City Desk :
Leaders of different organisations working for welfare of the persons with disabilities at a press conference have demanded for ensuring equal socio-political rights of the disable population for their overall development.
Sustainable national uplifts could not be attained without mainstreaming the huge disabled population with the national development activities through ensuring their equal human rights as per the concerned UN Convention, they said.
With President of Rangdhanu Zilla Protibandhi Adhikar Sangstha (RZPAS) Nur Alam in the chair, Human Rights Facilitator of the Add International Mahfuzar Rahman read out written statement in the press conference arranged at Chamber auditorium in Rangpur on Friday.
Capacity Development Facilitator of ADD International Marufa Begum, President of Prottyasha Protidin Nari O Shishu Unnayan Sangstha Khadija Parveen and leaders of different organisations of the disabled population were present.
Speakers in the press conference forwarded 12-pint demand including distribution of easy-term and interest-free loans among disabled persons, enlisting all above 18-year disabled people in voter lists and ensuring 10 percent quota for them in government services.
They said sustainable national uplift is not possible without turning the people with disabilities into able and worthy human resources through ensuring their equal socio-political and human rights in the society.
Terming the people with disabilities as the integral part of the society, the speakers said the disabled people could do the same as the able if adequate opportunities were provided to enjoy the basic human rights like others.
They called upon the government for taking steps so that the disabled people had their proportionate representations in the local government bodies as well as in the parliament so that their equal rights were established in every sphere of the society.
