Katrin Langensiepen
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Katrin Langensiepen (born 10 October 1979) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections. Langensiepen is the first woman Member of the European Parliament with a visible disability.
Political career
Before her election to the European Parliament, Langensiepen had been serving as a member of the City Council of Hannover.{{cite web | url= https://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Frueher-Rat-Hannover-heute-EU-Parlament-Katrin-Langensiepen-im-Interview| title= Früher Rat heute EU-Parlament – wie geht es Ihnen, Frau Langensiepen?| last= Doeleke |first=Karl |publisher= Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung | date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=December 29, 2020}} Langensiepen has called for reforms to the system of sheltered workshops in Europe, which offer vocational training to people with disabilities. According to Langensiepen "in Germany, we are talking about 300,000 people working in the sheltered workshops for one euro average per hour".{{cite web | url= https://euscream.com/apostles-of-intersectionality-challenge-europe-transcript/| title= Apostles of Intersectionality Challenge Europe – Transcript|publisher= EU Scream | date=October 23, 2020 |access-date=December 29, 2020}}
In parliament, Langensiepen has since been serving on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/europawahlen/2019/gewaehlte/bund-99.html|title=Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge|work=Der Bundeswahlleiter|language=de|access-date=2 December 2019}} In 2022, she also joined the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sedcms/documents/PRIORITY_INFO/558/Composition%20nominative%20des%20commissions%20PEGA%20COVI%20ING2_24.03.2022_EN.pdf Members of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic] European Parliament.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220321IPR25923/parliament-names-meps-to-sit-on-three-new-committees Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees] European Parliament, press release of 24 March 2022.
In addition to her committee assignments, Langensiepen is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights,[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-childrens-rights.pdf Intergroup on Children’s Rights] European Parliament. the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability[http://www.edf-feph.org/newsroom/news/bureau-disability-intergroup-european-parliament-established Bureau of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is established] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223162750/http://www.edf-feph.org/newsroom/news/bureau-disability-intergroup-european-parliament-established |date=23 February 2020 }} European Disability Forum, press release of 14 February 2020. and the European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer.[https://ecpc.org/intergroup/ Intergroup] European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC). She is one of the few visibly disabled members of the European Parliament.{{Cite news |last=Hurtes |first=Sarah |date=2023-11-25 |title=Despite Bans, Disabled Women Are Still Being Sterilized in Europe |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/world/europe/europe-disabled-women-sterilization.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |issn=0362-4331}}
Other activities
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Category:MEPs for Germany 2019–2024
Category:21st-century women MEPs for Germany
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