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Advocacy for CRPD in Plan Nepal’s Social Inclusion Programme Presentation for Civil Society CRPD Forum, 5 September 2012Silje Vold, Child Rights and Advocay Advisor, Plan Norway
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The Situation in Nepal
• Persons With Disabilities live in neglect and humiliation
• Data is limited and inconsistent• Most people with disabilities live in rural
areas, and about 1/3 are children. • About 50% of disabilities are caused by
disease and accidents, and armed conflict increases prevalence of disability
• Health is compromised due to lack of accessible sanitation and clean water sources.
• Access to health and education is limited, particularly due to physical and attitudinal barriers.
• Different types of discrimination intersect and overlap (gender, caste, ethnicity etc).
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Plan Nepal’s experience: Advocacy, programming and capacity building
• Social Inclusion and Non-Discrimination Project has been implemented for the past 10 years, with support from Plan Norway and funded by Norad.
• The overall aim is to contribute to the realisation of the rights of persons with disabilities.
• A key partner has been the National Federation of Disabled Nepal (NFDN).
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Three components:
• Advocacy - seeking to influence and hold the government to account at all levels
• Direct interventions to address violations of the rights of persons with disabilities (especially children).
• Capacity building – strengthening networks of Persons with Disabilities at local / village levels.
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Joint Advocacy on the CRPD
• Development of national level and district level action plans on disability for 32 districts
• Establishment of a CRPD monitoring plan - consultation sessions were organized to identify gaps in implementation.
• Disability Budget Auditing – holding Village Development Committees and District Development Committees accountable.
• Advocacy and support to the Central Bureau of Statistics to incorporate disability in the population census for 2011.
• Advocacy for a disability friendly constitution.• Disability caucus in parliament. • One key achievement has been a monthly
allowance for PWDs
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Capacity building and participation
• Establish, support and strengthening of networks of persons with disabilities at village and district levels, supporting them to be able to advocate for themselves.
• Local network advocate to local government to ensure laws and policies are being implemented.
• Encouraging children with disabilities to participate in child and youth clubs.
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Plan Nepal’s experience on child rights monitoring and reporting
• Plan Nepal supported NGO partners in CRC monitoring and reporting in 2004
• The organization has engaged in child rights advocacy at national and district levels.
• Children with disabilities are mentioned particularly in the CRC concluding observations on Nepal.
• The experiences in child rights monitoring, reporting and advocacy have given the organization a solid foundation for advocacy on the rights of persons with disabilities.
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Concluding remarks• Cooperating with Disabled Persons
Organizations and networks is key to the success of the project. Empowering representative groups has inherent value.
• Partnerships are mutually beneficial. There is a need to bring in child rights into the disability discussions, and disability rights into discussions about children.
• Focusing on holding duty bearers to account at all levels is essential – following CRPD ratification, advances are made in policy-making, but not necessarily in implementation at local level.
Thank you!