This paper aims to understand the agency that caregivers who participated in a CBR empowerment component programme exercised, in order to promote the rights ...x">of their children with disabilities to a basic education.
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Alternative Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in response ...pan class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">to South Africa’s Baseline Country Report of March 2013 on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with particular reference to the provisions of Article 24
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This report from Human Rights Watch found that South Africa has failed to guarantee the right to educat...ion for many of the country’s children and young adults due to widespread discrimination against children with disabilities in enrollment decisions. Human Rights Watch research in five out of South Africa’s nine provinces showed that children with disabilities face discriminatory physical and attitudinal barriers, often beginning early in children’s lives when government officials classify them according to their disabilities. Human Rights Watch August 2015
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The government of Kazakhstan has committed to ensuring that children with ...-to-highlight medbox">disabilities have access to inclusive education and it has taken the important step of ratifying international human rights treaties enshrining the rights of people with disabilities, including the right of children with disabilities to inclusive, quality education. The government has also introduced legal and policy changes toward an inclusive education system for children with disabilities. It has committed to ensuring that 70 percent of mainstream schools are inclusive by 2019.
However, this report finds that progress towards genuine inclusive education is slow. In order for the government to succeed in ensuring that all children can access an inclusive, quality, and free primary and secondary education on an equal basis with others in the communities in which they live, it will need to fundamentally transform its policies and approach to education and address negative attitudes more broadly towards people with disabilities in Kazakhstan.
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A systematic literature review of education systems in low-and middle income countries commissioned by CBM
Newsletter No. 15 | Highlighting the gender dimensions of education for children with ...s="attribute-to-highlight medbox">disabilities
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Paper commissioned for Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All: Findings from the Global Initiative on Out-of-School ...to-highlight medbox">Children
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Towards a policy of inclusion
Embracing Diversity: Toolkit for Creating Inclusive, Learning-Friendly Environments Specialized Booklet 3
Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | The present study focuses on inclusive education as a means ...lass="attribute-to-highlight medbox">to realize the universal right to education, including for persons with disabilities. It analyses the relevant provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, highlights good practices and discusses challenges and strategies for the establishment of inclusive education systems.
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A 2013 Plan study across 30 countries found that children with disabilities were on average 10 times less likely ...t medbox">to go to school than children without disabilities. This report presents the findings of a follow-up second phase to the research with a qualitative study on barriers and enablers to education for children with disabilities in Nepal.
The Full Report and Executive Summary Reports in English, French and Spanish are now available for download at:
http://disabilitycentre.lshtm.ac.uk/include-us-education-study-available-now/
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These guidelines have been compiled for education ministries or other educational leaders (including development partners, non-governmental or private organizations working with schools or directly ...with caregivers) who want to adapt and adopt resources to support the marginalized caregivers of children with disabilities.
The guidance presented in this document was developed by a team of international and national experts following a proof-of-concept pilot4 of the resources in two countries. The work was carried out between February 2021 and January 2022. The pilots demonstrated that principles and activities described in the resources could be carried out, in practical terms, in line with existing government programmes supporting the implementation of disability-inclusive education.
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This report finds that although Lebanese law bars schools from discriminating against children with disabilities, public and private schools exclud...e many children with disabilities. For those allowed to enroll, schools often lack reasonable accommodations, such as modifications to the classroom environment and curricula or teaching methods to address children’s needs. Schools also require the families of children with disabilities to pay extra fees and expenses that in effect are discriminatory.
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Problems with education for children with disabiliti...es in Iran“Just Like All Other Kids”: Lack of Access to Inclusive Education for Children With Disabilities in Iran
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