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Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

Board member since april 2014 - Medlem af forretningsudvalget siden april 2014The Danish Disability Umbrella with 35 member organizations with mores than 330.000 members with all types of disabilities.As vice-chair of the Danish disability umbrella I speak on behalf of persons with disabilities in Denmark and serve on a large number of boards, steering committees and other activities. I am specialised in physical accessibility and universal design as well as health issues, but I have worked with most areas related to disability. Examples of current activities are projects on introducing universal design to engineers (DTU), architects (KADK) and designers (DesignKolding) and updating a White Paper on Rehabilitation.http://www.handicap.dk/om-dh/http://international.handicap.dk/

Bruxelles Og Omegn

A member since 2020, alternate since September 2013.As member I serve on the EESC Bureau and as vice-president of Civil Society Organisations' Group (Group 3). I also serve on the sections on Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN) and on Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC). I am also a member of the Ad Hoc Group on Equality, of the Thematic Group on Disability Rights and of the Associational Life Category.I have worked on a number of opinions, including on strengthening of the Equality Bodies, the New EU urban mobility framework, New European Bauhaus, Emerging stronger from the pandemic, Strategy, he rights of persons with disabilities, Europe's beating cancer plan and Social Economy/Job Creation. Det Europæiske Økonomiske og Sociale Udvalg er et rådgivende organ for Den Europæiske Union. Udvalget yder ekspertrådgivning til EU's store institutioner (Europa-Kommissionen, Rådet for Den Europæiske Union og Europa-Parlamentet) ved at udarbejde udtalelser om forslag til EU-lovgivning samt såkaldte initiativudtalelser om emner. En af vores vigtigste opgaver er at bygge bro mellem EU's institutioner og det organiserede civilsamfund.www.eesc.europa.eu

The Danish Institute for Human Rights is an Denmark's independent national human rights institution. The institute is also a national equality body in relation to race and ethnicity and gender. Furthermore, the institute has a special role in the disability area where we promote and monitor the implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

The Women’s Council Denmark (WCD) is an umbrella organisation for over 40 different organisations. Together we work to promote women's rights and circumstances with the purpose of creating equality, nationally and internationally. Kvinderådet er en paraplyorganisation for over 40 forskellige samfundsorganisationer. Sammen arbejder vi for at fremme kvinders rettigheder og vilkår med det formål at skabe ligestilling, nationalt og internationalt.

Stockholm Og Omegn

Member since April 2017, Alternate since 2013.As appointed expert and committee member I council the Nordic Council on disability issues and the Committee can also raise issues and undertake initiatives. Most recently I am been a member of the project on new technology as a tool for increased inclusion of persons with disabilities on the labour market. https://www.norden.org/en/disabilityhttps://nordicwelfare.org/da/handicap/funktionshindersradet/

Høje Taastrup

Knowledge center about disability strives to achieve better opportunities to live active lives and being able to participate fully in society for people with disabilities. We gather knowledge, develop practice and council about adapted physical activity, education, rehabilitation and the inclusive labour market.The Knowledge Center on Disability is focused on ensuring that persons with disabilities can live active lives and can be a part of socitey. As vice chair I have especially been active when it comes to a project focusing on Nature for all.Vice-chair since March 2019

Høje-Tåstrup, Hovedstaden, Danmark

The Danish Disability Fund is administered by Disabled People's Organisations Denmark and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark. The Disability Fund is founded on a shared aim of realising the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and it supports cooperation between Danish Organisations of persons with disabilities and like-minded organisations in the Global South. As chairperson I guide the grant committee and the continued organisation of the work, as well as participating in the examination of the applications.https://handicap.dk/english/international-cooperation

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

The Danish Accessibility Association informs about the physical accessibility of buildings and outside areas. As chair I guide the work and the continued development of the Accessibility Scheme. Current key areas are the accessibility of the health sector and of the municipal level (which for example includes city halls, schools and sport facilities) and focus on Tourism for All and Nature for All.http://www.godadgang.dk/gb/main.asp Mærkeordningen God Adgang informerer om de fysiske adgangsforhold til bygninger og udearealer. www.godadgang.dk http://www.godadgang.dk/dk/a-maerket/forsideommaerkeordningen.asp

Ålborg, Nordjylland, Danmark

The primary objective of the Danish Health Technology Council is to target Danish healthcare resources at the technologies and interventions that provide best value for money, across both physical and mental health services. As council member I focus on ensuring equality of health and bringing attention to vulnerable groups in the health care system. Such as persons with a disability.

København, Hovedstaden, Danmark

A communication company focused on diversity and achieving an inclusive society. As consultant I support the CEO, my husband, in his work. Including work related to our joint book, “Lad os snakke om smerter” (let us talk about pain).

Social Development Center - SUS is an independent nonprofit consultancy focusing on user driven social innovation in order to create better conditions of life for socially vulnerable people. An example is a project on the prevention of violence in connection with users of the healthcare or social sector.https://www.sus.dk/english/

Århus Area, Denmark

Better work for more, That is Cabi's aim, - and it is all about securing a good future on the labour market for vulnerable unemployed - and that employees are retained through among other things prevention strategies.Bedre arbejde til flere. Det er Cabis mål, som handler om, at udsatte ledige skal have en god fremtid på arbejdsmarkedet, og at medarbejdere skal fastholdes, blandt andet ved at forebygge nedslidning. http://www.cabiweb.dk/organisation/

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

The association is a disability organization working for persons with fibromyalgia and other types of chronic pain. During my employment I helped move the organization from a situation where there is no contact with health authorities or the politicians making the decisions. I participated in the development of new chronic pain guidelines, established political connections and prepared the organization for the upcoming ICD-11 classification.

Korsør

The worlds most accessible holiday, sport and conference centerVerdens mest tilgængelige ferie-, sport- og konferencecenterhttp://www.musholm.dk/om-musholm/

The youth disabilities umbrella is focused on empowering the youth and giving them a chance to lead. I was headhunted to establish the development programme and empower youth with disabilities in Uganda. That partnership is still running and there are now additional projects in Sierra Leone and Rwanda. I also worked with empowering youth with disabilities in Denmark and help them raise awareness through campaigns.

DHF works to improve the lives of people with a physical disability. The Association has an office for development partnerships in the Global South and when I worked there my main project was the establishment of an association for youth with a physical disability in Ghana and secondary strengthening women with disabilities in Ghana.

Conflict Resolution

Facilitator

Voksenpædagogisk Grunduddannelse

Education record

Education record

International Baccalaureate

Education record

Jakarta and Malang