons with disabilities in political life.

It is important for Disabled Persons’ Organisations (DPOs) to try and influence the content and the priorities of each Presidency. Why are the Presidencies relevant for EDF and what does EDF do?

The Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is a group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) interested in promoting the disability policy in their work at the institution as well as at the national level.