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D isability Inclusive Development Training– L eave No One Behind

T raining Manual

T able of contents

1. Introduction

2. Agenda for the Day

3. Evaluation Form

4. Hand Outs 1, 2 & 3 – Illustration Of Different Models Of Disability

5. Hand Out 4 – Barriers That Block Participation

6. Hand Out 5 – Understanding Disability And Impairment

7. Hand Out 6 – Key Factors For Effective Disability Inclusive Development

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8. Hand Out 7 – Understanding DPOs And Other Disability Related Organisations

9. Hand Out 8 – African Regional and National DPOs

10. Hand Out 9 – The Convention On The Rights Of Persons Of Persons With Disabilities (UNCPRD)

11. Hand Out 10 – The UNCPRD and African Countries

12. Hand Out 11 – Disability, Human Rights and the SDGs

13. Hand Out 12 – How Do The SDGs Relate To The UNCRPD

14. Hand Out 13 – Rights Based Approach to Disability and Development

15. Handout 14: Other Relevant Resources

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Introduction

The call to Leave No-One Behind became particularly loud during the time that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were being put together. Disabled people, and many other groups, had been totally ignored by the previous 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Disability and the needs of disabled people were not mentioned once in these Goals, nor in their Targets or Indicators. The 17 SDGs are very different, with 7 targets explicitly referring to disability and the needs of disabled people, alongside many implicit references through the use of the word “all”.

If the road we are moving along is towards greater inclusion of disabled people, then the question is how do we travel? The answer is, in the words of a World Vision training pack discussing such matters and from where

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some of the material in this pack has been taken, “Travel Together”. This means getting to know disabled people, and their organisations, often referred to as Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs). It means treating them as equals within development activities. Most importantly it means sharing the same destiny – Inclusion and Participation.

Possibly the biggest change between the MDGs and the SDGs has been the call for disaggregated data concerning disabled people. This is not only to assist with the identification of different impairments but also to help measure the level of disability inclusion that development agencies are achieving in their work and how. Additionally, on 13th December 2006, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This has been adopted and ratified throughout the world, including by the majority of countries in Africa, as the guiding principles from which they assist their disabled communities.

In practice, the progress of the CRPD has been patchy. However, it does appear to have influenced the development of the SDGs (see Handout 11 below). It has also increased the promotion of, what has become known as, a Rights Based Approach to Disability. This is based around a ‘social’ model of disability, rather than the more traditional ‘medical’ or ‘charitable’ models.

People come to the subject of disability from a number of different backgrounds. For example, you may be a doctor who specialises in working with disabling conditions. Alternatively, you may be a therapist -e.g. physio, OT or SLT – whose role is to assist disabled people in their functioning. Most importantly though, you may be a disabled person, who is wanting to live their life alongside their friends and family in the community. We welcome you whatever your background but ask you to respect that the focus of today is how we can include disabled people as equal and participating members of our activities. Enjoy the day and have fun but be ready to be challenged.

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Agenda for the dayDisability Inclusive Training

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10:00 am: Arrival/Registration/Coffee10:30am: Welcome from Hub Cymru Africa – Fadhili Magiya10:35am: Introductions/Icebreaker. Activity with Kangas - Susannah

Kimani10:50am: Personal Experience of disability. Group Activity - Sian Tesni11:00 am: Introduction to Disability - Different Approaches. Interactive

session - Paul Lindoewood & Hilary Williams (Summing up with Disability Rights)

11:30 am: Differences between Wales and Africa. Group Activity - Sian Tesni

11:45 am: Rights Based Approach to Disability and Development - Ruth Nortey

12:15 am: Links to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)12:20 am: Lunch Hour13:30 pm: Disability Inclusive Development - Introduction Sian Tesni

Experiences of exclusion13:40 pm: Game of Life. Group Interactive Session - Sian Tesni14:10pm: Disability Inclusive Development is a process not an activity -

Sian Tesni & Paul Lindoewood14:30 pm: How Wales Africa can fit into the Disability Inclusive

Development process - Groups to answer 4 questions(Fadhili)

15:00pm Brief Tea & Coffee break & bring back to workshops15:15 pm Engaging with local disabled communities. Case Studies - Hilary

introduces the 3 speakers:-• Susannah Kimani - A parents perspective• Paul Lindoewood - Working with DPO’s• Ruth Nortey - Centres for Independent Living

15:30 pm: What can we do differently? - Group Activity writing on cards 16:00pm: Feedback/Summing Up of Day

Resources for groups Hilary Williams/ Sian Tesni/Fadhili Maghiya

16:30pm Finish

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Handout 1: Individual ModelsMedical Approach

Society

Disabled People

Activities ‘fix’ disabled person, who is ‘sick’, so they can join ‘normal’ society• Disability is a problem in the person• A traditional understanding of disability• Focuses on a person’s impairment as the obstacle• Seeks to ‘cure’ or ‘improve’ individuals to ‘fit’ them into society• Defines the disabled person only as a patient with medical needs• Segregates disabled people from the mainstream• Offers only medical help, carried out by specialists• Expensive, tends to benefit relatively few

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Handout 2: Individual ModelsCharity Approach

Society

Disabled People

Activities ‘help’ disabled person who is ‘helpless’ and outside ‘normal’ society• Disability is a problem in the person• They are seen as ‘unfortunate’, ‘dependent’ or ‘helpless’• They are regarded as people who need pity and charity• Assumes people with impairments cannot contribute to society or support

themselves• Provides them largely with money or gifts, such as food or clothing• Disabled people become long-term recipients of welfare and support• Aid provided by specialist organisations not mainstream development

• Disabled people viewed and kept as separate group

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Handout 3: Individual ModelsInclusive Approach

Society

DisabledPeople

Activities focus on inclusion – disabled people are part of society

• Focuses on society, not disabled people, as the problem• Regards disabled people as part of society, rather than separate• People are disabled by society denying their rights and opportunities• Sees disability as the social consequences of impairment• Disabled people’s needs and rights are the same as non-disabled

people’s – e.g. love, education, employment

• Activities focus on identifying and removing attitudinal, environmental and institutional barriers that block inclusion.

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HANDOUT 4: Barriers that block inclusivenessINTRODUCTIONThere are three big roadblocks preventing disabled people from participating in society on equal terms with non-disabled people. Here they are… AttitudinalPrejudice, discrimination and stigma cause the biggest problems for disabled people, who are assumed to be one or more of the following:• Incapable/inadequate• Of low intelligence• In need of a ‘cure’• Needing ‘special’ services or support• Dependent• Inspirational/marvellous/exceptional

People who make these judgements treat the disabled person as superfluous or superhuman. They either fail to respond to the individual – with all their inherent personality, strengths and weaknesses – or they assume they have ‘superhuman’ abilities to cope with their impairment.

Non-disabled people can respond with fear, pity, repulsion, or a sense of superiority. These assumptions and emotions are reinforced by the media. Negative language reflects and can reinforce prejudices. Disabled people wish to change the language used by non-disabled people about them – especially language that is offensive and inaccurate.

EnvironmentalDisabled people encounter these barriers in areas such as:• Public transport• Hospitals and clinics• Schools and housing• Shops and marketplaces• Offices and factories• Places of worship• Media and communications• Public information systems

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Most people think of the physical barriers in this category – e.g. a health clinic is inaccessible for wheelchair users if it has steps and narrow doorways. It’s relatively easy to identify these – in consultation with disabled people – once aware.

But communications can also be disabling for those with sensory impairments – e.g. for Deaf people if there’s no sign language; for those with visual impairments if medication isn’t appropriately labelled. Poor communication can have devastating results where important school-based education campaigns happen (e.g. HIV and AIDS).

Students with hearing, visual or intellectual impairments are unlikely to access vital information unless their access needs have been met. And since 98 per cent of disabled children in developing countries don’t attend school, they’ll miss out on important education and information. A Ugandan study found 38 per cent of women and 35 per cent of men with impairments had a sexually transmitted disease at any one time.

Institutional

These barriers exclude or segregate disabled people from many areas:

• Legal system• Employment laws• Electoral system• Education policies• Health service provisions• Social services• Belief systems and religion• Humanitarian/development agency policies

Many of the systems we take for granted have become ‘no-go’ areas for disabled people. Their marginalisation is similar to the negative treatment of women and ethnic minorities.

Exclusion from institutions has a knock-on effect – poorly regulated special education often makes fewer academic demands on pupils,

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and smaller schools expose them to a limited range of cultural experiences. The virtual exclusion of disabled people from teacher training colleges also limits the number of qualified disabled teachers as role models for disabled and non-disabled pupils in mainstream schools.

Families make assumptions their disabled child will never work independently. So they don’t press the government to provide suitable formal education, or encourage the child to pursue a career. With such low expectations, disabled people can easily become fatalistic about their own prospects.

Micro-finance institutions often have policies which are highly discriminatory. They may exclude deaf people on the assumption they won’t be able to talk directly with staff; or refuse to lend to a visually impaired businessperson on the grounds they’re not likely to make a profit as a disabled entrepreneur. These are real examples.

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HANDOUT 5:

Understanding Disability and Impairment

What do we mean by disability?• The result of limitations imposed on people with impairments• Those limitations prevent their full participation in society• Attitudinal, environmental and institutional barriers prevent their inclusion.

What do we mean by impairments?• Problems in body function or structure• Examples are: lacking part of or all of a limb; or a limb, organ or body mechanism that doesn’t fully function• May be long-term or short-term, physical, sensory, neurological, intellectual, mental or physiological• Multi-impairments are where a person has more than one impairment• Conditions caused by disease or injury that affect a person’s functioning or appearance.

What causes them?• Some impairments are congenital due to genetic factors• Other impairments can be caused by an injury or illness before birth• Others can be caused by injury or illness after birth• A person can have multi-impairments from one or more causes.

How do they affect people?• Physical impairment affects a person’s body movement and/or appearance (e.g. cerebral palsy, limb loss)• Sensory impairment affects sight, hearing, speech, smell, taste, sensation/feeling, physical balance (e.g. blindness, hearing loss)• Neurological affects nervous system, speech, motor skills, vision, memory, muscles, learning abilities (e.g. epilepsy, multiple sclerosis).• Intellectual impairment affects cognitive functioning and behaviour

(e.g. Down’s syndrome, learning difficulties)• Mental illness affects thinking, moods, ability to relate and capacity

for coping with life (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder).

How should we respond?• Use the social model to understand disability

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• Challenge stigma and discrimination• Realise that limitations may depend on other factors such as

personality, background, support networks, cultural context• Note that regardless of their impairment, a person can be ‘disabled’ by

society because of stigma and prejudice.

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HANDOUT 6:Key factors for effective disability inclusive development

While effective disability inclusive development looks different in each setting, projects can have many things in common. Five key factors for effective disability inclusive development are shown across the eight case studies.These factors are highlighted as a framework to learn from and enable reflection. The five factors are:

Empowering people with disabilities to advocate for their rightsThese initiatives seek to build the capacity and self confidence of people with disabilities and their families to organise themselves to lobby and advocate for change and make informed decisions about their needs.

Advocacy to build awareness of and support for disability inclusion. Advocacy and awareness raising activities aim to challenge the negative attitudes towards people with disabilities, raise awareness of rights and build government and community support for inclusion of people with disabilities.

Building capacity of governments, institutions and service providers to implement disability inclusive approaches If people with disabilities are to be meaningfully included in mainstream development programs and community activities, it is crucial that governments, institutions and service providers have the knowledge and skills to adapt their programs accordingly. This factor emphasises the importance of building the capacity of others to implement disability inclusive approaches.

Provision of disability specific supports and services to enable participation of people with disabilities in the community. This factor refers to the provision of rehabilitation, assistive devices and medical services to assist people with disabilities to improve their level of functioning and reach their maximum potential.

Working together with government and networking with other community based organisations for coordinated, sustainable projects. Developing partnerships with other organisations is vital to ensure a coordinated and effective approach to disability inclusion. This factor considers how different organisations work in partnership to minimise duplication and maximise the use of existing local resources

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HANDOUT 7:

Understanding DPOs and other disability related organisations

What are Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs)• Are organisations OF disabled people

• Many represent people with a particular impairment

• In countries where the disability movement isn’t strong, there may only

be two or three impairment groups represented

• Some national level DPOs are known for their lobbying, such as the

National Union of Disabled People Uganda (NUDIPU), and Federation

of Disability Organisations in Malawi (FEDOMA)

Some are represented at regional and international level, like the

Some are represented at regional and international level, like the• Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD) and Disabled

People’s International (DPI)• Many are small, relatively weak in capacity and focus on meeting the

immediate needs of their members• The most important aspect of DPOs is their ability to understand the

needs in their locality and to mobilise disabled people• With support DPOs can be effective partners in community

development programmes for mainstream initiativesSelf-help Groups • Are groups of disabled persons not yet registered as DPOs• Tend to be more common in rural and semi urban contexts where

DPOs have yet to reach, or for groups who lack the resources to formally apply for registration

• Play an important role at local level in connecting disabled people with each other

• Often offer social support and can be mobilised to provide economic assistance in emergencies

• Can be an important link between disabled people and community development programmes and should be sought when carrying out assessment activities.

Disabled non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

• Are organisations working FOR disabled people

• Include large international NGOs like SightSavers, Leonard Cheshire

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• Disability, CBM, Sense International, Sue Ryder Care, Handicap

International and Action on Disability and Development

• Some specialise in particular impairments, some are more focused on

building the capacity of disabled people and their representative

organisations

• Numerous national NGOs target disabled people specifically, e.g.

Uganda Foundation for the Blind, and Association for People with

Leprosy in Angola

• Include faith-based charities supporting special needs schools or

vocational training centres or working to help produce artificial limbs

• In many cases medical/rehabilitation needs may be primary support

focus

• Many are moving to rights-based approaches.

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HANDOUT 8:African regional and national DPOs

The first meeting of the 9-member Executive Council of the African Disability Forum (ADF), the membership organization of Disabled Persons’ Organizations (DPOs) in Africa, took place 14-15 March 2016 in Addis Ababa. During the meeting the Council approved for ADF membership 8 Continental DPOs, 4 Sub-Regional DPO Federations and 34 National DPO Federations, as follows:Continental DPOs:

1. African Down Syndrome Network (ADSN)2. African Federation of the DeafBlind (AFDB)3. African Union of the Deaf (AUD)4. African Youth with Disabilities Network (AYWDN)5. Disabled Women in Africa (DIWA)6. Inclusion Africa7. Pan African Federation of the Disabled (PAFOD)8. Pan African Network of People with Psychosocial Disabilities

(PANUSP)Sub-Regional DPO Federations:

1. Eastern Africa Federation of the Disabled (EAFOD)2. Central Africa Federation of Persons with Disabilities (CAFOD)3. Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD)4. West Africa Federation of Persons with Disabilities (WAFOD)

National DPO Federations/Networks:1. Algeria – Fédération Nationale Algérienne des Personnes

Handicapées (FNAPH)2. Angola – Associacâo Nacional de Deficientes Angolanos (ANDA)3. Benin – Fédération des Associations des Personnes Handicapées du

Bénin (FAPHB)4. Botswana – Botswana Federation of the Disabled (BOFOD)5. Burkina Faso – Fédération Burkinabé des Associations des

Personnes Handicapées (FEBAH)6. Burundi – Union des Personnes Handicapées du Burundi7. Cameroon – Plateforme Inclusive Society for Persons with Disabilities

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8. Chad – Union Nationale des Associations des Personnes Handicapées du Tchad

9. Brazzaville – Union Nationale des Associations des Personnes Handicapées du Congo (UNHACO)

10. Equatorial Guinea – ASSONAMI11. Ethiopia – Federation of Ethiopian National Associations of

Persons with Disabilities (FENAPD)12. Gabon – Fédération Nationale des Associations des Personnes

Handicapées du Gabon (FNAPHG)13. Gambia – Gambia Federation of the Disabled (GFD)14. Ghana – Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD)15. Guinea – Fédération Guinéen des Associations de/pour les

personnes handicapées (FEGUIPAH)16. Ivory Coast – Confédération des Organisations des Personnes

Handicapées de Cote d’Ivoire (COPHCI)17. Kenya – United Disabled Persons of Kenya (UDPK)18. Lesotho – Lesotho National Federation of Organizations of the

Disabled (LNFOD)19. Malawi – Federation of Disability Organizations of Malawi

(FEDOMA)20. Mali – Fédération Malienne des Associations de Personnes

Handicapées (FEMAPH)21. Mauritania – Fédération Mauritanienne des Associations

Nationales de Personnes Handicapées (FEMANPH)22. Mauritius – Mauritius Federation of Disabled Persons

Organizations23. Mozambique – Mozambique Federation of the Disabled

(FAMOD)24. Namibia – National Federation of People with Disabilities in

Namibia25. Niger – Fédération Nigérienne des Personnes Handicapées

(FNPH)26. Nigeria – Joint National Association of Persons with Disability

(JONAPWD)27. Rwanda – National Union of Disability Organizations of Rwanda

(NUDOR)

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28. Sao Tome – Associação dos Deficientes de SaoTomé e Príncipe (ADSTP)

29. Senegal – Fédération Sénégalaise des Associations de Personnes Handicapées (FSAPH)

30. Somalia – Somalia/Somaliland Disability Network (SOSODIN)31. Tanzania – Tanzania Federation of Disabled Peoples

Organizations (SHIVYAWATA)32. Togo – Fédération Togolaise des Personnes Handicapées

(FETAPH)33. Uganda – National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda

(NUDIPU)34. Zambia – Zambia Federation of the Disabled (ZAFOD)

In addition, the Council approved for ADF Associate membership:1. Albinism Society of South Africa2. Consortium of African Diasporas in the United States for the Social

and Economic Inclusion of People with Disabilities (CADUS)3. Ethiopian National Disability Action Network (ENDAN)4. National Paralympics Committee of Congo Brazzaville5. Universal Design Africa

The ADF Executive Council Chairperson, Mr. Shuaib Chalklen, welcomed the DPOs and organizations to formal membership in ADF, and urged national DPO federations in other African countries to apply for ADF membership. He also encouraged interested organizations sharing ADF principles and objectives to apply for ADF Associate membership.Executive Council members were informed that the Board of the International Disability Alliance (IDA) had granted ADF full IDA membership, and the Council approved ADF membership in IDA. The Council also approved the ADF 2016 Work Plan and Budget and thanked IDA, the UN Partnership Fund for Promoting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) and Disabled Persons Organizations of Denmark (DPOD) for their continuing partnership and support.Observing the Council meeting were 4 ADF interns presently in Addis Ababa for an orientation to ADF and to African regional institutions. They include:Ms. Betty Najjemba, Uganda (East Africa), 27, hearing impairmentMs. Tchotchom Virginie, Cameroun (Central Africa), 28, mobility impairmentMr. Thabiso Maysenyetsi, Lesotho (Southern Africa), 28, visual impairmentMr. Sissoko Mamadou, Mali (West Africa), 33, albinism

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For further information about ADF and ADF membership please contact: africandisabilityforum@gmail.com

HANDOUT 9:

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The convention on the rights of persons of persons with disabilities (UNCPRD)

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106) was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for signature on 30 March 2007. There were 82 signatories to the Convention, 44 signatories to the Optional Protocol, and 1 ratification of the Convention. This is the highest number of signatories in history to a UN Convention on its opening day. It is the first comprehensive human rights treaty of the 21st century and is the first human rights convention to be open for signature by regional integration organizations. The Convention entered into force on 3 May 2008.

The Convention follows decades of work by the United Nations to change attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities. It takes to a new height the movement from viewing persons with disabilities as “objects”  of charity, medical treatment and social protection towards viewing persons with disabilities as “subjects” with rights, who are capable of claiming those rights and making decisions for their lives based on their free and informed consent as well as being active members of society.

The Convention is intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, social development dimension. It adopts a broad categorization of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. It clarifies and qualifies how all categories of rights apply to persons with disabilities and identifies areas where adaptations have to be made for persons with disabilities to effectively exercise their rights and areas where their rights have been violated, and where protection of rights must be reinforced.

The Convention was negotiated during eight sessions of an Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly from 2002 to 2006, making it  the fastest negotiated human rights treaty.

Read the complete text of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:

• Convention: English [HTML] – Optional Protocol: English [HTML]• Convention and Optional Protocol: English [Print PDF] [Accessible

PDF] [Word]

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The UNCPRD and African Countries

Countries not signed up: Western Sahara, Botswana, Eritrea, Lesotho, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Sudan.

UNCRPD Status in Africa

CountryConvention Signature Date

Protocol Signature Date

Convention Ratification Date

Protocol Ratification Date

Algeria 30-3-2007 30-3-2007 4/12/2009 --

Angola -- -- 19-5-2014 19-5-2014

Benin 8/2/2008 8/2/2008 5/7/2012 5/7/2012

Botswana        

Burkina Faso 23-5-2007 23-5-2007 23-7-2009 23-7-2009

Burundi 26-4-2007 26-4-2007 22-5-2014 22-5-2014

Cameroon 1/10/2008 1/10/2008 -- --

Cape Verde 30-3-2007 -- 10/10/2011 --

Central African Republic 9/5/2007 9/5/2007 -- --

Chad 26-9-2012 26-9-2012 -- --

Comoros 26-9-2007 -- -- --

Congo (Republic of the)

30-3-2007 30-3-2007 2/9/2014 2/9/2014

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Cote d Ivoire 7/6/2007 7/6/2007 10/1/2014 --

Democratic Republic of Congo

-- -- -- --

Djibouti -- -- 18-6-2012 18-6-2012

Egypt 4/4/2007 -- 14-4-2008 --

Eritrea -- -- -- --

Ethiopia 30-3-2007 -- 7/7/2010 --

Equatorial Guinea -- -- -- --

Gabon 30-3-2007 25-9-2007 1/10/2007 26-6-2014

Gambia -- -- 7/7/2015 7/7/2015

Ghana 30-3-2007 30-3-2007 31-7-2012 31-7-2012

Guinea 16-5-2007 31-8-2007 8/2/2008 8/2/2008

Guinea-Bissau 24-9-2013 24-9-2013 24-9-2014 --

Kenya 30-3-2007 -- 19-5-2008 --

Lesotho        

Liberia 30-3-2007 30-3-2007 26-7-2012 --

Libya 1/5/2008 -- -- --

Madagascar 25-9-2007 25-9-2007 12/6/2015 --

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Malawi 27-9-2007 -- 27-8-2009 --

Mali 15-5-2007 15-5-2007 7/4/2008 7/4/2008

Mauritania -- -- 3/4/2012 3/4/2012

Mauritius 25-9-2007 25-9-2007 8/1/2010 --

Morocco 30-3-2007 -- 8/4/2009 8/4/2009

Mozambique 30-3-2007 -- 30-1-2012 30-1-2012

Namibia 25-4-2007 4/12/2007 4/12/2007

Niger 30-3-2007 2/8/2007 24-6-2008 24-6-2008

Nigeria 30-3-2007 30-3-2007 24-9-2010 24-9-2010

Rwanda -- -- 15-12-2008 15-12-2008

sao Tome and Principe -- -- --  

Senegal 25-4-2007 25-4-2007 7/9/2010 --

Seychelles 30-3-2007 30-3-2007 2/10/2009 --

Sierra Leone 30-3-2007 30-3-2007 4/10/2010 --

Somalia -- -- -- --

South Africa 30-3-2007 30-3-2007 30-11-2007 30-11-2007

South Sudan -- -- -- --

Sudan 30-3-2007 -- 24-4-2009 24-4-2009

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Swaziland -- -- -- --

Togo 23-9-2008 23-9-2008 1/3/2011 1/3/2011

Tunisia 30-3-2007 30-3-2007 2/4/2008 2/4/2008

Uganda 30-3-2007 30-3-2007 25-9-2008 25-9-2008

United Republic of Tanzania 30-3-2007 29-9-2008 10/11/2009 10/11/2009

Western Sahara Republic -- -- -- --

Zambia 9/5/2008 29-9-2008 1/2/2010 --

Zimbabwe -- -- 23-9-2013 23-9-2013

HANDOUT 11:

Disability, Human Rights and the SDGs

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HANDOUT 12:HOW DO THE SDGs RELATE TO THE UNCRPD

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HANDOUT 13:Rights Based Approach to Disability and Development

What is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)?The Convention is a list of human rights guaranteed to disabled people to

improve their access to society, employment and education.

How many counties have adopted the treaty? 173 countries have ratified the convention and agreed to ensure disabled

people have equal rights as other citizens in their counties.

Has the UK agreed to the convention?Yes, in 2009 the UK Government gave a formal commitment to ensure the

equal rights of disabled people including the right to full enjoyment of their

lives and full participation in society.

What rights are protected the Convention?The Convention protects the civil, social, economic, cultural and political

rights of disabled people. These are:

Equality before the law without discrimination Right to life, liberty and security of the person Equal recognition before the law and legal capacity Freedom from torture Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse Right to respect physical and mental integrity Freedom of movement and nationality Right to live in the community Freedom of expression and opinion Respect for privacy Respect for home and the family

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Right to education Right to health Right to work Right to an adequate standard of living Right to participate in political and public life Right to participate in cultural life

What is the Optimal Protocol to the Convention?The Optimal Protocol strengthens the implementation of the Convention.

Once countries have agreed to the optimal protocol, individuals may raise

complaints directly to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with

Disabilities and the Committee has permission to conduct inquiries into

grave or serious violations of the Convention.

The UK has agreed to the Optimal Protocol.

How is the convention monitored?Each country has a duty to produce a strategy on how they will promote,

protect and monitor the implementation of the Convention.

The Committee pm the Rights of Persons with Disabilities reviews reports

submitted by each country stating the steps which have been taken to

implement the Convention. The Committee also has the right to perform

inquiries into counts that have ratified the Optimal Protocol.

How often does each country have to submit a report?A country has to submit an initial report two years after signing up to the

Convention. Following this a report is required every four years or when

requested by the Committee.

When is the UK’s next periodic review?

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The UK is due to be reviewed by the Committee in the summer of 2017. The

UK Government will submit a report to the Committee outlining the

measures it has taken to implement the Convention on the Rights of

Persons with Disabilities.

What is the shadow report?The shadow report has been produced by Disabled People’s Organisations

(DPO’s) across the UK in consultation with disabled people. The report

argues that the UK Government is not taking into account the rights of

disabled people as outlined in the Convention, during its policymaking

process and have in fact implemented policies that have made life worse for

disabled people in the UK.

What concerns are highlighted in the report?The report highlights many concerns including:

the impact of austerity measures of disabled people such as; welfare

reform policies and cuts to social care budgets which have negatively

impacted on disabled people’s standard of living and are preventing

them from playing an active role in their communities.

There have been a marked increase in the use of compulsory

detention and forced treatment which is not compatible with rights

outlined under the Convention.

A reduction in health and social care budgets are preventing disabled

people from living independently

Concerns regarding the level of disability hate crime

Delays in the implantation of reasonable adjustments in the workplace

Inadequate or no investigation into deaths of people with learning

difficulties or mental health conditions whilst in the care of the state.

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The report sets out recommendations to the UK and Welsh Government,

which can be read in full: www.disabilitywales.org/blog/wales-report-on-

disability-rights-is-launched/.

How will the report be submitted to the Committee?The report will be submitted to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with

Disabilities to consider alongside the UK Governments report.

Additionally, a delegation of representatives from UK DPO’s will meet with

the Committee in Geneva, in March 2017. This will be an opportunity for the

DPO’s to lobby the Committee and inform them directly of the priority areas

of concern, for which the DPO’s would wish the Committee to question the

UK Government on.

HANDOUT 14:OTHER RESOURCES

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An infographic of the CRPD can be found here: www.un.org/disabilities/documents/COP/cosp9_infographic.pdf

Dialogues on Sustainable Development: A Disability-Inclusive Perspective: https://www.cbm.org.au/documents/Global%20Goals/CBM_Inclusive_Development_Dialogues_2015.pdf

Addressing Poverty Through Disability Inclusive Development http://www.cbm.org.au/documents/FactSheets/CBM%20IP%20Case%20Studies/CBM%20IP%20Case%20Study%20Brochure_PDF%20version.pdf

Inclusion Made Easy: http://www.cbm.org/article/downloads/78851/CBM_Inclusion_Made_Easy_-_complete_guide.pdf

The Future is Inclusive: http://www.cbm.org/article/downloads/54741/Disability Inclusive Development_series1_The_Future_is_Inclusive.pdf

CBM DISABILITY INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT Toolkit: (latest publication revised 2017): Good background reading with lost of information and tips for workshops: http://www.cbm.org/article/downloads/54741/CBM-DISABILITY INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT-TOOLKIT-accessible.pdf

Africa Disability Alliance – Advocacy Toolkit: https://www.cbm.org/article/downloads/54741/Disability_Mainstreaming_Toolkit.pdf

End the Cycle of Poverty and Disability material; videos; personal stories: http://www.endthecycle.info/

Infographic on SDGs related to CRPD: http://www.cbm.org/article/downloads/54741/CRPD-A4LEAFLET-2-inhouseprint.pdf

Latest information on CRPD ratification: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/

Convention: Ratifications/Accessions: 172o Signatories*: 160o Optional Protocolo Ratifications/Accessions: 92o Signatories*: 92o (* Signatories include countries or regional integration

organizations that have signed the Convention and its Optional Protocol)

o https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on- the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html

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Nice slide of the global list of signatories etc. – I wonder if you can blow up Africa so people can see the map? http://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/2016/Map/DESA-Enable_4496R6_May16.jpg

African Disability Forum: http://africandisabilityforum.org/ International Disability Alliance: (International DPOs)

http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/ (great of extra resources and more information on the topics covered in the workshop- also many of these members will be working in African countries/ have members in these countries)

International Disability and Development Consortium: https://iddcconsortium.net/ (great for resources and again the members will be working in different countries in Africa – in some several members – often in collaboration and in others one – very rare to have no INGO supported programmes).

Abilis Finland: http://www.abilis.fi/en/ An organisation for the development of grassroots DPOs and supporting persons with disabilities.

Sign Language

Accessible PDF World Federation of the Deaf: International Sign Language videos World Federation of the Deaf: National Sign Languages

Easy read versions* It’s about Ability!  An explanation of the Convention on the Rights of

Persons with Disabilities (UNICEF) Easy-read version of the CRPD – English

Other related publicationsCRPD Training Guide – PDF (OHCHR, 2014)

CRPD Training Guide   – PDF   (OHCHR, 2014) Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of

Persons with Disabilities The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Training

Guide (Website) (PDF). Professional Training Series No. 19 (OHCHR, 2014)

Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Guidance for human rights monitors. Professional Training Series No. 17 (OHCHR, 2010)