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Tendai Gukutikwa
Post Reporter
GOVERNMENT officials from the Department of Disability Affairs under the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare (MoPSLSW) are currently undergoing a three-day capacity building training on disability inclusive concepts.
This comes after the realisation that persons with disabilities continue to face barriers in their participation in society.
United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) national project coordinator, Ms Memory Zulu said the trainings seek to support Government through the Department of Disability Affairs in addressing the preconditions that are essential for the effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) at national level.
“Part of this support to the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare includes building the capacity of its staff on the CRPD, disability inclusion concepts so that they in turn effectively capacitate and support the 21 Government line ministries as well as the MOPSLSW’s SDG coordination committee on disability-inclusion,” she said.
Ms Zulu also said the training is aimed at capacitating and ensuring Government institutions and services are equipped with information on laws against discrimination of persons with disabilities by taking into account their rights in all policies and programs.
Disability mainstreaming is also in accordance United Nations Convention on the Rights on Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) which provides a roadmap for disability inclusion on which most countries including Zimbabwe have signed or ratified.
The training is also co-hosted by UNFPA, UNDP and UNESCO.
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