people with disability

7th Festival delle Abilità: Disability, Citizenship and the Right to Participate, Milano, 12-20 september 2026

The 7th Festival delle Abilità is taking place in Milan from 12 to 20 September 2026, bringing together art, culture, debate and community initiatives around the theme “Citizenship – Diversity...
© Andrew Neel
Italy

"Navigare Insieme: Italy Without Barriers", Venice, 17–19 September 2026

From 17 to 19 September 2026, Venice will host the sixth stop of Navigare Insieme: l’Italia senza Barriere (“Sailing Together: Italy Without Barriers”), a project conceived by the Italian Sailing...
people with disability

This Ability Veneto 2026, Padova, 17-20 September 2026

From 17 to 20 September 2026, the 2026 edition of ThisAbility Veneto will take place. It will provide an opportunity to reflect on inclusion and to promote its implementation in...
Four young girls at school, each one with a white veil and in blue dress, seated side-by-side with their books.
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India

India, Women, and Reality

Legal Definition of Gender DiscriminationToday, despite decades of feminist movements and struggles for gender equality, gender discrimination remains a widespread phenomenon both internationally and within the Indian context. Within the...
The Pradiziolo woodland, now recognised as the 39th biotope of Friuli Venezia Giulia
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climate change

Fractured Metabolisms and Multispecies Kinships

IntroductionThe discourse surrounding the contemporary ecological crisis has outgrown the traditional boundaries of environmental science, transforming into a profound debate over human rights and the structural foundations of global capitalism....
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inequality

The wage gap of foreign workers in Italy

IntroductionThe report "The Wage Gap of Foreign Workers in Italy" has been published. It was produced for the Forum on Inequalities and Diversity by Giacomo Stazi, a research consultant at...
cultural participation

Art and Rights as a Journey

During the 61st International Art Exhibition in 2026, the Pinault Collection in Venice organised four contemporary art exhibitions across its two museum venues, Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana.These two...
research

Honorary Degree awarded to Laura Nota: reflections by Jean Guichard

Thursday 28 May 2026: notes from the conference​On 28 May, at 6 pm, we attended a discussion event organised by the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of the University...
United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy
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inclusion

Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities: The UN Strategy

In launching the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy in June 2019, the Secretary-General stated that the United Nations should lead by example and raise the Organization's standards and performance in...