We Girls with Disabilities want…

Women Development Society (WODES) has been working in the 'girls with disabilities' issue in the Local and National level. After various programs, discussions and events, the participants came up with the following needs that should be addressed. • We are discriminated by our own family members at home and in communities. We want to raise awareness for equal love and treatment of all children by the family and communities members. • We want to be able to understand and benefit from our rights. • We want to have indiscriminate access to facilities and resources that are legally available to us in our society. • Complete blindness, spinal cord injuries etc. should be considered a 'Group A' category and facilities should be provided as per the law and policy. • We want proper access to communication platforms including TV, Radio and Internet. • We want technical, vocational and basic education. • We want trainings on various capacity building subjects. • We want to show that we can also help change our society. • We want access to supporting materials i.e. White-sticks, Wheelchairs, Braille facilities etc. • We want the reservation-seats allocated for us in various sectors. • We want job opportunities for graduated girls according to our capacity. We do not want to be discriminated. • We want the government to enforce policies and laws in favor of us. • We want to be actively involved in social activities and want to contribute to build our society. • We want disabled friendly buildings, schools, hospitals and other public places. • We want to put an end to all type of violence against us. • We want to convey our message from the guidance of UNCRPD - "Nothing about Us without Us."   If we are missing something please feel free to add more. I want………………………………………………………………………………………………

For more information contact: Women Development Society (WODES) Sitapaila Ring Road GPO Box: 5840 Kathmandu Nepal Phone: 977 1 4278990 Fax: 977 1 4277428 Email: info.wodes@gmail.com Web: www.wodes.org.np