Towards inclusive social protection to advance the rights of persons with disabilities.

The project will specifically address the right to social protection of persons with disabilities as stipulated in CRPD article 28 and in relation to Health (CRPD art 25.e), access to community support services (CRPD art 19.b) and assistive devices (CRPD art 20), support to children with disabilities and their families (CRPD art 16.2 and 23.3) and CRPD article 27 on work and employment.The project will pay a specific attention to the right to social protection, women and girls with disabilities, children with disabilities and older people as well as most marginalized groups within the disability constituencies. It will also explore specific issues and current practices in adaptive social protection for persons with disabilities in the context of humanitarian response. It will do so through a twin track approach with the development of dedicated background documents and consideration across all activities of the project.

Project symbol

GLO/18/40/UND

Admin unit

SOCPRO

Start date

01/04/2019

End date

31/03/2022

Total allocation

589588

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

559274

Development Partners

Multi Partner Trust Fund Office, UNDP

Country/Countries

Global

Outcomes

Outcome 8: Comprehensive and sustainable social protection for all