Disabilities among Refugees and Conflict-Affected Populations

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Disabilities among Refugees and
Conflict-Affected Populations

• Issues, Interventions and Approaches

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Scope

• 600 million persons
• with disabilities worldwide
• 2.5 to 3.5 million displaced persons live with
  disabilities

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Jordan (250,000-500,000 Iraqis)
Nepal (107,000 Bhutanese)
Thailand (145,000 Burmese)
Yemen (8,700 Somalis)
Ecuador (50,000 200,000 Colombians)
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Findings Types of Disabilities

• Those with mental disabilities face more
  discrimination
• Fewer services for those with mental
  disabilities
• Assistance programs focus on those with physical
  and sensory disabilities

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Problems with the physical layout of refugee
camps
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Greater levels of isolation than before
displacement
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Findings Health Care

• Lack of specialized health care
• Complete lack of
• mental health services
• Access to reproductive health care
• Lack of assistive devices and rehabilitation
• Lack of psychosocial support and counseling
  services

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Better services and care in refugee camps than in
urban areas
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Report
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Resource Kit

• Checklists and tools on how to improve services
  and protection for displaced persons with
  disabilities

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PHASE 2

• Goal Change practice at the field/country level
  to promote greater inclusion, participation and
  access for displaced persons with disabilities.
• Objectives
• 1. Develop and implement an advocacy and change
  strategy to improve program practice focused on
  promoting greater access to services and
  community inclusion for displaced persons with
  disabilities.
• Implement guidance from the Disabilities Resource
  Kit in three countries serving refugee and/or
  internally displaced populations on use of the
  disabilities resource kit.
• Develop monitoring and impact evaluation
  mechanism to document and promote change at the
  global level.