{"id":1878,"date":"2020-11-30T20:42:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T20:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iedp.org.so\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2020-12-01T08:45:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T08:45:42","slug":"monthly-somali-cluster-meeting-took-place-in-mogadishu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iedp.org.so\/index.php\/2020\/11\/30\/monthly-somali-cluster-meeting-took-place-in-mogadishu\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Somali Disability cluster meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Monday 30 November 2020 in Mogadishu the Monthly Somali Disability cluster meeting is held for the members of the cluster. The meeting is organised by the members of the cluster to discuss the top issue for the disability people and the disabled people organizations who are the key stakeholder working on the ground in Somalia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 11 member  organizations  participated the meeting where they have discussed the agenda which had five key points. The CRPD implementation,  the emergency aid respond,  SNE special need education,  livelihood, and political participation key tops on the ground in the country currently heading the election for the 2021 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The participants\u00a0 exchanged the five key point in the agenda where some of them raised question and problems that need solution\u00a0 for short time and long time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. IEDP raised the concern for the lack of the CRPD implementation from the\u00a0 local civil society organizations, international donors and the Somali federal government\u00a0 institution who are key stakeholder for the CRPD implementation. Somali joined and ratified the CRPD 2019 where next year 2021 Somalia will send its first report to the\u00a0\u00a0 united nation \u00a0<\/li>
  2. Dayah Disability Organization raised\u00a0 question for the humanitarian aid respond to the disability people with coordination the DPOs who are actively working in the society for the PWDs persons with disabilities and members of their families need support and aid\u00a0 in the hard time\u00a0 HIDWO raised question about the shelter\u00a0 for the disabled people in the IDP camps outside Mogadishu where some of them is faced damages from the rains in the last two months in the area. They have presented cases\u00a0 who are victim for the rains that took some of their shelter hats, living furniture, mobility tools the wheelchairs,\u00a0 crutches and white cane\u00a0 sticks\u00a0 for the blind people<\/li>
  3. SAFDI Somali association female disability raised questions about gender empowerment for the disability females who are victim for discrimination in the public and private opportunities.\u00a0 In the employment, education and humanitarian aid work in the country. SAFDI members shared with cluster meeting their concern for the GBV alarming\u00a0 rape and sexual harassment against \u00a0the female persons mostly the incognito young girls\u00a0 molested and assassinated. Where female with disability are more vulnerable the assaults.<\/li>
  4. \u00a0SDPDO raised their concern the mobilization and coordination for the IDD international\u00a0 day for the disabled people which is coming in the next days. The organization propsed joint venture for the members of the cluster and the all DPOs in the country organize their won activates in their area the capital city of Somalia and the federal state towns in the country. t<\/li>
  5. UDHAN Somali visual impaired youth raised the gap for the blind people education in the country. There are tens of\u00a0 students graduated from the secondary school where some of the top \u00a0universities rejected\u00a0 admittance for the 2019- 2020 academic year \u00a0\u00a0that made disappointment hundreds visual impaired student interested to study their high education<\/li>
  6. SDN Somali disability network raised the important SNE special need interventions in the country. They presented that there are more than 15 DPOs member the network most of the working SNE and TVET for the disability. They have financial problems caused lack of partner supporting them.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Findings<\/p>\n\n\n\n