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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks so much Solo. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> PDF-fullmembers [mailto:pdf-fullmembers-bounces@lists.pacificdisability.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Soloveni Vitoso<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 30 March 2020 1:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> pdf-fullmembers@lists.pacificdisability.org; 'pdf-women@lists.pacificdisability.org'; pdf-youth@lists.pacificdisability.org; pdf-staff@lists.pacificdisability.org; pacificcbidnetwork@lists.pacificdisability.org; dpo-officemanagers@lists.pacificdisability.org; pdf-members@lists.pacificdisability.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [PDF-fullMembers] Human Rights Based Approach Guidelines on Disability Inclusion in COVID-19 Response<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Bula Vinaka All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Please find attached and pasted below the human rights based approach to disability inclusion in the COVID-19 response for your information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>GUIDELINE STARTS</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.5pt'>HUMAN RIGHTS BASED APPROACH GUIDELINE ON DISABILITY INCLUSION IN COVID-19 RESPONSE</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white;break-after: avoid'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>I.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>The pre-existing and intersecting inequalities and power imbalance can exacerbate in a crisis situation. In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, response agencies need to ensure protection to improve safety, well-being and dignity for affected populations. It is also crucial to recognize the capacity of affected population in understanding the information and carrying out their role to respond to and effectively participate through the various measures in place to combat the outbreak.<a name="_ftnref1"></a><a href="#_ftn1" title=""><sup><span style='color:#0563C1'>[1]</span></sup></a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ensuring effectiveness of health services and guaranteeing that no one is left behind, discriminated against and excluded from the COVID-19 response, a human rights based approach must be adopted. COVID-19 response must ensure full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by all persons with disabilities when accessing health services, taking into considerations their diversities of needs, priorities, capacities and vulnerabilities to the outbreak. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>It promotes respect for their inherent dignity, ensuring equal opportunities, upholds non-discrimination on the basis of disability and promotes meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in COVID-19 response. The human rights based approach requires authorities to ensure rights of its citizens are not restricted and perceive persons with disabilities as rights-holders. It upholds people’s autonomy and ensures that services and COVID-19 actions are gender sensitive, age appropriate and disability inclusive. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Pacific Disability Forum is calling on all sectors to adopt a human rights based approach to COVID-19 response and ensure that no one is left behind in all phases of the outbreak. An upsurge in discrimination against people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic may occur unless all sectors and communities take action. All stakeholders in recognising the need for effective inclusion, have to promote equal opportunities for all persons with disabilities and considering the evolving communication needs and development of children with disabilities.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>The following principles underlines measures that needs to be taken to ensure that we save lives of persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. These principles uphold, complement and support the implementation of the humanitarian principles and standards, the protection principles and the DO NO HARM principle, and other human rights and humanitarian laws.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white;break-after: avoid'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>II.</span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'> </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>INCLUSION </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>We need to guarantee inclusion for all, to ensure that no one is left behind in accessing health services. This can be ensured through:</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Removal of environmental, attitudinal, communication and institutional barriers that limits full participation of persons with disabilities.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Provision of support services that supports participation and independent living of persons with disabilities</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Provision of assistive devices that will support access to health services for person with disabilities on an equal basis with others.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ensuring accessibility of health services, facilities, ambulance services, fever clinics and other necessary mechanisms within the COVID-19 response</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Eliminating discrimination on the basis of disability and the stigma associated with persons with disabilities</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Training of health workers on communicating with persons with disabilities and disability inclusion.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Mainstream gender sensitive, age appropriate, disability inclusive and human rights based interventions across all actions of COVID-19 response. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white;break-after: avoid'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>III.</span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'> </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>PARTICIPATION </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Involve representative organisations of persons with disabilities (OPD) by inviting them to share their lived experiences, offer advice on disability inclusion and be the voice of all persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 response.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Create an enabling environment that allows persons with disabilities and their representative organisations to effectively participate and take action. This can be ensured through:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Provision of sign language in meetings, advisories and presentations</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ensuring that information shared in meetings, advisories and presentations are available in accessible formats.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Information going out to the general public are available in easy read formats</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ensuring that health services including health workers and health facilities and all COVID-19 response space of sharing and participation does not discriminate on the basis of disability.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Eliminating all stigma against all persons with disabilities.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ensuring that COVID-19 response meeting venues or platforms are accessible to persons with disabilities.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Provision of ample time and notice to persons with disabilities and OPDs when they are required to provide technical advises on disability inclusion in the COVID-19 response.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>“Nothing About Us Without Us” – This means that when dealing with issues of persons with disabilities it is important to involve them and create an enabling environment that allows them to fully and effectively participate. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>It is important that persons with disabilities and OPD’s individual autonomy, inherent dignity and freedom of choice and independence are respected and recognised.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white;break-after: avoid'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>IV.</span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'> </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>ACCESSIBILITY </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Persons with disabilities must receive, understand and act on COVID-19 information on prevention tips, public restriction plans, and services offered. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Persons with disabilities should be able to share their experience and communicate with health workers and first responders in the COVID-19 response. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Persons with disabilities should be able to reach, enter, circulate and use public health care facilities and COVID-19 specific health care facilities.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Information sharing platforms like websites, media outlets, social media pages and SMS advisories should be accessible to all persons with disabilities.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Information Communication Technologies should be inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white;break-after: avoid'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>V.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'> </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>NON-DISCRIMINATION </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Health services and COVID-19 response should not discriminate persons with disabilities on the basis of their disability.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Eliminate all forms of discrimination and stigma against all persons with disabilities including women and girls with disabilities who faces multiple forms of discriminations based on their gender, disability and other characteristics.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Stakeholders providing communication and other services including the general public need to have positive attitude towards persons with disabilities and ensure that their dignity is upheld.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ensure that persons with disabilities infected by COVID-19 are not discriminated, labelled and stigmatised</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white;break-after: avoid'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>VI.</span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'> </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>RESPECT FOR DIFFERENCE AND DIVERSITY </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Recognise that persons with disabilities have diversities of:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Impairments</span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> - includes physical, sensory<a name="_ftnref2"></a><a href="#_ftn2" title=""><sup><span style='color:#0563C1'>[2]</span></sup></a>, psychosocial and intellectual</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Barriers</span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> – environmental, communication, attitudinal and institutional</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Needs</span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> – mild and moderate, severe and high support needs</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Other characteristics </span></i><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>– </span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>including but not limited to gender, socio-economic status, etc.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Recognise that persons with disabilities need support to build their capacity to be able to fully and effectively participate in COVID-19 response, understand COVID-19 and take necessary actions to save themselves and their families from the outbreak.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Recognise that different persons with disabilities will have different coping mechanisms to cope and might require different support services to help them act and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Recognise that COVID-19 will have different impacts on different persons with disabilities and fear and panic caused by the outbreak may exacerbates the impacts on those with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white;break-after: avoid'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>VII.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'> </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ensure that all persons with disabilities have access to health services and COVID-19 response on an equal basis with others.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ensure that COVID-19 response and health services are available, accessible, affordable and provided with quality. Ensuring access to health services and equitable participation of persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 response. This means that persons with disabilities: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>are able to see, reach, and receive services, information, communication and other facilities on COVID-19 provided in all communities in both rural and urban areas. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>have access on an equal basis with others to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public on COVID-19, in both urban and rural areas. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>persons with disabilities have the ability to pay for goods and services at a reasonable price. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>§</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>are able to use and benefit from the COVID-19 response on an equal basis with others. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ensuring the provision of reasonable accommodation to facilitates access to health services and guarantee meaningful and effective participation of all persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ensuring the collection, analysis and use of disability disaggregated data to highlight areas of concern and influence decision making and review of policy, processes and procedures in implementing the COVID-19 response plan.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white;break-after: avoid'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>VIII.</span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'> </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'>RESPECT FOR INHERENT DIGNITY </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#2E74B5;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>When making reference to persons with disabilities avoid the use of words such as “disabled”, “people with different ability”, “special people”, “invalids”, “people living with a disability” etc. These words degrade and perceive persons with disabilities as different from others in society. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Use the term “persons with disabilities” when making reference to persons with disabilities.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>The term persons with disabilities recognises that the person comes first and recognises that they are people with impairments who in interaction with various barriers limits their participation in society. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:105%;background:white'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Recognising that persons with disabilities are people first and further recognising that their participation is limited due to the interaction between their impairments and various barriers.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span style='color:black'>GUIDELINE END </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="33%" align=left></span></div><div id=ftn1><p style='background:white'><a name="_ftn1"></a><a href="#_ftnref1" title=""><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0563C1'>[1]</span></sup></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> Extracted from Pacific Humanitarian Protection Cluster, The COVID-19 Outbreak Protection Brief, shared on email on 19 March 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=ftn2><p style='background:white'><a name="_ftn2"></a><a href="#_ftnref2" title=""><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0563C1'>[2]</span></sup></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> Sensory impairments include those who are blind, deaf, speech impairment, low vision, deaf blind and hard of hearing,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span 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