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October 18, 2011
Persons with disabilities asserting their rights to education and work - Afghanistan
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Institute of Developing Economies Japan External Trade Organization(IDE-JETRO).
Bakhtar News Agency on 27 September 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011 Kabul (BIA) A number of special people gathered in front of the Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of Parliament, on Sunday and asked lawmakers to help them find education and employment opportunities.
A number of special people gathered in front of the Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of Parliament, on Sunday and asked lawmakers to help them find education and employment opportunities. Members of the National Deaf Association, including women and children, had inscribed their demands on banners they carried. “We want the president to provide us with education and employment opportunities,” one banner read. Another said, “Social integration of the deaf brings development”. The deaf were an underprivileged section of society which the government must provide equal rights, deputy director of education of the association, Nangyalay Nizami, told BIA. The association was provided with political, cultural, social and economic training by NGOs’ he informed, saying some of the deaf were imported shoe-making and tailoring skills as well.
Around 2.7 percent of Afghan population is suffering various disabilities. A new member of the International Convention on disabled Rights, Afghanistan has made no progress in improving living conditions for the special people. Alami Balkhi, head of the disabled and widows commission, said the convention guaranteed facilities and privileges for the special people.
Posted by jicafriends at October 18, 2011 10:27 AM