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New york times breaking8/16/2023 For example, a blind or visually impaired person faces procedural barriers when completing written forms and receiving written communications, which would exacerbate their challenges in participating in the refugee status determination process. These barriers include a lack of information about the extension of the right to education to include refugees with disabilities and inadequate knowledge about existing possibilities and options available inaccessible university facilities with poor reasonable accommodation the existence of segregated and inferior quality of education ineffective social support high university fees and stigma against refugees with disabilities and their families.ĭuring policy-level interactions and workshops, the participants, including refugees with disabilities, argued that identifying persons with disabilities is another systematic barrier in addressing the needs of applicants with disabilities, as asylum-seekers with disabilities remain under-reported. This research’s main findings: The practical barriers to inclusive education are mainly associated with limited financial resources, poor understanding of disability, and low prioritization of inclusive higher education. Nepal’s government has yet to campaign or provide policy information on disabled refugee people including their human rights, improving the education system, and regulation of welfare.Īs an Institute of International Education (IIE), Centennial fellow, in between January and March 2023, collaborating with legal researchers, I conducted research titled “Overcoming the Barriers That Refugee and Internally Displaced People with Disabilities Face in Accessing Higher Education in Nepal.” This research aims to address the challenges that refugees with disabilities, especially refugee women with intellectual disabilities face to ensure their right to higher education. What is worrying is some of the challenges they have to face only because of the fact that they are refugees. These problems are associated with disability-related discrimination. Higher education institutions provide the context for a refugee’s first relationship with the world outside their families, enabling the development of social relationships and interactions.īut in Nepal, realization of the right to education still is a pipedream for refugees with disabilities, especially Rohingya refugee women with disabilities as they face multiple challenges. Inclusive higher education system provides a better-quality education for all people, including refugees with disabilities and is instrumental in creating more inclusive and open societies. Inclusive higher education is about how we develop and design our universities, programs and activities so that all persons can learn and participate together. On top of that, inclusive education is a prerequisite for the accomplishment of all other rights. Each individual should have an equal opportunity for educational progress.
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