Other Activities on Protecting rights of PWDs.
On 03 December 2021 the country
celebrated 30th International and 23rd
National Day of Persons with
Disabilities on 04 December 2021, a
discussion was held organized by the
thematic committee of PWDs.
NHRCB Chairman Nasima Begum,
ndc presided over the meeting.
Besides, an online meeting on the
occasion of world white cane day was
organized on 14th October 2021. In
that meeting following decisions were
made• Recommendations were sent to
IGP to include information related
to the PWDs in all training
activities of Bangladesh Police.
• Recommendation
sent
to
Bangladesh
Road
Transport
Authority to include the importance
of white cane and its usage in the
training activities of drivers and
preserving 05 seats for PWDs.
• Replacing the word Persons
Physical Disabilities to Persons
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Disabilities in all the job circulars
as there are 12 types of disabilities
mentioned in the PDWs Rights and
Protection Act 2013. Letter was
sent to the Ministry of Social
Welfare in this regard.
• A codified Policy on scriber has
been prepared and the draft has
been sent to the Ministry of Public
Administration,
Ministry
of
Education and Ministry of Social
Welfare.
• MOU has been signed between
NHRC and Brac on accessibility of
PWDs in public places, public
transports and information. Survey
under this MOU has been
conducted in a number of hospitals
including Dhaka Medical College
and
BSMMU
Hospitals.
Recommendations will be sent to
concerned authorities as per the
reports of these survey.