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Zu viele Frauen und Mädchen sind noch immer schutzlos. Dies hat uns der starke Anstieg der häuslichen Gewalt während der Coronavirus-Pandemie vor Augen geführt. Dadurch wurde sichtbar, wie häufig diese Menschenrechtsverletzung auch heute noch vorkommt. Der Internationale Tag für die Beseitigung der Gewalt gegen Frauen am 25. November bietet die Gelegenheit, sich neu um einen wirksamen Schutz der Frauenrechte und um ein der Gewalt gegen Frauen zu bemühen.
FRA’s Director Michael O’Flaherty joins a high-level panel on 24 November on the impact of the pandemic on children’s education. FRA will also speak on an expert panel on children’s increased risk of exposure to violence and the difficulty in accessing protection and support services.
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FRA, as co-chair of the Frontex Consultative Forum, presented the Forum’s Annual Report to the European Parliament’s Schengen Working Group.
On 14 November, FRA took part in the 2020 PROTECT Expert Forum. The event explored existing and emerging issues surrounding migration management in Europe, in light of the UN Global Compacts on Refugees and Migrants.
FRA’s Director attended a Frontex Management Board meeting on 10 November which addressed key fundamental rights issues.
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On 16 and 17 November 2020, FRA hosted the third meeting of the relaunched EU Roma Working Party via videoconference. On the first day, the national Roma contact points discussed the new EU Roma Strategic Framework on equality, inclusion and participation presented by DG JUST.
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The NGOs Human Rights Watch, Refugee Rights Europe, in cooperation with the End Pushbacks Partnership network, hosted an online event on 18 November. It looked at pushbacks and rights violations at EU’s internal and external borders.
FRA’s Director in his video statement to the online General Conference of the European Coalition of cities against racism (ECCAR) on 19-20 November spoke of the serious patterns of discrimination and discriminatory attitudes towards certain population groups. He also pointed to how the COVID-19 pandemic has made matters worse.
This video statement by FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty was recorded for the 2020 General conference of the International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities (ICCAR): “CommunicAction – A common front to protect human rights at the local level”.
The EU’s Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies are stepping up their mutual cooperation on digitalisation. Earlier today, the Heads of JHA Agencies came together for a virtual annual meeting, chaired by Eurojust, where they had a first exchange on Artificial Intelligence and digital capacity building, training tools and innovative learning. With the COVID-19 pandemic having served as a catalyst for teleworking and videoconferencing, the agencies agreed to explore avenues for closer cooperation in order to shape the digital future of law enforcement, border management and justice that respects fundamental rights.
FRA took part in a meeting of the Public Interest Litigation Project on 17 November.
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FRA asked 482 Roma and 123 Travellers about their daily life and experiences of discrimination in Belgium in a survey carried out in 2018 and 2019.
Der Schutz der Rechte von Kindern ist wichtiger denn je. Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung von COVID-19 können sich dauerhaft auf unsere Kinder und unsere Zukunft auswirken. Der Weltkindertag am 20. November erinnert uns daran, dass wir uns verstärkt um den Schutz der Rechte aller Kinder bemühen und ihnen die Möglichkeit geben müssen, die Zukunft mitzugestalten.
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On 20 November, the national launch of FRA’s Roma and Travellers Survey takes place in Belgium.
The European Parliament’s Children Rights Coordinator’s Office will host online training on 19 November on how the Parliament can further protect and promote child rights in its work. The training targets Members of the European Parliament and their political support.
On 18 November, FRA will take part in the online meeting of the European Commission Working Group on Common Values and Inclusive Education.
FRA will take part in a session on developing tailored anitsemitism prevention strategies and education offerings for the youth. It is part of a German Presidency of the EU event on the role of prevention and education in anti-Semitic hate speech.
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FRA will participate in a CEPOL online seminar on addressing antisemitic hate crime. The aim of the webinar is to enable participants to describe the prevalence and forms of hate crime against Jews.
On 13 November, the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) hosted its first Fundamental Rights Dialogue - a virtual event that gave young people an opportunity to voice their fundamental rights concerns and discussed ways to solve them with FRA's Director Michael O'Flaherty.
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FRA held an inception meeting on 11 November with its research network, FRANET, to discuss updating its report on Guardianship systems for children deprived of parental care in the EU.