Policy paper

Deaf Women Association of Nigeria

Published 23 July 2018

Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018

Your organisation

Type of organisation: Civil Society Organisation

If other: Mental Health Advocacy and Development

Name of organisation: BasicNeeds Ghana

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 to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities

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

Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities:

1. Working in collaboration with Civil Society Organisations to demand full participation of persons with disabilities in our society
2. Collaborate with government agencies to eliminate harmful attitude and discrimination as well as strengthening the anti discrimination law of persons with disabilities within the society
3. Serve as a representative of women with disabilities especially Deaf women for full inclusion

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

2 years (2018 -2020) Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities:

1. Organisation Awareness and approval with key- stakeholders and committees needed to work and initiate this program
2. Develop Documents and communication materials that will encourage elimination of stigma and Discrimination.
3. Communication Plan: Draft a letter, Publish articles and distribution of poster for the program
4. Education & Training Plan/Seminar
5. Follow –up and Evaluation

B. Commitments for Economic Empowerment

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to:

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

Skills development for decent work –

C. Commitments for Data Disaggregation

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

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

Commit resources to support strengthened disability data - generating or supporting others to generate disability disaggregated data in programmes, census, household surveys or administrative systems.

D. 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):

Championing the rights of women with disabilities especially Deaf women and young girls of all ages in sexual and reproductive health rights as well as eliminate all form of discriminations.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) (2 years (2018-2020))

1. Organisation Awareness and approval with key- stakeholders and committees needed to work and initiate this program
2. Develop Documents and communication materials that will encourage elimination of stigma and Discrimination.
3. Communication Plan: Draft a letter, Publish articles and distribution of poster for the program
4. Education & Training Plan/Seminar
5. Follow –up and Evaluation