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The Philippines' National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) (formerly National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons or NCWDP) is the national government agency mandated to formulate policies and coordinate the activities of all agencies, whether public or private, concerning disability issues and concerns. As such, the NCWDP is the ...
To ensure the equality and rights of disabled persons, there are Philippine laws and policies that were passed regarding persons with disabilities (PWDs). There are also numerous non-government associations that seeks to encourage and help improve the wellbeing of people with disabilities.
The Philippine House Special Committee on Persons with Disabilities is a special committee of the Philippine House of Representatives. Jurisdiction
On June 2, 1978, the DSSD was renamed Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) in line with the change in the form of government. In 1987, the MSSD was reorganized and renamed the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through Executive Order 123, which was signed by President Corazon C. Aquino.
1) By 2005, persons with disabilities should have at least the same rate of access to the Internet and related services as the rest of citizens in a country of the region. 2) By 2004, international organizations should incorporate web accessibility standards for persons with disabilities in their international ICT standards.
Persons with Disabilities: Alfelito Bascug: NUP: TBA TBA 1 0 1 11. Reforestation Eleanor Bulut-Begtang: NPC: TBA TBA 6 2 8 12. Senior Citizens: Rodolfo Ordanes Senior Citizens: TBA TBA 1 0 1 13. Southern Tagalog Development: Ruth Mariano-Hernandez: PDP–Laban: TBA TBA 9 2 11 14. Strategic Intelligence: Maria Carmen Zamora HNP: TBA TBA 1 0 1 15 ...
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or (CRPD), ratified April 15, 2008. [97] The Philippines was re-elected through the vote of 165 separate States out of 192 to the 47-member UN Human Rights Council during the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly on October 12, 2018. [98]
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a United Nations body of 18 experts that meets two times a year in Geneva to consider the reports submitted by 164 UN member states [nb 1] on their compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and to examine individual petitions concerning 94 States Parties [nb 2] to the Optional Protocol.