{"id":5361,"date":"2024-02-06T16:49:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/?p=5361"},"modified":"2024-02-17T13:34:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T12:34:12","slug":"nyhetsbrev-1-2024-disabled-refugees-welcome-ratten-till-arbete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/2024\/02\/nyhetsbrev-1-2024-disabled-refugees-welcome-ratten-till-arbete\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #1 2024 Disabled Refugees Welcome \u2013 the right to work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Take a course with us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DRW &#8211; RTA organizes courses on several important and interesting topics: the philosophy of independent living, disability and migration laws, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities etc. etc. In this newsletter we also have an interview with our Head of Education Suzanne Elmqvist and links to our education brochure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashraf Frugh, who started his internship with us last autumn, is now employed. Here is a text about his first year in Sweden that he wrote during the autumn. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other things in this newsletter \u2013 a Work Caf\u00e9 about health, Nelly and Catalina&#8217;s essay and two new interns in the project!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5362\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/januarinatt_skogsvag-910x500.jpg\" alt=\"Ploughed jogging track in Nackaskogen late one evening in January. The snow and the road illuminated by some street lights, forest and pitch black all around. About 15 degrees below zero at the time and crunching snow under our feet.\" width=\"400\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/januarinatt_skogsvag-910x500.jpg 910w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/januarinatt_skogsvag-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/januarinatt_skogsvag-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/januarinatt_skogsvag-1536x844.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/januarinatt_skogsvag-2048x1126.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/januarinatt_skogsvag-1200x660.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Calendar:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MONDAY 26\/2 14:00 \u2013 16:00<br \/>\n<strong>Follow-up of the Human Rights Days<br \/>\n<\/strong>Hybrid: In the large conference room in the office and on zoom<\/p>\n<p>TUESDAY 27\/2 14:00 \u2013 18:00<br \/>\n<strong>Work caf\u00e9\/study visit at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/paralife.se\/\"><strong>Paralife<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>In Paralife&#8217;s premises: Nya Gatan 2, Nacka<\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5358\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/suzanne_arbetskafe_2-816x500.jpg\" alt=\"Suzanne talks to one of the participants at a work caf\u00e9.\" width=\"399\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/suzanne_arbetskafe_2-816x500.jpg 816w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/suzanne_arbetskafe_2-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/suzanne_arbetskafe_2-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/suzanne_arbetskafe_2-1536x941.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/suzanne_arbetskafe_2-2048x1255.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/suzanne_arbetskafe_2-1200x735.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 85vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/2024\/01\/ta-del-av-vara-utbildningar\/\">Check out our training courses<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The fact that Disabled Refugees Welcome \u2013 Right to Work (DRW \u2013 RTA) would organise training was already included in the planning stage. &#8220;There is a low level of knowledge about the problems that migrants with disabilities face when they come to Sweden,&#8221; says Suzanne Elmqvist, the project&#8217;s education manager, in this interview. Follow the links to the article and on to our Education Brochure!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5181\" style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ashraf-i-vimlet-mr-dagarna-helsingborg-797x500.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of Ashraf in the crowd.\" width=\"401\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ashraf-i-vimlet-mr-dagarna-helsingborg-797x500.jpg 797w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ashraf-i-vimlet-mr-dagarna-helsingborg-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ashraf-i-vimlet-mr-dagarna-helsingborg-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ashraf-i-vimlet-mr-dagarna-helsingborg-1536x964.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ashraf-i-vimlet-mr-dagarna-helsingborg-2048x1286.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ashraf-i-vimlet-mr-dagarna-helsingborg-1200x753.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 85vw, 401px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/2024\/01\/ashraf-nu-anstalld\/\">A Different Kind of Nightmare<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Ashraf Frugh has now been hired as an advisor and field worker on the project. Here is a text he wrote shortly after he started as an intern in the project in the autumn. In a vivid way, he talks about the relief of coming to Sweden, but how this was exchanged for the hell of unemployment \u2013 applying for lots of jobs without hardly even getting an answer.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5363\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/catalina-nelly-deras-bild-beskuren.jpg\" alt=\"Nelly and Catalina with their arms around each other's shoulders, smiling at the camera.\" width=\"400\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/catalina-nelly-deras-bild-beskuren.jpg 773w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/catalina-nelly-deras-bild-beskuren-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/2024\/01\/oversikt-av-forskningen-om-de-halsorelaterade-erfarenheterna-av-migranter-med-funktionsnedsattningar-pa-den-svenska-arbetsmarknaden\/\">Read Nelly and Catalina&#8217;s essay!<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Catalina Fipper and Nelly H\u00f6lter, who interned in the project during the autumn, have written an essay, a paper, on the connection between migration, disability, employment and health. Different definitions of important concepts, such as <em>health<\/em> and <em>disability, <\/em>made comparisons between different studies difficult, they write.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5313\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ak_om_af-991x500.jpg\" alt=\"Blurry (anonymized) picture of a computer with an ongoing zoom meeting on one half and the Swedish Public Employment Service's logo next to it.\" width=\"400\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ak_om_af-991x500.jpg 991w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ak_om_af-1024x517.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ak_om_af-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ak_om_af-1536x775.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ak_om_af-2048x1033.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ak_om_af-1200x605.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/2024\/01\/arbetsformedlingen-och-ohalsa-nastan-synonymt\/\">Work Caf\u00e9, theme health\/Swedish Public Employment Service <\/a><\/h2>\n<p>For many unemployed people, the relationship with the Public Employment Service is of great importance for their health. The Work Caf\u00e9 that we had on the theme of health came to be almost exclusively about different participants&#8217; (bad) relationships with the Public Employment Service. A lot of it has to do with a feeling that the administrators are not listening.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5370\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/luana_och_leonie-826x500.jpg\" alt=\"Collage with pictures of Luana and Leonie.\" width=\"397\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/luana_och_leonie-826x500.jpg 826w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/luana_och_leonie-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/luana_och_leonie-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/luana_och_leonie-1536x930.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/luana_och_leonie-2048x1240.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/luana_och_leonie-1200x727.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 85vw, 397px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Two new interns: <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/2024\/01\/ny-praktikant-i-projektet-leonie-griesers\/\">Leonie Grie\u00dfers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/2024\/01\/ny-praktikant-i-projektet-luana-butzer\/\">Luana Butzer<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Two new interns joined the project in January. Leonie is studying Social Work in the field of Mental Health and Addiction at the Cooperative State University Villingen-Schwenningen (DHBW) in Germany and Luana is studying Social Work \u2013 Youth, Family and Social Welfare at Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Cooperative State University in Germany. They are here until March.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a course with us! DRW &#8211; RTA organizes courses on several important and interesting topics: the philosophy of independent living, disability and migration laws, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities etc. etc. In this newsletter we also have an interview with our Head of Education Suzanne Elmqvist and links to our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/2024\/02\/nyhetsbrev-1-2024-disabled-refugees-welcome-ratten-till-arbete\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Newsletter #1 2024 Disabled Refugees Welcome \u2013 the right to work&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7],"tags":[36,58,26],"class_list":["post-5361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nyhetsbrev","category-projektnyheter","tag-disabled-refugees-welcome","tag-funktionshinderpolitik","tag-funktionsrattskonventionen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5361"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5401,"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361\/revisions\/5401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test1.disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}