ChildHope UK
Published 23 July 2018
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Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018
Your organisation
Type of organisation: Civil Society Organisation
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Name of organisation ChildHope UK
Charter for Change
Please read the attached Summit Charter for Change: the principal legacy of the Summit. If your organisation is happy to sign up to the Charter, please confirm by putting a cross in the box below.
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Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries
A. Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination:
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Stereotypes, attitudes and behaviours
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):
ChildHope will provide inclusion training for staff, local partners, community members and key programme stakeholders on the Social Model and human rights-based approach to disability so that individuals are able to address their own discriminatory attitudes and behaviours, as well as challenge stigma and discrimination within others.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
By 2020, as a priority within ChildHope’s five-year Strategic Plan.
B. Commitments for Inclusive Education:
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Capacity building: teachers and staff
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
The proportion of children and young people with disabilities represented in ChildHope’s education programmes will better reflect that of the society our partners are operating in. For example, in Ethiopia over 500 girls with disabilities will have access to education and be supported to transition to secondary education as part of the DfID-funded Girls’ Education Challenge.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
By 2021, as a priority within ChildHope’s five-year Strategic Plan and the overall impact of the Girls’ Education Challenge programme in Ethiopia.
C. Commitments for Data Disaggregation:
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Commit to use the Washington Group questions
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
ChildHope and its local partners will use the Washington Group Questions in programme planning and review so that the organisation can clearly articulate the positive change in the lives of girls and boys with disabilities.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
By July 2019, as a priority within ChildHope’s five-year Strategic Plan.