Policy paper

Iraq Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Published 23 July 2018

Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018

Your organisation:

Type of organisation: National Government

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Name of organisation: Ministry of Labour and 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.

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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: Policy, legislation and its implementation

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Support people of disabilities by implementation of National development policy 2018-2022. This a commitment by our Government through ministry of Labour and social affairs to eliminate stigma and discrimination in general focusing on the category of disabilities. There is also a support from NGO and international organizations and a collaboration and coherence between our ministry and other related ministries. There is also an annual policy aims to implement its goals in context of the National Development Policy 2018-2022 which consists of the following Goals:

1. Reduce the percentage of people of special needs and disabilities.
2. Improve services institutions level that provided to people of disabilities.
3. Expand the awareness and community participation to educate people of disabilies in primary and elementary schools.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

To be accomplished yearly

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Commitments for Inclusive Education

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Inclusive education sector plans (governments only)

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No one left behind It is our ministry’s obligation to cover this category fully in inclusive education by:

1. Having plans of education sector in cooperation with ministry of education
2. Inclusive education and rehabilitation and empowerment to people of disabilities in the specialized institution for this purpose in the national governorates.
3. Secure the requirements and needs for proper education to all kinds of disabilities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

To be accomplished yearly

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Commitments for Economic Empowerment

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

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Continuality activate our law No. 11, 2014 of social protection ,and law No.38 ,2013

People of special needs and disabilities covered in monthly subsides provided according to social protection law and also provide job opportunities and loans for unemployed.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) To be accomplished yearly

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Commitments for Technology and Innovation

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy and guidance

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Technology for skills and education The ministry seeks to implement knowledge systems to achieve scientific goals and purposes in favour of people of disabilities. It also works to increase the competency of them by using practices and equipment in methods of education, training and rehabilitation, in the following ways:

1. Talkative system for these people and using Peril language in typing the curriculum
2. Using the sound curriculum for the blinds.
3. Using programs of education and sign languages to hearing disability by using sight program.
4. Using smart boards

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) To be accomplished yearly

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Commitments for Data Disaggregation

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Commit resources to support strengthened disability data

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The body of people of disabilities is obligated to establish a data base for people of disabilities

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) To be established

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Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities

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Directorate of women Care is responsible ,along with Body of people of disabilities, of covering women and girls of social and employment services as follows:

1. Women empowerment and rehabilitation
2. Providing loans that secure proper incomes
3. Education according to law No.126 <1980
4. Job opportunities adequate with their disability whether in public sector (5%)or private sector(3%)

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) To be accomplished yearly

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Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts:

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

Our priorities is to make the society be aware of:

1. Necessity of providing different kinds of support and care to this category in coherence with their disability
2. Transforming society view towards the disable as he is not a stigma.
3. qualify the environment to be adequate with them
4. tax exemptions
5. obtaining vehicles according to their disability
6. providing the equipment like :hearing ,chairs etc..
7. discount for transportation tickets and securing the needed equipment during the travel

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

To be accomplished yearly

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Other Commitments

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