Towards greater attention for disability in international policies for basic education - Position paper of the DCDD education working group
April 2004
By the year 2015 all children everywhere must have access to basic education - that is one of the Millennium development targets of the United Nations. Many efforts are indeed made to reach children who are neglected, but children with disabilities seem to be 'invisible'. DCDD advocates an inclusive approach in which basic education is set up and organized in such a way that ALL children are reached. This means paying more attention to children with disabilities in basic education.
The purpose of this document
The purpose of this document is to describe the principles and position of the DCDD education working group. The working group was set up in 2003 to focus attention on children with disabilities(1) in basic education in developing countries. The paper describes the background, composition, objectives and methods of the working group, and also includes a brief problem analysis.
DCDD's mission and objectives
The working group is an integral part of the Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development (DCDD). The mission of the coalition is to improve the position of persons with disabilities. It engages in development aid from a human rights perspective to promote equality of rights, communal care, responsibility, and social integration. DCDD bases itself on the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities adopted by the United Nations (New York 1993).
DCDD strives to have disability placed on the agenda of development cooperation as a structural component. It follows a four-track strategy to:
(1) Extend support for emancipation and integration of people with disabilities in development cooperation;
(2) Clarify and influence the relationship between disability and poverty;
(3) Strengthen the role of the disability movement in developing countries and in the Netherlands;
(4) Improve disability policies in development cooperation.
To read the complete document, please visit http://www.dcdd.nl/?action=article&id=2012.
2006-07-21 00:00:00
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