Programme : Agenda
1 :
Economic Empowerment of Persons with Disabilites
through CBR
Presented by
Maya Thomas, MJ Thomas
Slide 1
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY THROUGH
CBR
MAYA THOMAS, MJ THOMAS
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INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ON POVERTY AND DISABILITY
- JOINT POSITION PAPER AND BMF EMPHASISE POVERTY REDUCTION
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POVERTY AND DISABILITY IS COMPLEX, DIFFERS
ACCORDING TO CONTEXT AND DEFINITIONS USED
- PERSONS WITH DISABILITY ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED AMONG THE
POOR
- UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY GOES BEYOND INCOME
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WHY ARE PERSONS WITH DISABILITY EXCLUDED FROM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS?
- DISABILITY IS NOT A PRIORITY IN POOR COMMUNITIES
- PERCEPTION AMONG MAINSTREAM DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES THAT IT IS A
SPECIALIST, EXPENSIVE ISSUE
- PREJUDICES ABOUT PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
- LOW LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS IN PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
- SPECIAL NEEDS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
- EXPECTATIONS OF CHARITY AND POOR MOTIVATION AMONG SOME PERSONS WITH
DISABILITY
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MAINSTREAMING DISABILITY INTO DEVELOPENT PROCESS
- DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES OF GOVERNMENTS, INGOS AND NATIONAL NGOS LAG
BEHIND IN INCLUDING DISABILITY INTO DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE
- VIEWED FROM RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE, DISABILITY BECOMES A CROSS-CUTTING
ISSUE, EXCLUSION IS NOT JUSTIFIABLE
- MAINSTREAMING DISABILITY INTO DEVELOPMENT PROCESS MEANS INCLUSION OF
DISABILITY IN ALL POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES
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CBR STRATEGIES FOR POVERTTY REDUCTION IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN SOUTH
ASIA
CURRENT EMPHASIS ON INCLUSION, RIGHTS, PARTICIPATION, SELF ADVOCACY
THIS HAS RESULTED IN:
- MOVING BEYOND TRADITIONAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND INCOME GENERATION
ACTIVITIES
- ACCESS TO LIVELIHOOD AND EDUCATION
- ACCESS TO SCHEMES FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION
- PROMOTION OF SELF-HELP GROUPS
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SELF-HELP GROUPS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT
WHY?
- MUTUAL SUPPORT, RAISES CONFIDENCE
- ADVOCACY, AWARENESS
- INCREASED VISIBILITY
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CHALLENGES
- MOBILITY PROBLEMS, DISTANCES, TERRAIN
- LOW LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS
- LACK OF TRUST BETWEEN MEMBERS
- HIJACKING OF BENEFITS BY A FEW
- LACK OF MOTIVATION IN SOME MEMBERS
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ISSUES FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE GROUPS
- COMMONLY PERCEIVED NEED AND SHARED GOAL
- CLEAR ROLE FOR EVERY MEMBER
- PARTICIPATORY DECISION MAKING
- CONTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES BY EVERY MEMBER
- PREFERABLE TO HAVE A RELATIVELY MORE HOMOGENEOUS GROUP, BUT THIS IS
NOT ALWAYS FEASIBLE
- GROUP GOALS AND COMPOSITION CAN CHANGE OVER TIME
- URBAN AND RURAL DIFFERENCES IN GROUP CHARACTERISTICS
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PLANNING ISSUES CONT.
- MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS
- CAPACITY BUILDING TO BE CONTINUAL PROCESS
- DUE ATTENTION TO PROCESS OF GROUP FORMATION
- UTILITY OF AN EXTERNAL FACILITATOR IN INITIAL STAGES
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CONCLUSION
IF FEASIBLE IN A GIVEN CONTEXT, SELF-HELP GROUPS OF PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR POVERTY
REDUCTION, INCLUSION AND RIGHTS PROMOTION.
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING CBR, WILL NEED TO CONSIDER THIS
STRATEGY AS AN ESSENTIAL ONE.
THANK YOU!
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