Ingrid Thunem
“I believe that independent living philosophy and learning how to take charge in your own life are important principles to make sure we are equal participants in society. As a person I am organised, energized and very engaged within the politics of people with disabilities. I promise to do my best to represent a wide interest and always listen too those who have different experiences than me. As a non-binary lesbian with AD/HD I am used to taking an intersectional approach which I will also bring with me.”
Elena Kochoska
Elena Kochoska has been active as a Disabled advocate and Human Rights issues for more than 19 years. She has been involved in advocacy, public campaigns, research and mentoring. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of St. Kliment Ohridski in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Elena has experience in working with numerous international organizations with focus on Human Rights, Disability and Gender Equality issues. She has several publications to her credit in the field of disability, addressing the impact of multiple-discrimination and promoting our participation and independent living and effective implementation of CRPD.
Radoš Keravica
Rados Keravica has been ENIL’s Board member since 2017 and served as the Board Member of ENIL Youth Network from 2015 – 2017 and as ENIL Youth Network Chair from 2017 – 2019. He holds M.A. degree in Human Rights Law from the Central European University, Hungary, and MSc and BSc degrees in International Economics from the University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Currently, he works at the University of Leeds in the Centre for Disability Studies as a researcher under the DARE Project (Disability Advocacy Research in Europe). His research concerns the right of disabled children to be heard and express their views in life matters which concern them and exercising autonomy and decision-making in childhood.
He has extensive experience of disability advocacy as he worked for Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI) from 2011 to 2016 as the Regional Officer for Europe supporting national DPOs to apply holistic participatory human rights monitoring methodology devised by DRPI to monitor the implementation of CRPD.
He also worked as a disability rights specialist in consultancy capacity for UN Human Rights Team in Serbia and later as the Human Rights Project Associate coordinating joint UN project “Autonomy, Voice and Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Serbia” supported through UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2018 – 2019) focusing on the legal capacity regime reform in Serbia, empowerment of women and girls with disabilities and employment of persons with disabilities.
Jamie Bolling
Jamie Bolling (Co-chair) is the director of the Independent Living Institute (ILI) in Stockholm and the co-chair of ENIL – the European Network on Independent Living. She was a member of the European Fundamental Rights Platform’s Advisory Panel from 2010 – 2014.
Jamie has a Masters degree in Social Anthropology and work experience in disability research, international development cooperation, hate crime as well as other areas concerning disability issues. She is today the vice President of MyRight, working with International Disability Development Cooperation, and the project leader for the project called Disabled Refugees Welcome which is run by ILI.
Combining her experience in politics as a county counselor and from different appointments at local, regional, national and EU level, with her vast knowledge of the international disability movement, Jamie works for progress in Independent Living issues, the self-determination of disabled people, access to equality and full participation of disabled people in our societies.
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