EUROPE | FRA report "Inequalities and multiple discrimination in access to and quality of healthcare"

A new report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) identifies the specific barriers and experiences of unequal treatment in accessing healthcare that people may face because of a combination of their traits (e.g. ethnic origin, gender, age and disability).

The report finds that in such cases, people and their legal advisors often have difficulties in bringing a complaint of discrimination on 'multiple' grounds to court. This is either because of a poor understanding of 'multiple' discrimination, or because legally it is simply easier to deal with a complaint on only one particular ground.

The full report in English as well as fact sheets in different languages and more information about the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union is available on the agency's website.

Source: Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union