Persons with disabilities encounter multiple barriers in times of crises and conflict. Can we ensure that their rights are respected? This reports provides some answers with a special focus on people with intellectual disabilities.
The third year of the framework agreement with Norad
for 2016-2019 has been completed. We are proud of
presenting promising results in this results report,
documenting how the Atlas Alliance and our partner
organisations deliver specific results to implement the
UN Convention of the Right of persons with Disabilities
(CRPD).
The Global Dissability Summit in july 2018 gave a boost to the international work on disability. In this report we analyse how governments, agencies and organisations in the Nordic countries can adjust their foreign aid to reach people with disabilities more effectively.
We are proud of the many accomplishments of our Norwegian organisations and their partners, presented in this report. All though there are big challenges in most of the areas, we know that our partners are numerous and competent and adamant to continue the struggle until no one is left behind.
This study has conducted a literature review on the role of stigma in accessing education for people with disabilities in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The report concludes that the cumulative stigma in society serves as a wall against equity and access to quality education for people with disabilities. It presents some viable solutions to counter this problem at the societal level and in schools.
This study has mapped to what extent Norwegian development and humanitarian aid actors have managed to ensure that persons with disabilities are considered in supported projects and programmes, either as a main focus (targeted) or as an inclusive part of larger programs (mainstreamed). The report finds that the number of “targeted” disability projects/ has remained almost the same since 2010. A direct consequence is that the share of Norwegian aid to persons with disabilities has decreased in this period. A positive trend, however, is that disability is increasingly included in other aid projects in areas such as health, education and business development.
