Kingdom of Nepal
Table of Contents
- 1. General Information
- 2. Statistical Data on Disability Profile
- 3. Current Situation of Persons with Disabilities
- 3.1 Definition and Classification
- 3.2 Governmental Policy and National Plan Towareds Persons with Disabilities
- 3.3 Government System
- 3.4 Regional Cooperation
- 3.5 Statistics Data
- 3.6 Law and Legislation
- 3.7 Social Services
- 3.8 Medical Services, Rehabilitaion and Assistive Devices
- 3.9 Community Based Rehabilitation
- 3.10 Independent Living Movement
- 3.11 Public Awareness
- 3.12 Sports
- Biwako Millennium Frammework Seven Priority Areas
- 3.13 Self-help Organizations of persons with disabilities and related family ande parent associations
- 3.14 Women with Disabilities
- 3.15 Early Detection, Intervention and Education
- 3.16 Training and Employment
- 3.17 Access to Built Environment and Public Transportation
- 3.18 Access to Information and Communication
- 3.19 Poverty Alleviation through capacity-building, social Security and sustainable livelihood programs
- 4.The Asian and Pacific Decade of Disbled Persons, 2003-0212:"Toward and Inclusive, Barrier-Free, and Rights-Based Society"Action Guideline: THe Biwako Millennium Framework
- 5.Profile of Disability Related Organizations
- Abbreviations
- References
- Appendix
- Table
- 1. Population by Location - 2001
- 2. Population by Age - 2001
- 3. Percentage Distribution of Economically Active Population by Age - 2001
- 4. Percentage Distribution of Economically Active by Major Occupation - 1991
- 5. Incidence of Poverty by Region
- 6. Central Government Expenditures - FY2002
- 7. Principal Imports by Commodity - 2002
- 8. Principal Exports by Commodity - 2002
- 9. Number of Educational Institutions - 2002
- 10. Literacy Trend
- 11. Population by Type of Disability - 2001
- 12. Estimates of Disabled Persons by Age - 2001
- 13. Estimates of Disabled Persons by Sex - 2001
- 14. Estimates of Disabled Persons by Location - 2001
- 15. Estimates of Disabled Persons by Type of Disability - 2001
- Fingure
- Reference
- Primary Reference
- CBR Bhaktapur, Disability Survey Report 2003, 2003
- Chhetry Devendra, Understanding Rural Poverty in Nepal, as presented at the Asia and Pacific Forum on Poverty: Reforming Policies and Institutions for Poverty Reduction, Manila, February 2001
- Ganesh Prasad Upadhyaya, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Policy and Programs to Protect and Promote the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities in Nepal, as presented at the UN ESCAP/CDPF Regional Meeting on an International Convention on Disability, China, November 2003
- Japan International Cooperation Agency, Planning and Evaluation Department, Country Profile on Disability, Kingdom of Nepal, March 2002
- Lansdown, Gerison, Rights for Disabled Children, Disabled Children in Nepal, Progress in implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2003
- New ERA, in conjunction with UNICEF, A Situation Analysis of Disability in Nepal, February 2001
- United Nations, Production and Distribution of Assistive Devices for People with Disabilities, 1995
- World Bank Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, South Asia Region, Nepal Public Expenditure Review, Report No. 20211 - NEP, April 2000
| Internet Sources: | |
| Asian Development Bank | www.adb.org |
| Ministry of Education and Sports | www.moe.gov.np |
| Ministry of Health | www.moh.gov.np |
| Ministry of Population and Environment | www.mope.gov.np |
| Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare | www.mowcsw.gov.np/ |
| MS - Nepal | www.msnepal.org |
| National Planning Commission of Nepal | www.npc.gov.np |
| Official Nepal Government Website | www.nepalhmg.gov.np |
| On-line Network for Social Issues in Nepal | www.onlyatnepal.com.np |
| The Danish Council of Organizations of Disabled People | www.disability.dk |
| United Nations Development Programme | www.undp.org.np |
| United Nations ESCAP | www.unescap.org |
| World Bank | www.worldbank.org |
| World Health Organization | www.wpro.who.int |
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