[accessbangla] Coherence between Reality and Public Policies:
- From: "Vashkar vattacharya" <vashkar79@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <accessbangla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:13:09 +0600
Experts at a policy dialogue yesterday underscored the need to bring amendments
to the existing laws related to the rights of the persons with disability
in line with the UN convention.
They also called for promoting rights-based approach towards empowerment of
persons with disabilities instead of charity-based approach.
Actionaid Bangladesh and Advancing Public Interest Trust (APIT) organised the
policy dialogue titled 'Rights of the disabled persons: Coherence between
reality and international policy framework,' at Cirdap auditorium in the city.
The dialogue was organised ahead of the inter-governmental ministerial meeting
on the 'Mid Point Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled persons,
2003-2012' to be held in Bangkok from September 19 to 21 to review the progress
and challenges in the implementation of Biwako Millennium Framework (BMF).
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
had adopted the resolution of 'promoting an inclusive, barrier-free and
rights-based
society for persons with disability in the Asian and Pacific region in the 21st
century'.
Bangladesh as well as 50 other countries of the region will submit a review
study at the inter-governmental ministerial meeting.
Actionaid Bangladesh and APIT jointly prepared an alternative research paper
highlighting the challenges and recommendations in the light of the BMF
priorities.
Presenting the research paper, Maliha Shahjahan, director, Research and Policy
Audit, APIT, criticised the role of the authority with regard to budget
allocation
for the development of physically challenged persons and highlighted the
vulnerable condition of women with disability.
"The state remains apathetic to the fundamental requirement of women with
disabilities to create equal opportunities," she said.
Although the 'National Disability Welfare Act 2001' emphasised the
rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, the present state of
rehabilitation infrastructure
remains weak with unskilled medical personnel and inadequate medical
rehabilitation services, she observed.
National ICT Policy has no transparent stand on the ICT-related accessibility
issues for physically challenged persons to turn them into human resources,
she maintained.
However, Mosharraf Hossain, country representative of Action on Disability and
Development, appreciated the government's role as the first ever country
to enact a law to establish the rights of persons with disability.
Social Welfare Secretary MA Hai Hawladar, Secretary General of Asia Pacific
Disabilities Forum Ryo Matsui, Deputy Director of Japanese Society for
Rehabilitation
of Persons with Disability Etsuko Ueno and Chairperson of National Forum of
Organisations Working with the Disabled Mansur Ahmed Choudhury also spoke.
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=3794
the paper have attached along the mail.
Best regards,
Vashkar Vattacharya,
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