'There are so many barriers for disabled women,' says Waterford campaigner

Aoife Price, one of 13 Irish delegates to the Fifth European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities who will be calling on Irish MEPs to support implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Barriers preventing disabled women from entering politics and academia need to be removed, said a member of the Irish delegation to the European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities (EPPD).

The parliament’s fifth sitting takes place in Brussels on Tuesday, with 700 participants expected.