Ed
Publication Date
December 2005
32 p
This position paper concerns the processes for mainstreaming disability in development cooperation. Specifically, it is concerned with the ways in which SIDA can ensure that disabled people are active participants in development work and decision-making processes. The paper includes strategic areas for including persons with disabilities in SIDA's policies and programmes (on education, HIV and AIDS, poverty reduction, etc) along with a range of useful resources on global disability rights and websites on disability issues. This paper would be useful to anyone with an interest in mainstreaming disability in development cooperation, and in particular, to policy-makers, NGOs, and disabled people's organisations
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Keywords
Disability and social diversity; children with disabilities; Development/ Humanitarian; disability and development; persons with disabilities; Cross-cutting; policy; Inclusion; inclusion and mainstreaming; Global picture; poverty; Human rights; rights; participation; Education; inclusive education; development in general; development agencies; Health; sexual health