Disability Inclusion Working Group

The aim of the Disability Inclusion Working Group is to ensure more streamlined and coordinated responses by humanitarian and development actors in Afghanistan that better meet the needs of affected people. It is proposed that the DIWG will be an inter-agency and inter-cluster technical working group established to support the humanitarian and development system in advancing disability inclusion issues in Afghanistan. The goal is to bring together a range of actors working in this space including UN agencies, national and international NGOs, Civil Society Organisations, Organisations of Person with Disabilities (OPDs), Private Sectors to address the full spectrum of factors that impact people living with disabilities in Afghanistan. While some may work directly with individuals in terms of services and assistance, there is a significant amount of normative and advocacy work to be done to ensure these issues are mainstreamed across all programming and are high on the national agenda. The broad areas of work by the group are below and members may decide on a range of tasks and projects within these:

  1. Strengthen disability inclusion in the Humanitarian Response Cycle through active engagement in the HNO and HRP processes and other processes
  2. Strengthen disability inclusive programming in both humanitarian and development-oriented actions through capacity building on disability inclusive programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
  3. Support development and use of tools and guidelines to strengthen disability inclusion in humanitarian and development response in line with IASC Guidelines on Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Response
  4. Facilitate active engagement and participation of Person with disabilities and Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs)

The Disability Inclusion Working Group (DIWG) will collaborate and work closely with all relevant existing technical working groups and clusters, particularly on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Accountability to Affected People (AAP), Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA), and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), as well as the Protection and Health Clusters to strengthen policy and practice on disability inclusion.

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SCA pauses all activities in Afghanistan

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan is pausing all its activities in Afghanistan. This is in response to a decree from the Islamic Emirate Afghanistan (IEA) which called for the suspension of all “Sweden’s activities”. March 19, 2024,…

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News and Press Release
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SCA
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20 Mar 2024

Afghanistan

Afghanistan AAP Working Group Monthly Meeting, 13 March 2024 (10:00 - 11:00am)

AAP in HNRP 2024 Key priorities: ➔ Community feedback and perception monitoring ➔ Community validation / community led system ➔ Information and communication with communities, focusing on vulnerable communities (women, children, persons with disability) ➔ Capacity strengthening for clusters/frontline team and…

Afghanistan

Stability is necessary to attain zero hunger because the prime cause is conflict

Conflict remains the fundamental driver of hunger in many areas of Afghanistan. Food and nutrition security is being seriously undermined to levels never before seen as a result of escalating armed conflicts, insecurity, and civil unrest. Nazar…

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DACAAR
Posted:
28 Feb 2024
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Afghanistan Cash & Voucher Working Group (CVWG): Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) and Setting the Transfer Value (TV) - Guidance Document, Updated September 2023, Approved by the CVWG - October 2023

Acknowledgements The Cash and Voucher Working Group (CVWG) in Afghanistan is grateful to all the Cluster Leads who contributed to the revision of this Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB). Special thanks go to the Food Security and Agriculture…

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Manual and Guideline
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NORCAP, WFP
Posted:
12 Nov 2023
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