Access to social services for persons with disabilities in the Middle East

Access to social services for persons with disabilities in the Middle East

Published Jan 2009

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C. Axelsson, D. Barrett, false
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Supporting quality education and livelihood opportunities for disabled people in the Middle East

Persons with disabilities are usually more highly represented in poorer groups, and disability and poverty may become interlinked in a self-perpetuating cycle unless intervention at various levels occurs. This report is aimed at introducing disability stakeholders in the Middle East to key concepts and topics to support advocacy efforts for enhancing the rights of persons with disabilities in the region.

The paper recommends disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and service users to:

  • establish stronger alliances among one another and build their own capacities to improve their work on rights and empowerment of persons with disabilities
  • collaborate with other social and human rights movements as there are overarching issues shared by all
  • be more inclusive of women with disabilities
  • learn to build their own capacities for different types of work and relations
  • conduct media campaigns, conferences and publish information on disability to promote a change in attitude on the issue
  • take a more proactive approach in the training of persons with disabilities and their families regarding advocacy and campaigns for rights

On the other hand, recommendations for central and local authorities are that:
  • central bodies within the government should be established to ascertain effective coordination among stakeholders
  • national governments need to create sustainable funding mechanisms for an effective social services system, including the support for quality education and livelihood opportunities for persons with disabilities
  • authorities should develop a positive environment for professional associations in general, and DPOs in particular to spread and promote their performance

Lastly, the document points that service providers are in a strong position to increase their advocacy for new types of professions to be established, or professional standards to be created or even for entirely new types of services to be initiated.

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