Addressing housing shortages and adapting public spaces for the disabled is essential – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
According to the Mehr news agency, the Coordination and Supervision Committee for the Implementation of the Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Disabled met in the presence of “Mohammad Mokhber”, the first vice president.
In the first meeting of the committee in the 13th government, the first vice president called the implementation of the law for the protection of the disabled one of the priorities of this government due to dealing with human life and dignity, and stressed the seriousness of all responsible agencies to solve the problems of the disabled. Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare wanted to periodically report to the authorities and the people on the implementation of this law by constantly monitoring the tasks of the relevant agencies.
Emphasizing the need to empower the disabled, the informant said: “It is necessary to increase the capabilities of the disabled community and the emergence and emergence of their talents, to turn this segment of society into a productive society to solve the country’s problems and manage their lives.”
He called the observance of the provisions of the law on employment of the disabled as an important and fundamental principle and asked the relevant officials to go beyond the employment process in government agencies, the employment of people with disabilities in different sectors of society with regard to new infrastructure in the field of technology. Provide communication and interaction.
Pointing out that in order to solve the problems of the disabled, the capacities of all sectors, including the government, parliament, judiciary and all revolutionary institutions, should be used, he added: “Housing and adaptation of places and public spaces are among the important problems of this.” He called on the society and stressed the need to eliminate the shortcomings in these two areas by prioritizing among the disabled.
The need to pay attention to the prevention of various disabilities in society, more efforts of cultural institutions, especially radio and television, activating the community of donors and paving the way for the use of technologies in the service of the disabled were among other issues considered by the informant. Took.
He also announced his readiness to hold the meetings of this committee beyond the amount provided in the law and stressed: to solve the problems of the disabled community, all available legal and executive capacities will be used.
It is worth mentioning that at the beginning of this meeting, Ghaderi, the head of the Welfare Organization, as the head of the Secretariat of the Committee for Coordination and Supervision of the Implementation of the Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Disabled, presented a report on the implementation of the law.
Non-compliance with the employment quota for the disabled, lack of adaptation of facilities, transportation issues, insurance, medical and rehabilitation problems, lack of accountability of the executive apparatus, lack of funds and opposition to some laws were among the items presented in this report.
In this meeting, the Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, the Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education, the Minister of Roads and Urban Development, the Vice President and Head of the Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Health Commission and a group of other committee members A number of representatives of the disabled community were present and expressed their views and suggestions on the problems of people with disabilities and the unfavorable process of implementing the comprehensive law for the protection of the disabled in recent years.
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