Meeting with the Ukranian disability organization “Fight for Right”
On the 15th of March I met with these amazing women from the Ukrainian disability organisation Fight For Right. They have fled their homeland, with the clothes on their back, but not much else. And yet their focus is on their organisation and on helping more Ukrainians with a disability to flee the war.
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UN Commission on The Status of Women - CSW66
On March 22nd Sif Holst attended the 66th meeting of The UN Commission on The Status of Women - CSW66. These were her remarks during the meeting
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Chair of the Danish Knowledge Centre on Disability
Last week I had the honor of taking over as chair of the Danish Knowledge Centre on Disability. The Danish Knowledge Center on Disability works to ensure that people with disabilities have better opportunities to live an active life and experience full participation in society.
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Days of joy and despair
Before Easter I shared the following story with The Ehlers-Danlos Society. It’s my story of living with a rare disability.
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Disability and The EU
In May of this year, I participated in a meeting arranged by the Danish youth Organization European Youth. The purpose of the meeting was in the context of the EU becoming increasingly a social union to examine different measures taken pertaining to disability rights
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Inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities
People with intellectual disabilities and their families face discrimination, they are impacted on their rights and their life. The Danish organization for persons with intellectual disabilities, LEV, and the Nordic sister organizations in Inclusion Nordic recently held a 3-day meeting, exchanging knowledge and experience on creating change for persons for intellectual disabilities.
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Leaving No One Behind - Development Assistance for all
On Friday the 29th of April the Danish Minister for Development Assistance Flemming Møller Mortensen visited the House of Disabled People’s Organisations for a talk about people with disabilities and development work; about the disability organizations development work and the potential in creating partnerships with a focus on disability.
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The value of diversity
We are taught that the ideal is to be flawless, to have a perfect life, the perfect body, and the perfect mind. And when we are less than flawless, we should fight to improve ourselves or try to hide our flaws. But what will happen if we change the story, if we begin celebrating our differences?
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Campaigning in New York
On May 11th to 16th Sif Holst visited New York in order to further her candidacy to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, and to talk about her vision as a candidate.
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Comments for EESC Plenary Debate
During the plenary of the European Economic and Social Committee on the 18th to 19th of May, one of the debates was with Valdis Dombrovskis, the executive vice-president of the EU Commission. The debate was on achieving a resilient EU and the role of civil society on the EU recovery.
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Meeting with the Ukranian disability organization “Fight for Right”

On the 15th of March I met with these amazing women from the Ukrainian disability organisation Fight For Right.
They have fled their homeland, with the clothes on their back, but not much else. And yet their focus is on their organisation and on helping more Ukrainians with a disability to flee the war.

March 16, 2022
Sif Holst at the UN in New York

Getting the conversation started

On the 7th of February Sif Holst, candidate for the CRPD for the Government of Denmark and the Vice Chair of the Disabled Peoples Organization Denmark, spent the day in New York, at the permanent mission of Denmark to the UN

February 19, 2022
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