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MoSA is the Coordinator in Realizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific Region
JAKARTA
(July 22, 2021) - The Director
General of Social Rehabilitation, Harry Hikmat accompanied by the Director of
Social Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities, Eva Rahmi Kasim, attended
the National Coordination Team Meeting for Efforts to Respect, Protect and
Fulfill the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as speakers in the discussion
of the Incheon strategy matrix to realize the rights of Persons with
Disabilities in the Asia and Pacific Region.
The meeting of the National Coordination Team
meeting which was held virtual is a form of follow-up to the implementation of
Law Number 8 of 2016 on Persons with Disabilities mandated that the Ministry of Social Affairs be the coordinator for the
implementation of the law related to synchronizing programs, budgeting and
financing, as well as how to implement them at the ministry and institution
level.
The Director General of Social Rehabilitation
said that the framework for implementing the mandate is contained in Law Number
8 of 2016, so the state must carry out monitoring and evaluation related to
respect, protection, and fulfillment of the rights of Persons with Disabilities.
"On this occasion, we have an obligation
to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Incheon Strategy, namely the
agenda for the 2013-2022 Asia Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities which
has been set by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
Pacific (UN-ESCAP) in 2012, "explained Harry.
There are 10 goals to be achieved in realizing
the rights of Persons with Disabilities which are a priority strategy and have
been formulated for the Asia Pacific level:
(1). Reducing poverty and increasing job and
employment opportunities;
(2). Promoting participation in political
processes and decision-making;
(3). Improving access to the physical
environment, public transport, knowledge, information, and communication;
(4). Strengthening social protection;
(5). Strengthening early intervention and
education for children with disabilities;
(6). Ensuring gender equality and empowering
women;
(7). Ensuring disability-inclusive disaster
risk management and reduction;
(8). Improving the accuracy and comparability
of disability data;
(9). Accelerating the ratification and
implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and
the harmonization of National Legislation with the Convention; and