Policy paper

Syria Reief

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

Your organisation

Type of organisation: Civil Society Organisation If other: Click or tap here to enter text. Name of organisation Syria Relief

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: Policy, legislation and its implementation

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Syria Relief commits to using the technical knowledge and expertise to support the development of policies on disability with the UK international Development and Humanitarian sector.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Over the next 5 years Syria Relief is committed to using the ‘Children living with disabilities inside Syria’ report to push for mainstream inclusion across all Disaster Risk Reduction and humanitarian sectors, and implement our commitments in the Charter ‘Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action’

B. Commitments for Inclusive Education:

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Capacity building: teachers and staff

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A twin-track approach is needed to improve provisions and services for children with disabilities during periods of conflict. Syria Relief commits to include children with disabilities within education; pursuant to SDG4.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Over the next 5 years, Syria Relief is committed to implement disability-specific efforts for children living with disabilities inside Syria, such as more inclusion in classes and schools, and specialised training for school faculty.

C. Commitments for Economic Empowerment:

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Inclusive environments in the workplace

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Syria Relief commits to gather evidence and share best practice from across our members’ programmes, and use this to scale up efforts to encourage greater awareness, especially in non-formal sector, and increase body of evidence on economic empowerment

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Through our 5 year research plan we aim to gather evidence that will produce the best policies and recommendations to empower the disabled economically.

D. Commitments for Data Disaggregation:

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

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Syria Relief commits to the collection of rigorous, reliable and comparable data and evidence on disability amongst our networks.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Following a 5 year plan – Syria Relief will undertake more evidence based research, giving organizations more essential info on Syria to shape projects and humanitarian assistance

E. Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities:

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Syria Relief commits to consider and take into account the different forms of discrimination that girls and women with disabilities experience within Syria over the next 5 years.

F. Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts:

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Syria Relief is committing to strengthening existing case management processes for persons with disabilities so that we and others can develop best practice to support and integrate children with disabilities in humanitarian projects.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) Over the next 5 years, we will be working with our partners to fulfil our commitments as laid out above and include children with disabilities across multiple sectors.