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The final part of the survey provided the opportunity for each country to list any other concerns about the standard of living of Deaf people. 11 countries (Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand) took the opportunity and expressed the following common areas of concern: Government • Major reform is needed to the national welfare policy in the area of sign language interpreting services • Access to government services needs to be improved • Better communication services between Government Agencies and the Deaf community is needed • Financial Assistance or a Welfare Service System should be put in place for the Deaf community • Health information should be made accessible and available in sign language or subtitles • Health Services should offer Sign Language Interpreting Services • Access to Sign Language Interpreting Services is needed for Court matters Education • A large number of Deaf people are illiterate • Quality of Education needs to be improved • Parents need to recognise the importance of Deaf Education for their Deaf children Sign Language • Deaf people have no sign language skills • Government does not recognise the sign language • Sign language materials and courses should be provided for Deaf people who have not learned their own language • The promotion of Human Rights through Sign Languages needs to be strengthened • Need to standardise the national sign language Sign Language Interpreters • Training for sign language interpreters • Provision of sign language interpreting services • Recognise the needs of sign language interpreters Employment Other • Equal opportunity for Deaf people in the employment sector • Low salary for Deaf people • Opportunities for employment • Vocational Training for Deaf people • Deaf people are isolated - 98% of them have never met another Deaf person • Decreased membership within the national organisation because of the general decrease in the birth rate • Decreased membership in Youth Groups • Lack of Deaf Awareness by hearing society leads to oppression or discrimination against Deaf people especially in villages • Small number of Regional Deaf Associations - an association needs to be established for every district • Deaf women are doubly oppressed as Women and Deaf • Rights of Deaf Women • Immigration and Refugees Issues, and Global Warming • Strengthen Deaf organisation’s stability as a self-help organisation The Project was under the auspices of the Swedish National Association of the Deaf (SDR) and the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), Page No 24 and funded by the Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) and Swedish Organisations of Disabled Persons International Aid Association (Shia).
5.0 Recommendations This section is based on the recommendations prepared by the members of the Regional Working Group that met in Bangkok, Thailand, on 13 th – 15 th February, 2008 to pursue the issues highlighted in the report. The current economic situation in the WFD RSA/P region, especially for the countries categorised under the World Bank Classification as Low Income or Low Middle Income (Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand), has an impact on any of their governments’ abilities to fund programmes to support these initiatives. Developed countries in the Asia and Pacific Region, such as Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and New Zealand, are encouraged to become familiar with WFD’s policy statement “WFD Work in Developing Countries”, especially the following sections: Development of Co-operation between Deaf associations in Developing and Developed Countries The WFD will work towards a situation whereby: 1. Deaf Associations in developed countries are encouraged to enter into a partnership/co-operation with counterparts in the south. 2. The co-operation should as much as possible be based on the principle of mutual respect for cultural, language and social economic realities, e.g. in sign language work. The objective should not be to export the sign language of the developed countries, but for developing countries to research and/or develop their own sign languages based on cultural realities. 3. Deaf people from developing countries should be encouraged to receive training in specific areas (e.g. sign language and management) in developed countries. However, the training should be tailored to enable them to work with the languages in their own countries. 4. The co-operation should have a strong component providing for involvement of Deaf people in developing countries in such matters as initiation of programmes, decision-making, monitoring and evaluation of programmes. 5. Information of such co-operation is widely shared with the global Deaf community. Education and Sign Language Work in Developing Countries Education and sign language work in developing countries is of vital importance. WFD will work towards: 1. Encouraging international funding agencies to support Deaf education and sign language programmes in developing countries as a priority. 2. Provide or facilitate experts in these fields to help promote Deaf education and sign language in developing countries. 3. Provide expert information to differentiate between the social cultural view, clinical pathological view and disability view for professional education in order to identify how each of these views influence the values, working habits of teachers and treatment of Deaf pupils. Strengthening or Establishing Deaf Associations in Developing Countries WFD encourages Deaf Associations to advocate for the rights of Deaf people in their respective countries at all levels. To this effect, WFD will: 1. Share information to help strengthen Associations of Deaf people. 2. Facilitate experts to assist the establishment or strengthening of Associations in developing countries. 3. Provide or help arrange organisational and management training seminars and workshops. 4. Ensure that member Associations in developing countries work towards the establishment of Associations that respect the basic principles of accountability and democratic participation of all individual members. Regional Co-operation in Developing Countries The WFD encourages regional cooperation between Deaf Associations in developing countries and works towards: 1. Building the capacity of regional management through training, sharing of information and networking of development agencies including donors. 2. Establishing Regional Secretariats where they do not exist, and linking all National Associations to the Secretariats. 3. Development of a network of regional experts to serve the regions in selected areas, e.g. sign language research, education and organisational development. 4. Co-operation with other international organisations based in the region to promote mutual understanding and hence contribute to the development of Deaf programmes in the region. Interpreting Services In the views of member Associations in developing countries where the level of interpretation service has not reached the stage of professionalism in the field, WFD experts in interpretation should develop a modified version of the ethics of interpreters to suit the environment of developing countries. The full policy statement “WFD Work in Developing Countries” and its companion policy “Work Done by Member Organisations in Developing Countries” are attached at the end of the report. Appendix No 3 and 4 The Project was under the auspices of the Swedish National Association of the Deaf (SDR) and the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), Page No 25 and funded by the Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) and Swedish Organisations of Disabled Persons International Aid Association (Shia).
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