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SENSITIZATION-DISABILITY (with picture)
Sensitization stressed to ensure legal rights of disabled persons
RANGPUR, Dec 23, 2019 (BSS) – Sensitization of community focal persons
have become crucial to ensure legal rights and protection of persons with
disabilities through proper implementation of the Disabled People’s Rights
Protection Act-2013.
Leaders of different organisations working with physically challenged
people expressed the view at a ‘Disability Sensitization Training Session for
Community Focal Person’ held at ASOD Training Centre here on Sunday
afternoon.
National Grassroots Disability Organisation (NGDO) and National Council
of Disabled Women (NCDW) jointly organised the event for focal persons of the
disability-sensitive communities.
Presided over by President of NCDW Nasima Khatun, Program Manager of
NGDO Bashir Al Hussaine and Councilor of Work for Life of Rangpur Habibur
Rahman Rony conducted the training session.
President of Rangdhanu District Protibondhi Adhikar Sangstha Nur Alam,
Councilors of NGDO Aklima Begum and Rabiul Islam and General Secretary of
NCDW Shajeda Khatun addressed the event as resource persons.
The resource persons discussed the Disabled People’s Rights Protection
Act-2013 and its implementation policies to ensure legal rights of the
disabled population and their socio-economic and political empowerment for
mainstreaming in the society.
They narrated rights of the people of disabilities, classification of
disabilities, services being provided by the government to them and selection
process of beneficiaries of the disabled people for government benefits and
services.
Nur Alam discussed problems and socioeconomic conditions of disabled
population, steps taken by the government and other organisations for their
inclusion, participation and representation in development activities.
Nasima Khatun called upon the participating disabled-sensitive community
focal persons to play their due role in ensuring education and training for
the disable population to make them productive human resources for attaining
the SDGs by 2030.
“The present government is committed to proper implementation of the
Disabled People’s Rights Protection Act-2013 to ensure their legal rights and
turn them into worthy human resources for their mainstreaming in the
society,” she added.
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