Policy paper

Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA)

Published 23 July 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018

IMPORTANT: Please refer to the accompanying guidance note for advice on completing this form and please fill in all four sections in English.

1. Your organisation:

Type of organisation: Civil Society Organisation

If other: Disabled people organization (self help organization)

Name of organisation Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA)

2. 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.

My organisation signs up to the Summit Charter for Change ☒

3. 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: Policy, legislation and its implementation

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit): Nepal has somehow policy, law and legislation regarding the persons with disabilities but the implementation parts are too weak of the government. On the others hand due to changes of the government structure due to federalization, government bodies are some confusion which services are provides from which structures so government need to make sure to implement of the policies and need to develop new guideline to implement in each level of governments.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) On the behalf of disabled people organization, we will do advocacy and lobby to make implementation of the policies regarding the person with disabilities along with advice to the government in each activities as well as policies formation and implementation.

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B. Commitments for Inclusive Education

C. Commitments for Economic Empowerment

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Additional resources and implementation

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): on the behalf of the organization, we are doing some activities of the awareness raising, advocacy and lobby to implement the inclusive education policies and plan of the government and also support some resources in inclusive education for the sensitization to teachers and civil society who are direct related to education.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) We have plans to contribute to SDG 20130- goal no. 4 and implement of inclusive education by the advocacy and lobby to the government, awareness raising program at schools as well as parent awareness program

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Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Skills development for decent work

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): On the behalf of organization, we are forming self help group of women with disabilities in community level and will do need assessment. After need assessment we will provide skill based training for the job or income generating of women with disabilities along with seed money provide to them for their further business and livelihood activities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) It is a on-going process for us. There is not time limitation. Each and every year we are doing this kind of activities in community level

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D. Commitments for Technology and Innovation

E. Commitments for Data Disaggregation

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy and guidance

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): We are giving pressure to the government to make inclusive policies in technology and innovation also supporting our expertise to make policy formulation. Along with we are doing sensitization and awareness raising program within disabled people organization.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) This program is continuing going on so there is no time limitation.

Please copy and paste this box for additional commitments under this theme. We are working together with Nepal Tele communication Authorities specially focus on how to make accessible mobile services for the person with disabilities in Nepal. There is also draft develop of the guideline but still not endorse by the government.

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Commit resources to support strengthened disability data

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

We are supporting and contribution our ideas and knowledge to collect disaggregated data base system in national data collection of the government of the disabilities. So, we are attending consultation meeting of the government regarding the data collection and doing also advocacy and lobby to the government to manage disaggregated.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) Within 4 year because the government is going to collect date coming 2021

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F. Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities

G. Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Due to working for the rights of women with disabilities organization, We are doing many activities for the upliftment the situation of women with disabilities. We are focusing specially Gender based violence and their socio-legal support. We will do commitment to work for the legal justice of women with disabilities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) There is no time limitation because it is a going on process

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Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit): We are working on Disability inclusive disaster risk management within holistic approach of the government after the earthquake as well as we are doing advocacy and lobby for the Disability inclusive development in humanitarian actions.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We have some project in this context so working together with government by the coordination and collaboration so there is also not time limitation.

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