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  • The Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012
  • Profile of Disability-related Organizations

People's Republic of Bangladesh

Table of contents

1. General Information

   General Fact Sheet

   • 1.1 Introduction
   • 1.2 Geography
   • 1.3 Socio-economic Profile
   • 1.4 Government
   • 1.5 National Social Welfare System
   • 1.6 Education Profile
   • 1.7 Health Profile
   • 1.8 Information Communication Technology

2. Statistical Data on Disability Profile

   Governmental Statistics on Persons with Disabilities

3. Current Situation of Persons with Disabilities

   • 3.1 Definition and Classification
   • 3.2 Government Policy and National Plan Towards Persons with Disabilities
   • 3.3 Government System
   • 3.4 Regional Cooperation
   • 3.5 Statistics Data
   • 3.6 Law and Legislation
   • 3.7 Social Services
   • 3.8 Medical Services, Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices
   • 3.9 Community Based Rehabilitation
   • 3.10 Independent Living Movement
   • 3.11 Public Awareness
   • 3.12 Sports

   Biwako Millennium Framework Seven Priority Areas

   • 3.13 Self-help Organizations of persons with disabilities and related family and parent associations
   • 3.14 Women with Disabilities
   • 3.15 Early Detection, Intervention and Education
   • 3.16 Training and Employment
   • 3.17 Access to Built Environment and Public Transportation
   • 3.18 Access to Information and Communication
   • 3.19 Poverty Alleviation through capacity-building, social security and sustainable livelihood programs

4. The Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012: "Towards an Inclusive, Barrier-Free, and Rights-Based Society" Action Guideline: The Biwako Millennium Framework

   The Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012

5. Profile of Disability-related Organizations

   • 5.1 Profile of Governmental Organizations or Persons with Disabilities
   • 5.2 Profile of Non-Governmental Organizations of/for Persons with Disabilities
   • 5.3 Public Facilities

Appendix

• Appendix I - The Bangladesh Persons with Disability Welfare Act - 2001

Tables

1. Total Population by Age and Sex (Estimated 2002)
2. Employment by Sector 2000 (in millions)
3. Imports FY2002 (in millions US$)
4. Exports FY2002 (in millions US$)
5. Literacy Rates 1991 Census (in millions)
6. Percentage of Disability By Sex & Type (1991 Census)
7. Percentage of PWDs by Age (1991 Census)
8. ESTEEM II Survey Percentage of Disabilities & Education by Type 2002

Figures

1. General Fact Sheet
2. Bangladesh's Map
3. Contributions to GDP FY2002
4. Expenditures by Function, FY2001
5. Percentage of Enrolled Students 2001
6. Results of Secondary School Certificate Public Examination
7. Type of Impairment ActionAid Survey
8. Cause of Impairment ActionAid Survey
9. Age of Respondents
10. Types of Disabilities

Abbreviations

ADB: Asian Development Bank
ADNet: Assistive Device Network
ADP: Annual Development Program
BANBEISD: Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics
BPKS: Bangladesh Protibandhi Dallyan Somity
CAHD: Community Approaches to Handicap and Disabilities
CBR: Community Based Rehabilitation
CDD: Centre for Disability in Development
CRP: Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed
CSID: Centre for Services and Information on Disability
DCC: District Level Committees
IRR: Implementing Rules and Regulations
NCMH: National Center for Mental Health
NCWDP: National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons
NGO: Non-government Organization
NSCB: National Statistical Coordination Board
NSO: National Statistics Office
PWD(s): Persons with Disability
SSS: The Social Service System
UN: The United Nations
UNESCO: United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund
USAID: United States Agency for International Development
WHO: World Health Organization

References

Primary References

• ActionAid, Uniting the Un-united, From Charity to Rights, A review of the ActionAid Bangladesh Disability Programme, April 2001
• Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Outlook 2003, Bangladesh, 2003
• Asian Development Bank, Key Indicators 2003, Volume 34, 2003
• Centre for Services and Information on Disability, Effective Schools Through Enhanced Education Management, Study 2, Education Children in Difficult Circumstances: Children With Disabilities, July 2002
• Centre for Services and Information on Disability, Employment Situation of People with Disabilities in Bangladesh. December 2002
• Centre for Services and Information on Disability. Documentation of Good Practices on Inclusive Education in BangladeshInternational Monetary Fund Country Report No. 03/194, Bangladesh: Statistical Appendix. June 2003
• Japan International Cooperation Agency, Planning and Evaluation Department, Country Profile on Disability, The Republic of Bangladesh, March 2002
• Kahn, Norman and Bari Nazmul, Community Approaches to Handicap Development, A Rights Based Approach for Mainstreaming Disability Issues in Bangladesh, 2002
• National Forum of Organizations Working with the Disabled, Policy Dialogue on Disability and Development &From Charity to Equity" A Documentation of Proceedings October 2002, October 2002
• The Ministry of Social Welfare, Department of Social Services & National Foundation for Development of the Disabled Persons, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Towards Equity, End of the Decade: Meeting the targets and the future challenges. Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 1993-2002. October 2002
• United Nations, Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons: mid-point - country perspectives. 1999
• United Nations, Pathfinders: Toward Full Participation and Equality of Persons with Disabilities in the ESCAP Region, Social Policy Paper No.2, December 2001

Internet Sources:

Organization	Internet Address
Asian Development Bank	www.adb.org
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics	www.bbsgov.org
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies	www.bids-bd.org
Bureau of Educational Information & Statistics	www.banbeis.gov.bd
Handicap International	www.handicap-international.org.uk
Independent Living	www.independentliving.org
International Labour Organization	www.ilo.org
International Monetary Fund	www.imf.org
Ministry of Finance	www.gobfinance.org
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	www.mofabd.org
National Forum of Organizations Working with the Disabled	www.nfowd.com
Official Government of Bangladesh website	www.bangladesh.gov.bd
The Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed	www.crp-bangladesh.org
The Ministry of Information	www.moi-gob.org
The World Bank	www.worldbank.org
The World Health Organization	www.who.int
United Nations	www.un.org
United Nations Children’s Fund	www.unicef.org
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific	www.unescap.org