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President of the Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD) Michael Murphy has said ratification of the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities is long overdue.<\/p>\nPresident of the Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD) Michael Murphy has said ratification of the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities is long overdue.<\/p>\n
The DAPD is undertaking a public education campaign that it says will increase awareness of the UN convention. The association will also seek support from Dominicans to push government\u2019s approval of the convention.<\/p>\n
Participation of people with disabilities in public and political life is one of the provisions under the convention and that must be recognized, Murphy said on a radio program Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome people think that when you are living with a disability that excludes you completely from participating in public life.\u00a0 This is not true. We want access to our parliament,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
Murphy stated little consideration will be given to persons with disabilities without ratification of the convention; but, he admitted it will take time to be fully implemented.<\/p>\n
The convention also covers access to the physical environment, a usual campaign of the DAPD.<\/p>\n
Fair treatment to women and children with disabilities, is also a feature of the convention. \u201cThis sector of the population, I think they are more prone to be discriminated against than any other sector of the population,\u201d Murphy added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President of the Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD) Michael Murphy has said ratification of the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities is long overdue. The DAPD is undertaking a public education campaign that it…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":48775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n