Policy paper

Cameroon Ministry of Social Affairs

Published 23 July 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Form for submitting commitments for the GlobalDisability Summit 2018

Your organisation:

Type of organisation: National Government

Name of organisation Ministry of Social Affairs

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 x☐

Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries:

Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities

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

We take the commitment to continue the empowerment of persons with disabilities and to make them real actors of the development of our country CAMEROON. On the other hand, the objective of the Ministry of Social Affairs is to make them autonomous and to facilitate their insertion into the society.

Timeframe and/or implementation

Commitments forInclusive Education

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy, standards and regulations

The Government of Cameroon has undertaken to include Persons living with disabilities in all aspects of life. The handicap approach. Accessibility will be considered in the construction of all public buildings including school. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to play a vital role in the political sphere. They are encouraged to get themselves registered in the electoral registers and pooling centres are rearranged to be more accessible;

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

The Government has enacted a law in in favour of persons with disabilities. The application texts are being examined at this moment by all the administrations concerned.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Being a gradual process, we are convinced that we will meet up with the action plan which has been drawn up to end 2019 with other stakeholders.

Please copy and paste this box for additional commitments under this theme.

Commitments for Economic Empowerment

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Inclusive social protection systems

The taking into consideration of the handicap approach when it comes to employment, education and construction.

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

In the texts that are being examined, we are committed to respect the handicap approach with respect to infrastructure, education and employment.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Within a year time we will be able to see some of the results expected.

Commitments forWomen and Girls with Disabilities

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Eradication of child marriages and female genital mutilation.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan(75 words limit) This should be completely eradicated in Cameroon by 2020.

Other Commitments

Please enter the exact wording of any other commitment/s that do not fall under the themes above, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

We will continue to work with our partners who give us support in this commitment. And we hope to gain experience from other countries in order to ameliorate our system of taking of persons with disabilities.