Human Rights Council. Regional Commissions. UN Expert Group Meetings. Toolkit on Disability for Africa. Welcome to the United Nations. Toggle navigation English. Home Resources Factsheet on Persons with Disabilities. WHO This figure is increasing through population growth, medical advances and the ageing process, says the World Health Organization. WHO In countries with life expectancies over 70 years, individuals spend on average about 8 years, or Disabled World Eighty per cent of persons with disabilities live in developing countries, according to the UN Development Programme.
On average, 19 per cent of less educated people have disabilities, compared to 11 per cent among the better educated. In most OECD countries, women report higher incidents of disability than men. Introducing questions on disability into the Women, Business and the Law survey to better understand the economic empowerment of women with disabilities. Ensuring that all projects financing public facilities in post-disaster reconstruction are disability-inclusive by Ensuring that all WB-financed urban mobility and rail projects that support public transport services are disability-inclusive by Enhancing due diligence on private sector projects financed by the International Finance Corporation IFC regarding disability inclusion.
Increasing the number of staff with disabilities in the WBG. Global analysis and good practice: Disability Inclusive Education The Inclusive Education Initiative, a multi-donor trust fund with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation Norad and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office FCDO , is investing in catalytic technical expertise and knowledge resources that support countries in making education progressively inclusive for children across the spectrum of disabilities.
The program is building practitioner capacity through technical learning sessions and knowledge products. The World Bank produces independent empirical studies on poverty and disability in developing countries, disability and education, and disability and labor markets — for example, Disability and Poverty in Developing Countries: A Snapshot from the World Health Survey.
The action plan is complemented by policy guidance and good practices on addressing the needs of persons with disabilities in disaster risk management projects. The guidance note provides action-oriented direction for government officials and decisionmakers with responsibility for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.
The guidance will enable the development of disability inclusive planning and programming across sectors and government. In , GFDRR, in consultation with the Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice, developed a Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Recovery Guidance Note to provide action-oriented directions for government officials and decisionmakers responsible for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.
Technology and Innovation The World Development Report: Digital Dividends underlines the importance of ensuring that information and communication technologies ICTs are accessible for persons with disabilities. Water The World Bank has developed a Guidance Note for staff on promoting disability inclusion and accessibility in water sector operations.
The brief explains the causes, types, and consequences of violence against women and girls with disabilities and provides recommendations on how to promote constructive and holistic approaches to inclusive policies, more receptive institutions, and aware communities. The Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Reduction Project focused on providing services for intellectual and developmental disabilities.
In Nepal, the Enhanced Vocational Education and Training project focused on strengthening technical education targeted specifically to disadvantaged groups, including persons with disabilities. This involved supporting a short-term training of youth between years of age. In Vietnam , persons with disabilities have been identified as specific beneficiaries in the Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project.
This disability-inclusive project in several medium-sized cities implements technical standards for accessible infrastructure; universal design in urban environments, roads, schools, and public facilities; and transport accessibility.
In Nigeria, disability inclusion is incorporated into multiple projects. The Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project is working to ensure that infrastructure investments embrace universal design principles, and the needs of persons with disabilities are incorporated into the design of the flood early warning system. Eastern and Southern Africa In Burundi and Rwanda , the Emergency Demobilization and Transitional Reintegration Project and the Emergency Demobilization, Reinsertion and Reintegration Project provided targeted support for vulnerable groups, including children associated with armed forces and disabled ex-combatants.
The projects provide housing for severely disabled ex-combatants and training activities to support their autonomy and general health. Middle East and North Africa In Egypt, the Cairo Airport Terminal 2 Rehabilitation Project supported improved accessibility measures, some of which were included in the final project design.
Today, parts of the airport are disability friendly. In Iraq, the Emergency Disabilities Project supported the delivery of improved rehabilitation and prosthetic services for people with disabilities. As part of a Development Policy Loan, the Bank helped the government of Morocco elaborate an action plan on accessibility and urban transport with a specific focus on identifying priority interventions in select major cities and review the construction code to promote accessibility.
This relationship can be seen as a vicious circle, with poverty leading to disability and disability worsening poverty. Disability covers a great variety of situations and people with disabilities are not a homogeneous group. There are significant inequalities, and poor people, women, and old people are more likely to experience disability than others.
Those most excluded from the labour market are often those with mental health issues or learning disabilities. People with more severe impairments often experience greater disadvantage. Find out more about our mission and our areas of action. Explosive weapons including landmines and cluster munitions continue to kill and injure civilians in countries all around the world. Please Donate. You are here : Home Disability: The global picture Current page.
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