With the support of the Lifelong Learning
Programme of the European Union
Autism in Pink
Study Trip to Brussels
Meeting with Autism Europe, European Women’s Lobby and European Disability Forum
Meeting with MEPs at the European Parliament
View the AIP Presentation to MEPs
This presentation was given in English by representatives of the English, Spanish and Portuguese groups to MEPs Richard Howitt, Edite Estrela, Antigoni Papadopoulou and Jean Lambert.
As a result of the visit, UK MEPs Phil Bennion and Richard Howitt each tabled a parliamentary question under rule 117.
View Question E-004912/2014 and Answer
View Question E-003473/2014 and Answer
The group also visited the EU museum Parlamentarium
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Photos by Lolita Zvonkienė, Katie Drysdale, Maria Merino
Karima Zahi, Policy Officer & Project Coordinator Migration, asylum and anti-discrimination, European Women’s Lobby and the visiting group.
An-Sofie Leenknecht, Policy Officer for Women’s Advisory Committee, European Disability Forum and the visiting group.
Edite Estrela MEP, Richard Howitt MEP and the visiting group
Antigoni Papadopoulou MEP, Edite Estrele MEP and the visiting group
Richard Howitt MEP and the visiting group
In March 2014, women volunteers from each participating country visited Brussels to come together and meet socially, hear about the work of Brussels’ based NGOs: Autism Europe, the European Women’s Lobby and the European Disability Forum, and to present to MEPs at the European Parliament. This sharing and exchange of information was intended to inform and influence those able to make policy changes in Europe that could improve the lives of women with Autism.
