Clearly
Published 23 July 2018
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Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018
Your organisation
Type of organisation: NGO seeking charitable status
Name of organisation: Clearly
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
A. Commitments for Inclusive Education
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy, standards and regulations
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
We will undertake randomised controlled trials to ascertain whether the correction of refractive error amongst school-going children can improve educational attainment? Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
We will have results by September 2021 with some interim findings by [date]. These will be disseminated widely to government decision makers, business leaders and NGOs.
B. Commitments for Economic Empowerment
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to:
Inclusive environments in the workplace
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
We will use the findings of our forthcoming research on the links between the correction of refractive error among workers and increases in productivity (and subsequent research on uncorrected refractive error and labour participation) to encourage work-based vision programmes by employers around the world.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
We will launch our campaign in the autumn and seek initial expressions of interest from businesses by spring 2019.
C. 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 encourage Commonwealth governments to honour the commitments they made at the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to deliver ‘quality eye care for all’ and seek to broaden this commitment among non-Commonwealth countries by working within the UN system.