All Commitments made by Islamic Relief Worldwide

Policy, legislation and its implementation

1. Implementing the Humanitarian Inclusion Standards for older people and people with disabilities and IR commitments for the Inclusion Charter and the Charter for People with Disabilities in IRW programmes. 
2. Developing a disability inclusion policy as an integral part of protection mainstreaming and implement this policy through protective, inclusive and accountable approaches to programming.  

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1-2 years         

Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities

1. Establishing and strengthening active partnerships with DPOs platforms at both international and national level explicitly reaching out PWD’s representation at all levels of programming ensuring gender and cultural/ contextual sensitivities and supporting and capacitating local DPOs to strengthen and develop the disability movement.  

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1- 5 years        

Stereotypes, attitudes and behaviours

1. Building capacity, knowledge and understanding of IR COs on the CRPD and protective and inclusive programming. 
2. Tackling stigma and discrimination through a clear faith and disability position and influencing existing initiative of involving faith, traditional and community leaders.  

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1- 5 years

Additional resources and implementation
All school infrastructure contracted by IR will meet universal accessible design criteria, including classrooms and sanitation facilities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1 – 5 years.

Policy, standards and regulations
Committing to de-institutionalisation of children with disabilities in formal and in-formal settings and piloting alternative protective and inclusive educational solutions. 

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1-5 years.

Access to financial services
Involving persons with disabilities in planning livelihood projects, including cash transfer initiatives and microfinance, to ensure they can benefit on an equal basis with others.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1-5 years.

New programmes or services
Exploring new untraditional partnerships for new programmes with the use of digital technology to support PWD access to services and allow them to participate and voice themselves. 

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1-5 years.

Commit resources to support strengthened disability data
Leading on the Inclusion Charter in humanitarian settings and committing to supporting other organisations on the collection and disaggregation of disability data in partnership and coordination with DPOs at national and international level.  

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1-3 years.

Commit to use the Washington Group questions
Committing to the collection and disaggregation of disability data using Washington Group questions to ensure PWD are not left behind. 

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1-3 years. 

Committing to implementing inclusive gender that analyses and act upon the intersectional identities of all women and girls with disabilities and the protection risks they face on different levels.  

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1-5 years.

Strengthening initiatives of protective and inclusive programming in humanitarian context, evidencing and collecting data about best practices of disability inclusion in a gender sensitive way.  

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 1-3 years.