The DOJF has embarked on a Gender equality & Gender Based Violence Project “Strengthening the participation of the Women with Disability to create a national level forum to address the issues of gender based violence and the rights of Women with Disabilities.” with the financial support from USAid through Management Systems International (hereinafter called “MSI”) as part of their intervention under “Increased Demand and Engagement for Accountability” Project (MSI/IDEA), in the year 2021 August, which will continue for one year.

The Overall Objective of this project is to mitigate violence against women and girls with disabilities and strengthening civil society organizations to advocate for the mainstreaming of disability perspective into stronger policies, strategies, and action plans.

Through this grant initiate, DOJF conducted training and education on Gender Based Violence (GBV) Mitigation Strategies, Sexual and Reproductive Health and CRPD to Establish National Level Platform including Women with Disabilities to increase the cooperation, partnership, and synergy with National and Provincial Level Stakeholders to maintain sustainable relationship to better address the Gender Based Violence issues.The DOJF hopes to create a national level platform for women with disabilities to make a strong voice to promote and eliminate all forms of violence against girls and women with disabilities. 

1. Enhanced awareness on rights of persons with disabilities amongst authorities, decision makers and other stakeholders.
2. Improved conditions for enactment of new disability rights bill and the ratification of UNCRPD.
3. Improved preconditions for monitoring of enforcement of disability legislation, regulations and policies through enhanced capacity of Disability Organizations Joint Front’s member organizations.
4. Enhanced organizational, democratic and advocacy capacity of Disability Organizations Joint Front and its member organizations.
5. Enhanced opportunities for training and education for persons with disabilities. 

Number of activities were planned under each immediate objective and have been implemented since 2015 onwards. At present this project plays a major role by being the main project implemented under the DOJF, and all its member organizations directly benefit from the capacity development activities. Persons with Disabilities in Sri Lanka will benefit through monitoring the implementation of the Disability legislation. The political authority will have an increased understanding of Disability rights through closer cooperation.

Objectives

1.To integrate persons with disabilities and their caregivers in core GBV training packages

2.To engage the women and girls with disabilities on development of strategies and implementation activities of their inclusion

3.To integrate existing GBV response services with the disabled persons disaggregated by sex and age

IDEA -USAID Project 2019-2020

This fixed amount award was granted to the DOJF by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from August 15, 2019 to August 14,2020 to implement the project called ‘Disability inclusion in mainstream development through a comprehensive advocacy and lobby drive’. 

Main Objective

Initiate a comprehensive Disability Rights Monitoring Network through mobilizing PwD’s by providing Human Rights Education, including rights of PwDs and gender, and create a vigilance network at district/provincial level thereby establish a national level Disability Right Monitoring

Purpose of the project

In Sri Lanka there is no proper mechanism to monitor the rights violation of PwD’s. When compiling the Pectoral Report on Disability for the UPR process. Furthermore, when the information related to incidents/violations are not reliable, further actions or intervening for right violation issues cannot initiate at national level as well as provincial level.

To make the reporting process more inclusive, evidence based and have a wider representation and response to rights violations, DOJF initiated human rights education, more specifically on the rights of PwDs including gender and create a vigilance network at District & Provincial level with the participation and partnership of DOJF member organizations network spread across the country.

Events Under IDEA Project

1. Regional level workshops

The regional level workshop including youth & women with Disabilities on human rights including rights of persons with disabilities and gender awareness and education through leadership has been completed in Western & Southern and Central provinces. 56 participants with disability have participated and raised the awareness on above thematic areas.

2. UNCRPD easy read version Sign Language Video

The UNCRPD easy read version Sign Language video version has been completed with Sinhala and Tamil subtitles in order to easily communicate with deaf persons who are supposed to participate in the National level Human Rights, CPRD and gender workshop.

3. DRMN Web portal

Design and development of web-based application for the disability Right monitoring system (DRMS) was completed and the system is under test run condition.

Number of activities were planned under each immediate objective and have been implemented since 2015 onwards. At present this project plays a major role by being the main project implemented under the DOJF, and all its member organizations directly benefit from the capacity development activities. Persons with Disabilities in Sri Lanka will benefit through monitoring the implementation of the Disability legislation. The political authority will have an increased understanding of Disability rights through closer cooperation. test post