Mapping Available Assistance to Children with Disabilities in Yemen
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Mapping Available Assistance to ChildrenUNICEF| CWDs Assessment with Disabilities in Yemen 1 PAGE UNICEF| CWDs Assessment 2 PAGE MAPPING AVAILABLE ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN YEMEN UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF) Published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Social Protection UNICEF Yemen Sana'a, Republic of Yemen https://www.unicef.org/yemen/ Published: December 2020 Submitted by Dr. Mohammed AlAbed Adnan Qatinah [email protected] [email protected] Responsibility for the content and recommendations highlighted in this report rest with the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies and/or opinions of the donor, nor the UNICEF. UNICEF| CWDs Assessment 3 PAGE Acknowledgments This mapping has been conducted under the advisory support, supervision, and guidance of the UNICEF Yemen team. Mr. Ali Al-Agri (Chief of Social Policy Section - OIC), and Mr. Ali Al-Refaei (Social Protection Consultant) provided an extensive support in conducting the assessment. Thanks and appreciation are extended to children with disabilities and their families, UN agencies, international organizations, disabled people’s organizations, community- based organizations, local DPOs, key informants, and local authorities who participated in this mapping for their time and effort in answering questions. We are most grateful to our field researchers who went to great effort to obtain and collect the data required for this mapping. UNICEF| CWDs Assessment 4 PAGE PREFACE UNICEF| CWDs Assessment 5 PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................. 9 .1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 15 1.1. Country Context .............................................................................................................................................. 15 1.2. Background ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 1.3. Mapping and Assessment Purpose and Objectives ......................................................................................... 18 2. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................... 20 2.1. Methods .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 2.2. Data Collection and Sampling .......................................................................................................................... 21 2.3. Data collection and analysis ............................................................................................................................ 23 2.4. Limitations ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 3. FINDINGS ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.1. Overview of the Situation of Children with Disabilities in Yemen ............................................................. 25 3.1.1. Identifying and quantifying CWDs .................................................................................................... 25 3.1.2. The major causes of disability in Yemen .......................................................................................... 27 3.2. Legislation and policies ............................................................................................................................. 31 3.2.1. National legislation and policy framework ....................................................................................... 31 3.2.1.1. The Yemeni constitution .................................................................................................................. 31 3.2.1.2. CWDs in national legislation ............................................................................................................. 32 3.2.1.3. Children with disabilities in national policies ................................................................................... 36 3.2.2. International commitments ............................................................................................................. 40 3.3. Mapping available assistance/support to CWDs ....................................................................................... 46 3.3.1. Handicap Care and Rehabilitation Fund (HCRF) ............................................................................... 46 3.3.2. Government ..................................................................................................................................... 55 3.3.3. Local organizations (DPOs/CBOs) ..................................................................................................... 60 3.3.4. UN agencies, and international organizations.................................................................................. 76 3.3.5. Private Sector ................................................................................................................................... 79 3.3.6. Coordination and cooperation ......................................................................................................... 80 3.4. Accessibility of basic social services .......................................................................................................... 82 3.4.1. Health care services .......................................................................................................................... 83 3.4.1.1. Healthcare system for CWDs ............................................................................................................ 83 3.4.1.2. Barriers in accessing healthcare services to CWDs .......................................................................... 86 3.4.2. Education services ............................................................................................................................ 88 3.4.2.1. Early childhood care and education ................................................................................................. 89 3.4.2.2. Inclusive education ........................................................................................................................... 90 3.4.2.3. Barriers in accessing education services to CWDs ........................................................................... 92 3.4.3. Protection ......................................................................................................................................... 95 3.4.3.1. Priorities and Rights to child protection for CWDs ........................................................................... 96 3.4.3.2. Daily lives and future of the CWDs and their families ...................................................................... 98 3.4.3.3. Convenience-time and Play .............................................................................................................. 98 3.4.3.4. Daily routines.................................................................................................................................... 99 3.4.3.5. Future vision and concerns ............................................................................................................ 100 3.4.3.6. Community attitude toward disabilities ......................................................................................... 102 3.4.4. Community-based rehabilitation.................................................................................................... 106 3.4.5. Accessibility .................................................................................................................................... 109 3.4.6. Cross-cutting barriers preventing access and participation ........................................................... 110 3.5. Impact of COVID-19 on CWDs and their families ..................................................................................... 112 3.6. Priorities and rights of CWDs .................................................................................................................. 113 4. RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................................................... 116 UNICEF| CWDs Assessment 6 PAGE List of Tables Table 1: Number of key informant interviews ....................................................................................................................................... 22 Table 2: Number of FGDs and number of participants ......................................................................................................................... 22 Table 3: Common types of disability ..................................................................................................................................................... 27 Table 4: Cause of disabilities ................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Table