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Self-help Activities of Disabled Persons in Asia. World Bank Brown Bag Lecture Nov. 10, 2004 Yukiko Nakanishi Asia Disability Institute. active self-help groups in Asia. Initiated the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 1993-2002 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Self-help Activities ofDisabled Persons in Asia
World Bank Brown Bag Lecture Nov. 10, 2004
Yukiko Nakanishi
Asia Disability Institute
active self-help groups in Asia
• Initiated the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 1993-2002
• Proposed the 2nd Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 2003-2012
• Promote the convention with government• Lead government to create necessary
measures
Membersip DPI WBU (nat’l org.) WFD WFDB WNUSP II
Bangladesh ● ● ● ●
Bhutan
Cambodia ● ●
China ● ● ● (Taiwan) ●
India ● ● ● ●
Indonesia ● ● ● ●
Japan ● ● ● ● ● ●
Korea ● ● ● ● ●
Lao PDR ●
Malaysia ● ● ● ●
Maldives ● ●
Mongolia ● ● ●
Myammer
Nepal ● ● ●
Pakistan ● ● ● ●
Philippines ● ● ● ●
Singapore ● ● ●
Sri Lanka ● ● ● ●
Thailand ● ● ● ●
Vietnam ●
Activities
(1) training workshops for capacity building of disabled persons
(2) promotion of accessibility(3) income generation(4) independent living movement
(1) training workshops for capacity building
Major organizations supporting capacity building training
• Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
• Nippon Foundation
• Handicap International
• Action Aid
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Training course implemented by self-help organizations• Third Country Seminar for leadership training Conducted with DPI Asia-P
acific Regional Council16 years
• Leadership training of Asian and Oceanian deaf persons with Japanese Federation of the Deaf
5 years• Support For Visually Impaired Persons With Therapeutic Massage ( Asi
a Pacific) with Okinawa Association for the Welfare of the Blind 1 year
1980s 1986 Korea1987 Pakistan1988 Bangkok
Struggled to get recognitionElite leaders with good educational background
1st half of 1990s
1990 Fiji1991 Singapore1992 China1993 Philippines1994 Indonesia
Leaders from the grass rootsNot yet strong leadershipStrengthened the organizations
2nd half of 1990s
1995 India1996 Bangladesh1997 Bangkok1998 Fiji1999 Sri Lanka
More young leaders with experience of grassroot activities The seminars helped them to exchange their expertise and provide skills to manage the organization.
1st half of 2000s
2000 Lao PDR2001 Cambodia2002 China needs to increase awareness of PWD regarding their human rights2003 Nepal2004 Pakistan
2nd half of 2000s
2005 Pakistan emphasis on independent living movement
Impact of the Third Country Seminar on DPI activities
DPI organized the 19th Regional Training Seminar on Capacity Buil
ding for PWDs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 2002.
DPI organized the 20th Regional Training Seminar on Capacity Building for PWDs in Shanghai, China, October 2002.
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
• “self-help organization” is one of 12 areas of the 1st Agenda for Action for the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons
Examples - Assistance to the development of self-help org
anizations of disabled persons - Promotion of non-handicapping environments• “self-help organization” is one of 7 priority areas
in the Biwako Millennium Framework for the 2nd Decade
Women withdisabilities
Early detection, earlyintervention
and education
Training and employment,including self-employment
Access to builtenvironments and public
transport
Access to information andcommunications, including
information andcommunications and assistive
technologies
Poverty alleviation throughcapacity-building, socialsecurity and sustainablelivelihood programmes
Self-help organizationsof persons with
disabilities and relatedfamily and parental
associations
7 Priority Areas in the 2nd Decade
Nippon Foundation
Self-help organizations supported by NF• DPI Asia-Pacific Regiona Council• Association of the Blind in Cambodia
for establishing office and making action plan
DPI held the First National Conference of Representatives of Lao Disabled Persons in May 1999. (Leadership Training)
DPI held the First National Conference of Representatives of Lao Disabled Persons in May 1999. (Leadership Training)
DPI organized the 2nd Regional Leadership Training of Women with Disabilities in Thailand in April 2003.
Group of PWDs conducted accessibility survey in National Zoo in Y
angon, Myanmar as part of Leadership Training.
The zoo, later, agreed to provide ramps, toilets and other facilities accessible for PWDs. PWDs’ voice was heard.
1st National Leadership Training Seminar in Afghanistan, Aug. 2003
(2) Promotion of accessibility
• DPI-Thailand Demonstration for making the skytrain ac
cessible• DPI-Korea Demonstrating and hanger strike for acce
ssible subway and bus• DPI-India Accessibility check and
Diability movement in Thailand. Demonstration was launched in 1995 requested accessibility in Mass Transit System.
As a result of the demonstration, 5 stations of the sky train were remodeled.
•
Subway system started in 2004
Accessible train station and bathroom
•
Space for wheelchair
Platform door
The train is approaching
Surrounded by policemen
Demonstration for accessible subway in Seoul, Korea in 2002
Hunger strike for accessible subway in Seoul, Korea in 2002
(3) Income generation
• Persons with Disabilities’ Self-Initiative to Development (PSID) project run by Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Somity (DPI-Bangladesh)
Persons with Disabilities’ Self-Initiative
to Development (PSID) • Started in 1999 in 2 districts• Implemented in 13 districts among 64 districts in the country.• Develop financial capacity on management and development o
f grassroots PWDs organization and establish savings fund of grassroots organization members on weekly basis to ensure members income-generation activities
• Other PSID activities are professional capacity building and skill training, network, assistive devices production, information and referral, organizing meetings, employment exchange, marketing of PWDs product, recreational and cultural activities, accommodation and administrative works
PSID participants in 2003 Mem ber Total
District Male Female
Chandpur 187 128 315
Kurigram 246 191 437
Jamalpur 275 333 608
Tangail Sadar 76 29 105
Tangail Nagarpur 72 47 119
Manikganji 264 332 596
Barisal 213 176 389
Bandarban 168 189 357
Mymenshingh 542 387 929
Bogra 662 421 1083
Moulvibazar 501 736 877
Narshingdi, 378 517 895
Noakhali No date aailable
Total 3584 3126 6710
Weight measurement shop
Variety shops
Paper bag making
Income generation activities in PSID project
(4) Independent living movement
• Japan
• Korea
• Thailand
• Pakistan
• Philippines