Thematic Report Persons With Disability

1 LIBERIA INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS AND GEO-INFORMATION SERVICES Thematic Report Persons with Disability 2022 Liberia Population and Housing Census (LISGIS)Disclaimer: Thematic Report: Persons with Disability - 2022 LPHC Dear Reader, I am pleased to present this document as a highlight summary of the upcoming Thematic Report on Persons with Disability from the 2022 Liberia Population and Housing Ce [...] This summary offers a snapshot of the key findings and insights that will be detailed in the final report. [...] Please note that the full report is currently undergoing finalization, which includes comprehensive editing, formatting, graphic designing, and proofreading. [...] The finalized version will replace this document once it is completed. [...] We appreciate your patience and look forward to sharing the complete report with you soon. [...] Kei Deputy Director General for Information and Coordination Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | PERSONS WITH DISABILITYOutline 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | PERSONS WITH DISABILITY Introduction Context of Analysis Disability and SDG Objectives Methodology Key Findings Policy Recommendations• Disability is a universal human experience [...] Antoinette Tubman Cheshire Home (all in Monrovia) • Adults with disabilities are discriminated against employment, social and governance structures (SIDA report 2014) • PWDs suffer abuse and neglect, unstructured formal reporting mechanism to address their plight • The National Union of Organizations of Disabled (NUOD) an umbrella organization for PWDs • 28 member organizations, chapters in all t [...] Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2007 and 2008) • The National Commission on Disability (NCD) in 2005 advocates 4% of employees should be skilled PWDs and tax incentives to businesses • A 5year National Action Plan (NAP) for the period 2018-2022 to implement key strategies • The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP), oversees promoting, monitoring a [...] B: Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development • 17.18: …….to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by……disability, …..relevant in national contexts9 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | PERSONS WITH DISABILITY Objectives • Provide data on the number of persons with disabilities, the prevalence of the diff [...] • In 2008 it was 3.2% • 8.7% (409,291) have some difficulty • 2.7% (125,025) have a lot of difficulty or cannot do any activity at all (severe) in at least one domain _________________________________ ___ • Ghana = 7.8% have varying degree of disability • 6% have some difficulty • 1.8% have severe difficulty 2022 LPHC | THEMATIC REPORT | PERSONS WITH DISABILITY Key Findings; Disability in L