Children with disabilities
Challenges, In Kazakhstan, protection of the rights of children with disabilities is ensured by a number of enactments. In 2015, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was ratified, and in 2017 the first report on the observance of the rights of persons with disabilities was submitted to the UN Committee. However, in everyday life,…, Resources, UNICEF recognizes disability as a part of the “human development” concept and focuses on equity and rights of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children and families. A human rights approach helps to detect systematic and diverse reasons for exclusion of children with disabilities from the development process and to identify measures for…, Solution, One of the goals of UNICEF in Kazakhstan is to ensure that the rights and interests of absolutely all children with disabilities and special needs are respected, considered at the legislative level, and implemented through joint social inclusion and financial aid programs. Despite the first positive changes in legislation and improvement of…