Inclusion in Switzerland (Swiss Press Text 2023, by Samanta Siegfried)

Inclusion in Switzerland

ZEIT Schweiz

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2023

Samanta Siegfried

Switzerland is failing to adequately fulfill the goals of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This means that the approximately 1.8 million people with disabilities are being denied basic rights. This article follows four people with disabilities and asks what they want and what hurdles they face when it comes to inclusion.

Author

Samanta Siegfried / Swiss Press Award

Samanta Siegfried

Freie Journalistin, Basel, 1987

Geboren in Bern. Studium der Medienwissenschaften und Ethologie in Basel und Friedens- und Konfliktforschung in Indien. Absolventin der Reportageschule in Reutlingen. Reporterin der Agentur Zeitenspiegel und Redaktorin der Zeitschrift natur. Seit 2017 freie Journalistin, u.a für ZEIT Schweiz, NZZ, Beobachter, Swissinfo.

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