“As a disabled person, I don’t often see myself or my peers reflected in stories the media tells about disability. At worst, we’re reduced to a set of symptoms. At best, to a set of achievements, stripped of context, privilege, and community. It’s a version of disability created, written and produced by people who believe they’re being neutral - because the room they’re in has no one in it to tell them otherwise.”
Read MoreAccess Media: A free webinar series on disability and representation in Irish media
Disabled Women Ireland, in partnership with the Disability Participation News Hub, is delighted to launch Access Media, a series of five free online webinars exploring the involvement and representation of disabled people across Irish media, funded by Coimisiún na Meán.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, we appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters to discuss the proposed Disability (Amendments) Act 2025. Our co-chairpersons, Amy Hassett and Nem Kearns, highlighted the need for reforms that better reflect the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, while noting that the current amendments represent a missed opportunity for meaningful change for disabled people.
Read MoreJust before Christmas, the UN CRPD Committee published its List of Issues for Ireland.
A “List of Issues” report for the UNCRPD is a set of questions and concerns that the UN asks a government to answer about how it is meeting its obligations under the UNCRPD.
It guides the government’s repsonse and shapes the UN’s review of Ireland under the UNCRPD in a few years time.
Ahead of this report, we wrote a report for the CRPD Committee and met with them to discuss areas of concern for us.
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