Policy, legislation and its implementation
- Enact the Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2018 and the Mental Health Bill, 2014
- Review the National Policy on Disability 2006, and develop a costed National Plan of Action and fund its implementation
- Develop and implement a National roll-out plan for the Community Based Rehabilitation Program
Timeframe and/or implementation plan: All the above are to be implemented by 2020.
Additional commitments under this theme.
- Fully integrate the Washington Group Questions in the national statistical system, produce and disseminate National Survey Reports with disability disaggregated data.
- Strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development; the National Council for Disability, Equal Opportunities Commission and the Human Rights Commission to effectively coordinate and monitor disability inclusion in policy and programming across sectors.
- Strengthen integration of disability in systems of assessing, registering, delivering and monitoring of refugee response