IDA, ADF, and ADDC prepare CRPD-SDGs training in ASEAN region. Collaborate to conduct a Bridged CRPD-SDGs training in ASEAN region from 7-13 February 2025 in Novotel Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. There are 31 participants from all ASEAN countries representing their organizations of persons with disabilities.
Wednesday – Thursday, 5-6 February 2025
All facilitators from IDA and ASEAN Disability Forum held a two-day briefing to prepare for the training such as developing content sessions and materials that will be held for 7 days started from 7 to 13 February 2025 in Novotel Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
Friday, 7 February 2025
Participants with diverse impairments from ASEAN OPDs attend the training for 7 days starting from 7-13 February 2025. Mr. Lim Puay Tiak and Mr. JAred Clyne both emphasized that the goal of the training was to improve the participants’ awareness of CRPD-SDGs so that they could advocate for disability rights in their own countries.
In the afternoon, Ms. Maulani Rotinsulu and Mr. Abner Manlapaz were facilitating the human rights-based approach to establishing the notion of the needs of persons with disabilities to be human rights concept.
Saturday, 8 February 2025
In the morning session, facilitators began a session of diversity celebration to learn about each participant’s characteristics that are similar to one another. In this way, participants may show appreciation for the diversity and various characteristics of others throughout training. After the coffee break, the facilitators began a discussion on CRPD principles, including full and effective participation, equality, and non-discrimination. These principles are vital for establishing a foundation of understanding of CRPD.
The afternoon session discussed gender equality between men and women. Ms. Dulamsureen, the facilitator, urged the attendees to talk and learn more about the concepts of sex and gender, as well as disbelief and facts regarding men and women’s equality. Furthermore, Ms. Maulani Rotinsulu joined the facilitation team to lead the conversation on a two-track strategy to mainstreaming disability in gender issues. She intended to convey the fundamental point that there are several intersectionalities between disability concerns, such as gender, nationality, and economic position.
At the end of the training day, four groups of participants were assigned a tasl to assess the accessibility of four malls near the hotel. Their groups will present the audit results on the following day.
Sunday, 9th February 2025
Day 3, the participants from Lao PDR and Indonesia will hear a morning presentation of the CRPD review on the session of “Two Minutes One Article” for articles 14 on Liberty and Security of Persons, 18 on Liberty of Movement and Nationality, and 33 on National Implementation and Monitoring. The workshop is followed by an Accessibility Principle Discussion given by Mr. Abner Manlapez, who emphasized the necessity of accessibility and reasonable accommodation in ensuring equitable participation of people with disabilities in all areas.
Monday, 10th February 2025
The 4th day of the program and the participant from Thailand, Lao PDR and Philippines set to start a morning session to review CRPD Article 9 on Accessibility, Article 10 on the Rights to Life, and Article 12 Equality Before the Law with their own interpretations in two minutes.
The next agenda item will be a discussion on the 2030 agenda, conducted by Ms. Amba Salelkar from IDA and Mr. Akeo. They both concentrate on the confluence of economic, environmental, and social situations within the sustainable development goals agenda, which may overlap with one another. The event was followed by a discussion of how the SDGs are being implemented in ASEAN countries and how far organisations representing people with disabilities have engaged with this subject.
Some delegates noted that Lao PDR and Cambodia had 18 targets for achieving the SDGs, whereas other countries in ASEAN have 17 goals.
Ms. Amba and Mr. Aiko provided participants a brief activity in which they had to stick three article sheets with links to the 2030 agenda goals. Most participants are aware with the goal 16 on Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, hence they have related the majority of CRPD articles to that SDG’s goal.
Following lunch, a group of article 25 on health in the CRPD presented their knowledge to all attendees. They stressed that health care should be accessible since it is a basic need of people with disabilities that must be met by the duty bearer. They also assigned participants tasks to provide a score for the fulfillment of health rights based on the concluding observation in ASEAN countries, such as Indonesia and Thailand.
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
On the fifth day of the Bridged CRPD-SDGs Training, and participants began the morning session with a CRPD review from several participants, focusing on Articles 5 on Equality and Non-Discrimination, Article 20 on Personal Mobility, and Article 31 on Statistics and Data Collection.
Mr. Abner Manlapez delivered a presentation on the State Obligations for CRPD at the conclusion of the session. As stated by him, state parties to the CRPD have three obligations: to respect, protect, and realize the rights of people with disabilities. In this sense, it is critical to participants to monitor the government’s implementation of CRPD, whether for immediate or progressive realisation.
The session continued individual participants’ CRPD reviews, focusing on Article 4 on General Obligations, Article 11 on Situations of Risk and Humanitarian Emergencies, Article 13 on Access to Justice, Article 22 on Respect for Privacy, and Article 29 on Participation in Political and Public Life.
The last sessions were group presentations on Articles 13 on Access to Justice and 11 on Situations of Risk and Humanitarian Emergency. The Article 13 group emphasized the importance of implementing international principles and guidelines governing access to justice for persons with disabilities into judicial proceedings. They also encouraged additional participants to discuss their perspectives and experiences with the key parts of the pre-trial, trial, and post-trial phases of the justice process for people with disabilities.
While the group of Article 11 emphasized the tight relationship between international humanitarian law for disasters and humanitarian crises, the 2030 agenda, and the CRPD on the protection and realization of the rights of people with disabilities during disasters and emergency crises. Some disasters and emergency crises are mentioned during the presentation such as COVID-19 worldwide and Tsunami on 2014 in Indonesia and neighboring countries.
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Numerous participants discussed their knowledge of CRPD Article 1: Purposes, Article 21: Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Article 27: Work and Employment. The next sessions feature group presentations from two groups on CRPD Articles 27 and 28: Work and Employment and Adequate Standard of Living and Social Protection. The groups break down the rights protected by CRPD that enable people with disabilities to enjoy their rights to employment and social protection in accordance with the SDGs goals.
Some hurdles and solutions are also mentioned for achieving a sufficient standard of life and work for people with disabilities. For example, stigma and a lack of accessibility are impediments to people with disabilities receiving social protection and sufficient work. As a result, the participants recommend providing more inclusive awareness raising and trainings to service providers in both the public and private sectors.
Participants were able to hear their colleges’ brief presentations on CRPD articles 15 Freedom of Torture, 16 Freedom of Exploitation, Violence, and Abuse, 17 Protecting the Person’s Integrity, and 19 Living Independently.
The training was followed by a 45-minute group presentation on Article 19: Living Independently. They address the importance of living freely for people with disabilities, such as having the right to choose where and with whom they wish to live, having access to community support services, and having general services available on an equal basis as other people.
In the last session, participants and facilitators go over the week’s materials through the fire ball game, which included broad principles of the CRPD, state obligations, gender equality, the SDGs’ relationship with the CRPD, and more.
Thursday, 13th February 2025
On the final day of training, we began the CRPD review session with Articles 6 on women with disabilities, 7 on children with disabilities, 28 on suitable living conditions and social protection, and 32 on international cooperation. They resumed the training with a group assignment to build a structure out of plastic straws. The structure should be as tall as feasible and strong enough to stand motionless. Participants should operate as a team with a variety of abilities and opinions. This group assignment depicts the disability movement in the ASEAN because when they build a building, they require a leader, plan, resources, monitoring, and assessment to ensure their movement is success.
Each participant from the same nation must undergo at least one training in the following conditions:
- host an online or offline training,
- minimum participants are 10 people with disabilities, but more are welcome,
- inclusive types of disabilities,
- gender balanced,
- the minimum training time is 4 hours for offline training and 1 hour for online training, with a total of 4 hours,
- no resources will be provided by IDA for the assignment, and
- participants will have 6 months to prepare and hold the training.