Date and time: 4 July, 18:00 - 18:55
What if we could vaccinate or alleviate the consequences of all the world's problems, not just viruses? What other pandemics would we vaccinate against and what would happen then? The Association for Development Issues (FUF) and the magazine OmVärlden call you to Sweden in the world square in Visby on 4 July at 18.00 for examination and preparation of vaccination plan […]
June 29, 2022, Almedalen - event, Calendar, Seminars
Disabled people do not have the opportunity to get to shelters in time during bombings, not least fleeing the country due to mobility impairments, writes Jesper Hansén in Omvärlden. Photo: Aleksey Filippov / UNICEF. Source: Flickr.
Of: Julia Lundén Azzeddine
The war in Ukraine has left great traces of destruction and has had serious consequences and changed living conditions for the country's civilian population. A particularly vulnerable group are the approximately 2,7 million Ukrainian residents with disabilities.
April 22, 2022, Notis
People with disabilities have a special vulnerability to increased climate change, according to the organization MyRight. Pictured: a wheelchair on the ground in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: MyRight.
Of: MyRight
People with disabilities are almost never included in the work for a better climate, nor do they receive information about climate change in available formats. Without information, it is difficult to be involved and change. It writes MyRight, the Swedish disability movement's organization for international development cooperation.
January 31, 2022, Guest chronicle