BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – The Montserrat Affiliation of Individuals with Disabilities (MAPD) Sunday mentioned it’s wanting in direction of growing its advocacy efforts for individuals with disabilities within the British Abroad Territory because it joined in observing the Worldwide Day of Individuals with Disabilities.
“The MAPD has had its challenges over the previous yr with the lack of a big variety of our management group and members attributable to migration. Nevertheless, we stay dedicated to advocating for the rights of individuals with disabilities on Montserrat,” mentioned MAPD vp Jester “Iceman” Weekes.
“We need to intensify our efforts to champion extra alternatives for work and a great high quality of life for individuals with disabilities. Keep in mind, not all disabilities are seen. We welcome you to hitch us in the event you or a member of your loved ones are managing a incapacity, be it bodily or neurodiverse,” Weekes added.
The MAPD mentioned that it had been in a position to contribute to essential infrastructural mission consultations and insurance policies for Montserrat, in addition to worldwide conversations and stories on incapacity.
It mentioned that over the past yr, consultants from the Barbados-based Caribbean Growth Financial institution (CDB) invited them to assist with their incapacity audit of the Montserrat Port Growth Challenge.
“The views of 14 individuals with disabilities on the island made it into the ultimate report, and we help the suggestions round entry and employment,” the MAPD mentioned, including that it has additionally labored with the Ministry of Finance on the Sustainable Growth Plan and with the Worldwide Labour Organisation (ILO) to develop a incapacity technique for all abroad territories.
“MAPD additionally turned a member of the Commonwealth Disabled Folks’s Discussion board and is working with them on their coverage. The non-profit has additionally submitted proof to the UK parliamentary inquiry on its relationship with the abroad territories.”
The MAPD mentioned that in 2024, it intends to assist full Montserrat’s Sustainable Growth Plan and guarantee it’s inclusive, meet architects to debate the brand new hospital design, and talk about with the related division’s preparations for incapacity inclusion within the 2024 normal election.
“Cellular voting for individuals who can not get to the polls has been promised, and election observers are all the time eager to talk with the affiliation about their expertise,” it added.
December 3 is noticed internationally as a day to acknowledge individuals residing with a incapacity. It’s being held underneath the theme “United in motion to rescue and obtain the SDGs for, with, and by individuals with disabilities.”
“Given the a number of crises of at present’s world, achievement of the SDGs (Sustainable Growth Targets) is in peril. On the mid-point of the implementation interval for the 2030 Agenda, the world is just not on observe to succeed in quite a few SDG targets by 2030. For a lot of, progress has both stalled or regressed under the 2015 baseline,” the United Nations mentioned.
It mentioned preliminary findings from the forthcoming UN Incapacity and Growth Report 2023 point out that the world is much more off observe in assembly a number of SDGs for individuals with disabilities.
“Our efforts to rescue the SDGs for, with, and by individuals with disabilities have to be intensified and accelerated, provided that individuals with disabilities have traditionally been marginalized and have typically been amongst these left furthest behind,” the UN added.
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