Advocacy for Mainstreaming Disability during Disasters

Collaborative Advocacy for Mainstreaming Disability in Disasters – The plight of persons with disability in disasters.

When: 20th March, 2015

Workshop objective:

Advocacy for main-streaming disability with a disaster management perspective.
Expected Outcomes –

• Awareness and sensitization of stakeholders.
• Highlighting the plight of persons with disability during disasters.
• Drawing a doable Action Plan (submitting recommendations to the ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, GoI).

Expected participants:

• Sphere India members
• NDMA
• NIDM
• Department of Social Justice & Empowerment
• PWD Commission
• Central Government
• State Government of Jammu & Kashmir
• Invitees from Kashmir (enlisted by EHA)
• CBM partners
• NGOs/INGOs.
• DPOs from- Jammu and Kashmir & Delhi