Save the date! Setting standards - discussing health inequalities in the context of the European Year of Citizens, November 13, Brussels

Centred on free movement, the discourse around the European Year of Citizens fails to acknowledge the deep inequalities still present in EU Member States, such as health inequalities.

Raising awareness of the discrimination and lack of access to health care often experienced by this group, the hearing will present tools to prevent mental health problems in persons who are homeless. Most importantly, the hearing will underline the idea that the European Year 2013 cannot be developed in a vacuum – active citizenship depends on active inclusion, and a fair democratic society cannot be achieved without the guarantee of a minimum standard of living.

 The hearing will take place this November 13, 2012 (14.00 – 16.30) at the European Parliament (Brussels), Room Paul-Henri Spaak P7C050.

 See the hearing’s draft programme

 To register, please fill in the registration form and e-mail it to Mental Health Europe Social Policy Officer Paulina Banas by October 21.

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