ADVOCACY

A Union of Equality

On June 27 OIFE volunteer Rebecca Tvedt Skarberg represented EURORDIS at the EU Meeting “A Union of Equality: Disability Rights and Strategies”, which was a seminar on examples of how to reach equality by using strategies to realize the rights of persons with disabilities. In order to highlight and raise awareness of the EU strategy…

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STORIES

Artists with OI: Erwin Aljukic

Erwin Aljukic is an actor, dancer, speaker and fashion journalist. Since 1998 he can be seen on TV, in the cinema and at the theater. In addition to acting, he studied fashion journalism and has been working as a freelancer ever since. In 2014 he devoted himself to contemporary dance. Aljukic has been a permanent…

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STORIES

Pride & OI

Nikita has a rare form of OI, immigrant background and came out as queer one year ago. She’s now one of the faces of an awareness campaign about being queer and disabled in Norway. Nikita says she’s missing more knowledge about disability and sexuality from teachers and general practitioners. Photo shows Nikita in a PRIDE-parade…

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Work & OI

Interview with Anni Kyröläinen, Finland Who are you and what is your relationship to OI? I am Anni Kyröläinen. I am 31 years old and I come from Finland. I was born in Eastern Finland and after high school I moved to Helsinki from my little little hometown. I studied political science in the university…

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