Disability Convention Held in Dhaka
The fifth National Convention on Disability has taken place in Dhaka, Bangladesh this month. The International Development Agency and the Action on Disability and Development were highly pro-active in organising arrangements for the disability convention.
The event was made even more high profile with the appearance of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina and finally put an end to an era where the disabled in society were pretty much being ignored and effectively excluded from normal day to day living activities.
The convention bought together over eighteen hundred disabled people, high profile politicians, civil service delegates and of course the Prime Minister himself.
The event was themed on the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and with a heavy emphasis on Article 32 of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The overall result of the convention will deliver a much needed starting block to help the disabled become more recognised and accepted within society and also ensure their access and accessibility requirements are engaged.
The need for platform lifts, entry accesses and facilities much of the modern world takes for granted will now start to play an important part in the development of Bangladeshi society
