The Council of Europe’s Women@PACE group and Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development held a joint meeting on the discrimination cancer survivors can face after treatment. The discussion focused on the “right to be forgotten” and the need to prevent past diagnoses from creating unjustified barriers to insurance, credit, employment and other aspects of everyday life. Parliamentarians, researchers and medical experts highlighted the lasting social, professional and economic effects of cancer. They noted that long term survivors may encounter difficulties when applying for mortgages, life insurance and other financial services, and argued that a past diagnosis should not indefinitely determine a person’s ability to work, borrow, obtain insurance or plan for the future.
Council of Europe meeting highlights discrimination against cancer survivors in credit, insurance and employment
A Council of Europe meeting examined discrimination against cancer survivors in insurance, credit, employment and other areas. Participants emphasized the “right to be forgotten” so that past diagnoses do not create unjustified long term barriers to financial services or working life.