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Title
WaterAid - Report on NCPD Workshop on
Mainstreaming Disability Issues in
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Services
Abstract
Over the past 5 years Ghana has made considerable progress in putting in place the
necessary policy frameworks and legislation to address the needs of people with
disabilities in all aspects of life and development. Ghana passed a “Persons with
Disability Act, 2006 (Act 715)” in August 2006, an Act to provide equal opportunities
for Ghanaians with disabilities across economic, social and political dimensions.
Section 41 of the Act provides for the establishment of the National Council on
Persons with Disability (NCPD), and this was implemented in 2009. The mandate of
the NCPD among others is to propose and evolve policies and strategies to enable
persons with disability enter and participate in the mainstream of the national
development process. In line with this mandate, the NCPD is embarking on efforts to
dialogue with stakeholders at the frontline of delivering public services such as
Water, Sanitation, education and health on how to improve the disability friendliness
of public services. This one-day workshop was outlined to meet stakeholders in the
water, sanitation and hygiene ( WASH )sector to share experiences on the extent to
which issues of disability have been mainstreamed in sector policies, strategies and
implementation guidelines, and more importantly on how service providers are
translating these polices and guidelines into practice after the passage of the Act 715
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