Joint project of UNDP and Turkmen Society of blind and deaf persons (TSB and TSDP) is aimed at social integration of women with disability. 55 women take part in the project. Besides special trainings, the training visits to the ministries, social organizations, meetings with representatives of mass media, with women – leaders, lawyers, workers of culture, education, and medical doctors are organized for them. They will share with their experience in professional career.
In the course of these meetings, it is discussed the issues of social integration of people with disabilities, coordination of efforts on expansion of possibilities for women with hearing and visual impairments.
Turkmenistan became the first country in the Central Asia, which acceded to the Convention on rights of disabled persons in September 2008 and ratified the Facultative Protocol to it in 2010. Being based on previous experience of cooperation, the Representative office of UN Development Program in Turkmenistan in 2012 announced new project, which common goal is further advancement of social integration of people with disabilities and creation of contacts between TSB and TSDP, state institutions, law enforcement agencies, private sector and international organizations.
Within the framework of the project, in 2014, an emphasis was made on maintenance of social integration by improvement of leaders’ qualities among women with disability on hearing and vision. To increase the knowledge of women on democratic institutes, modern socio-economic and political processes, gender issues and use of computer, improve the managing skills of women with hearing and visual impairments and to provide the possibilities for application of these skills in practice in the organizations of disabled persons are among tasks of the project. At that, the project strategy is the trilateral approach with focus on strengthening of potential on communication, advancement of interests and contacts of women – leaders with disabilities.
In the course of these meetings, it is discussed the issues of social integration of people with disabilities, coordination of efforts on expansion of possibilities for women with hearing and visual impairments.
Turkmenistan became the first country in the Central Asia, which acceded to the Convention on rights of disabled persons in September 2008 and ratified the Facultative Protocol to it in 2010. Being based on previous experience of cooperation, the Representative office of UN Development Program in Turkmenistan in 2012 announced new project, which common goal is further advancement of social integration of people with disabilities and creation of contacts between TSB and TSDP, state institutions, law enforcement agencies, private sector and international organizations.
Within the framework of the project, in 2014, an emphasis was made on maintenance of social integration by improvement of leaders’ qualities among women with disability on hearing and vision. To increase the knowledge of women on democratic institutes, modern socio-economic and political processes, gender issues and use of computer, improve the managing skills of women with hearing and visual impairments and to provide the possibilities for application of these skills in practice in the organizations of disabled persons are among tasks of the project. At that, the project strategy is the trilateral approach with focus on strengthening of potential on communication, advancement of interests and contacts of women – leaders with disabilities.
