National Council for the Blind, Malaysia

National Council for the Blind, Malaysia, Linking up 5 organisations in Malaysia

[AGENDA @agendaasiaorg]

AGENDA partner in Malaysia, @CouncilBlind, is conducting a regional awareness seminar in Kinabalu, Sabah, to raise public awareness on the #EnablingMasterplan. Watch it live here https://t.co/auk6HaIWuu

@IFESDisability
@dfat
#DisabilityInclusion
#DisabilityRights

[AGENDA @agendaasiaorg]

Participants are identifying several draft legislations in their country and connecting it with the #EnablingMasterplan actions points as a draft legislation presents an important opportunity to advocate for inclusion of Masterplan principles

@dfat
@IFESDisability

[AGENDA @agendaasiaorg]

Presenting results of discussion on identifying potential partners to work with

@dfat
@IFESDisability

[AGENDA @agendaasiaorg]

Role-playing to understand that people with multiple social disabilities might encounter multiple intersectionality barriers. Therefore, different strategies are needed to engage with all persons with disabilities for advocating #EnablingMasterplan

@dfat
@IFESDisability

[Cambodian Disabled People's Organisation @CDPO_NGO]

Round table discussion on Private Sector and ASEAN Master Plan 2025
https://t.co/eEHN2nxMbV

[Alfa Nur Aini @AalfaAini]

The Government of Malaysia must also withdraw their reservations on Article 15 and Article 18 of the CRPD, as well as sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the CRPD
#PWDsAct2008
#EnablingAsean
#DisabilityRights
#DisabilityInclusion

[Alfa Nur Aini @AalfaAini]

To amend the Malaysia’s Persons with Disabilities Act 2008, @CouncilBlind is in the opinion that we should also amend the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, especially Article 8(2) to include the phrase “impairment and other biological conditions”
#PWDsAct2008
#EnablingAsean

[National Federation of the Blind @NFB_voice]

This Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we want to highlight the importance of working with the blind to achieve optimal accessibility and usability of technology. https://t.co/Ykix6bipYb #GAAD

[Holly @lifeofablindgrl]

It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day so I thought I’d share a blog post that I wrote last year on 6 things you can do to make your social media posts accessible for people with a visual impairment: https://t.co/vibVHMtv79 #GAAD

[Alfa Nur Aini @AalfaAini]

Besides that, with the assistance from Mr. Muhamad Nadhir, @CouncilBlind developed a legal and policy diagnostic tool to harmonize local disability law or action plan based on the CRPD.
#PWDsAct2008
#EnablingAsean
#DisabilityRights
#DisabilityInclusion

[Alfa Nur Aini @AalfaAini]

From the comparative analysis, @CouncilBlind found that there is a strong and urgent need to amend the current Persons with Disabilities Act in Malaysia.
#PWDsAct2008
#EnablingAsean
#DisabilityRights
#DisabilityInclusion

[Alfa Nur Aini @AalfaAini]

There is no independent monitoring body or mechanisms established under the Malaysia’s Persons with Disabilities Act
#CRPD
#PWDsAct2008
#EnablingAsean
#DisabilityRights
#DisabilityInclusion

[Alfa Nur Aini @AalfaAini]

The act did not ensure active & direct participation of disabled persons & their organizations in various decision making processes

[Alfa Nur Aini @AalfaAini]

From the comparative analysis, @CouncilBlind found several significant gabs in the Malaysia’s Persons with Disabilities Act 2008

[Alfa Nur Aini @AalfaAini]

The project shall consist of legal comparative analysis, a series of workshops & stakeholder engagements

[Alfa Nur Aini @AalfaAini]

The ultimate goal of the project is to enhance local legal, policy, & advocacy framework using the Asean Enabling Masterplan: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2025

[Alfa Nur Aini @AalfaAini]

Starting February 2019, @CouncilBlind partnership with @agendaasiaorg initiated a project known “Promoting & Protecting the Rights of Persons with disabilities in Malaysia through Asean Enabling Masterplan 2025” funded by @IFESDisability

[National Council for the Blind, Malaysia @CouncilBlind]

Conducting Policy Platform Workshop. Participants identify participation in decision-making, access to built environment and education as priority areas.

[AGENDA @agendaasiaorg]

The ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025 has been translated into Bahasa, Malayu, Burmese, Tagalog, Khmer, Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese languages. The full publication and the accessible Word document can be downloaded here https://t.co/pgPhCnHfJH

#EnablingMasterplan
@IFESDisability

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Today is #WorldAutismDay.

1 in 160 👧👦 has an autism spectrum disorder .

🌏🌍🌎, people with autism are often subject to stigma, discrimination and human rights violations. This needs to stop!