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"Health care for women with disabilities"
Latvia · Riga · National · See the Latvia profile
On 22 December, 2022, the Ministry of Welfare organised an online discussion "Health care for women with disabilities". During the discussion the current situation and the changes needed with different types of functional disabilities to be able to receive health care appropriat
Details
- Promoter
- Ministry of welfare — website
- Power domain
- Social Power
- Methods / tools
- Awareness-raising
- Region (NUTS)
LV00- Keywords
- Women with disabilities, health care
Context
On 22 December 2022, Latvia's Ministry of Welfare organised an online discussion on health care for women with disabilities. The session examined the current state of care and the changes needed across different types of functional disability so that women could receive appropriately adapted health services. Participants included the Ministry of Welfare, the Ministry of Health, non-governmental organisations, and women's health professionals.
Objectives
The discussion aimed to identify gaps in health care provision for women with disabilities and to explore what changes are needed to make services more accessible and appropriate to their specific needs.
Activities
The Ministry of Welfare convened an online roundtable bringing together government ministries, non-governmental representatives, and women's health professionals to discuss the topic collaboratively.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k) — A single online discussion event with no separate budget line documented.
- Time to results
- Short (< 1 year) — One-off event held on 22 December 2022.
- Staffing & skills
- Ministry of Welfare (Latvia), Ministry of Health (Latvia), Women's health organisations and professionals
Conditions for success
- Cross-ministerial participation (Welfare, Health)
- Involvement of women's health organisations and professionals with lived expertise
Where it fits
- Governance type
- national government (ministry-led)
- Scale
- national
Commonly funded by
National / regional programmes
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Promoter website — accessed 2026-06-14
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