Ghana Ministry of Gender, Children and Social protection
Published 23 July 2018
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Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries:
A. Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Stereotypes, attitudes and behaviours Government would intensify awareness raising activities in churches, mosques, schools, communities. Parents, families, communities,religious,traditional authorities, policymakers, Parliamentarians would be educated on the need to do away with religious and cultural practices that stigmatise and discriminate against Persons with disabilities. Rather they should embrace them as their children, siblings, parents, schoolmates, co-workers and respect their rights as members of the society. It is an ongoing exercise. A communication strategy has been developed. Media, community, schools, churches are used channels of communicating disability messages
Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination:
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Additional resources and implementation The Ministry of Education and Ghana and Ghana Education Service is committed to accelerating the implementation of the IE policy and will prioritize:
- Increased provision of infrastructural facilities for addressing the diverse learning needs of Children with SEND(Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and prioritize the training of teachers to support inclusive schools and special schools.
- Progressively increasing the budgetary allocations for Inclusive Education, beginning with 1.5 percent increment in 2019.
Commitments for Inclusive Education:
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Amending legal frameworks
A technical committee with representations from Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs), Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has been constituted to lead the review of the Ghana Disability Act,2006(Act 715) in line with the UNCRPD.
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) would provide the committee with the required resources to work. It would also collaborate with other state institutions like Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General and Parliament to speed up the process. The review would include the required Legislative Instrument (LI).
Timeframe: April 2018 December,2018
Commitments for Economic Empowerment:
. Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy and guidance Government policy on Technology and innovation would target more Persons with disabilities. Institutions would be encouraged to use Innovation and Technology to create employment for Persons with disabilities. This is an ongoing effort.
Commitments for Technology and Innovation:
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Commit resources to support strengthened disability data
More resources would be provided to support programmes by the Ghana National Household Registry to compile data on Persons with disabilities.
The exercise which has been completed in two regions in the northern part of Ghana would be extended to the remaining eight regions of Ghana by December 2019
Commitments for Women 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): Empowerment
Provisions on women with disability and girls would be included in the Affirmative Action bill under discussion by December,2018
Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts
To strengthen previous initiatives,a number of consultations would be held with the National Disaster Management to mainstream disability needs and concerns in its humanitarian activities.
Timeframe: 2018 onwards
Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts:
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): Accessibility
Ghana has developed the Ghana Accessibility Standard for the built environment. Government commits to work with relevant agencies to make the provisions in the Standard an integral part of the building regulations and being implemented by approval agencies by December, 2019