The Head of the National Disabilities Commission (KND), Dante Rigmalia, is pushing for accurate data collection regarding the number of people with disabilities in Indonesia, which affects the services provided to them.
“The basic thing that is currently being pushed, including by the Presidential Special Staff Angkie, is the collection of accurate and reliable data on the number of people with disabilities,” she said at the Women 20 (W20) event, which was accessed virtually from here on Wednesday.
The W20 is part of the Indonesian G20 Sherpa Track. The engagement group is focused on issues of women’s development, inclusive growth, gender equality, and women’s cooperation in the international economy.
At the event, which discussed women in rural areas and people with disabilities, Rigmalia noted that accurate data on people with disabilities in Indonesia affects the services provided to them. Some of these services include those related to education, health, social and work.
“They eventually will reduce and even eliminate the exploitation of people with disabilities,” she said at the event, which was held in Manokwari, West Papua.
In particular, she highlighted the layered discrimination experienced by women with disabilities. As women and people with disabilities, they experience various vulnerabilities related to poverty, education, health, socio-culture and family relationships, she explained.
A more significant challenge is faced by women with disabilities who live in rural areas, she pointed out.
In fact, women with disabilities are people who have the same potential, needs, interests and aspirations as other women, she stressed.
“We are also able to take a role in development,” the KND head said.
For that reason, the fulfillment of the rights of people with disabilities, especially women with disabilities, must be carried out, while agreeing that disabilities are an integral part of development that is fair, equal, and non-discriminatory.
The existence of inclusive development mandates awareness, accessibility, involvement and support for people with disabilities, both in urban and rural areas, and even for those in the underdeveloped, remote and outermost regions.
Source: Antara News