Biwako plus five: further efforts towards an inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based society for persons with disabilities in asia and the pacific
CONTENTS
Ⅱ. NATURE AND OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES OF BIWAKO PLUS FIVE
Ⅲ. PRIORITY AREAS FOR ACTION UNDER THE BIWAKO MILLENNIUM FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
- A. Self-help organizations of persons with disabilities and related family and parent associations
- B. Women with disabilities
- C. Early detection, early intervention and education
- D. Training and employment, including self-employment
- E. Access to built environments and public transport
- F. Access to information and communications, including information, communications and assistive technologies
- G. Poverty alleviation through capacity-building, social security and sustainable livelihood programmes
- A. Reinforcing a rights-based approach to disability issues
- B. Promoting an enabling environment and strengthening effective mechanisms for policy formulation and implementation
- C. Improving the availability and quality of data and other information on disabilities for policy formulation and implementation
- D. Promoting disability-inclusive development
- E. Strengthening comprehensive community-based approaches to disability issues for the prevention of the causes of disability and for the rehabilitation and empowerment of persons with disabilities
Ⅴ. ENHANCING COOPERATION AND SUPPORT IN PURSUANCE OF THE BIWAKO MILLENNIUM FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION