Social Inclusion and Disability
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12th Session of the ESCWA Committee on Social Development; New report on Social Protection Reform in Arab countries Beirut, 9 October 2019 (ESCWA)--ESCWA today concluded the... |
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Social Protection for Persons with Disabilities in Arab Countries E/ESCWA/SDD/2017/2 This report presents an overview of social protection for persons with disabilities in Arab countries through the prism of the 2030 Agenda. Doing so, it focuses on social insurance, social... |
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Inclusive Social Development E/ESCWA/SDD/2015/2 |
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Fifth Meeting of the Inter-sessional Expert Group on Disability (IGED): “Disability Assessment and Determination Systems in the Arab Region”
Since the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was adopted in 2006, the field of international disability policy has undergone a paradigm... |
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Technical Committee, 8th meeting The secretariat of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is organizing the Eighth meeting of the Technical Committee during the period 10-12 December 2013. The... |
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Inaugural meeting of the ESCWA Inter-sessional Expert Group on Disability The first meeting of the ESCWA Inter-sessional Expert Group on Disability was held on 20-21 September 2016 at the UN-House in Beirut. The group was formed as a result of a call by the Committee on... |
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Disability and SDG 11 in the Arab Region, Social Development Bulletin, Vol. 7 No. 1 E/ESCWA/SDD/2018/TP.2 SDG 11 aims to "make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable". In order to achieve this in the highly urbanized Arab region, it is critical that cities make... |
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Disability in the Arab Region 2018 E/ESCWA/SDD/2018/1 This report presents and analyses statistics relating to the demographic characteristics and socio-economic situation of persons with disabilities in the Arab region. It is based on data from... |
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ESCWA holds three workshops on integrated education in the Sudan Beirut-Khartoum, 28 February 2020--From 10 to 13 February, ESCWA held three workshops on integrated education in the Sudan, funded by the... |
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Social Inclusion and Disability Persons with disabilities constitute one of the largest and most marginalized social groups in the Arab region. They have limited access to education, social protection and... |
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Persons with Disabilities Living in Institutions in Arab Countries Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) recognizes the right of persons with disabilities to live independently in societies and be included in their... |
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High-level Meeting to Support Persons with Disabilities during COVID-19 in the Arab Region
COVID-19 has caused new global changes affecting people’s lives everywhere. These effects are especially felt by persons with disabilities as one of... |
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Regional launch of global awareness campaign for the good treatment of children with disabilities Beirut, 7 March 2019 (ESCWA)--The global awareness campaign for the good treatment of girls, boys, and adolescents with disabilities today was launched in the Arab... |
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Arab Region Launch of the Global Campaign for the Good Treatment of Girls, Boys, and Adolescents with Disabilities
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Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Labour Market: International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2017 |
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Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Labour Market ESCWA and the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a training workshop for policy-makers and disability stakeholders from Arab states on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in... |
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Managing Change-Mainstreaming Disability into the Development Process E/ESCWA/SDD/2012/Brochure.1 This brochure analyses the exclusion of people with disabilities in the Arab region. It highlights the challenges facing policymakers in their efforts to achieve social inclusion. It also presents... |
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Workshop on Strengthening Institutional Capacities and Partnerships for Disability-Inclusive Development in the Arab Region |
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Towards Comprehensive Social Policy for Equality and the Millennium Development Goals E/ESCWA/SDD/2012/WP.1  Arabic (374.23 KB) English (374.23 KB) |
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Social Exclusion in the ESCWA Region The EGM is an opportunity to discuss ESCWA's region-specific definition of social exclusion and to review the findings of its... |
Children with disabilities have a... 