the week disability people which is the first week of the December from the 3 to the 10 of the December. where number of event is held in Mogadishu organized by the DPOs the disabled people organizations and the federal state ministries and federal government of Somalia in many different areas in the country from  regional and capital city of Mogadishu
Apart from the commemoration event there was side events in line with disability people week held in the country Paralympic games held so for in Galkacyo jointly organized the Galmdug state ministry of women and human rights and the DPOs based in the town. In Mogadishu the capital city of Somalia IEDP Institute of education for the disabled people organized Paralympic games for disability people teams with with small contribution from the LVG project UNDP, UNSMOM.
In the Paralympic game Galkayac four teams from the different parts of the Galkacyo town villages is competed . in Mogadishu three districts competed Wadajir the host of the games and the Hodan and Shingane districts in the Bandir local authority. With variety games hand ball for the wheelchair people, football for the deaf people and rope pull for the blind and other teams.
One of the most exiting games ever seen and heard in the country broadcast  from the national tv and other local tv with social media spread. This is not the first of its kind, the put the first joint start  from the UNDP and other donors supported. The first time where federal state ministry supported with UNWOMEN program in Gakaacyo.
Somalia signed the national disability agency law establishing disability agency providing care and the development of the disability people. The President of Somalia HE Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo signed on 31 December 2018  mandated the ministry of the women and human rights in the time Mrs. Deqa Yasin who did not succeed finalized the establishment of the national disability agency leadership five persons selected from the types of the disabilities.
Disabled people scholars raised the discrimination against  from the  ministry of women and human rights. when they missed the opportunity to work with the ministry of the women and human rights. Where their potential and education is denied and neglect to contribute the ministry for the disability people issue. Similarly the DPOs complained lack of cooperation from the ministry
Somalia signed CRPD the convention rights persons  disability 2019 and become the 178 state signed  and ratified . An international act utilizing more rights for the disability people and obligations on the decision maker on the ground in any country ratified the treaty. enabling  access the political and social in the country. a universal rights that has not been done so far by the civil society, international donors and the Somali government.
Somalia launched national draft bill initiative for the national disability act in the county on October 2019 which has not got active consultation with the DPOs on the ground. except small occasions the disability rights activist contribution made which has not been written in the draft. The activist say we afraid to be cheated as we experienced before in the process of consultations for the national disability agency draft bill were most important of their contributions deleted in the draft. is was process full of discrimination and manipulation of the ministry women and human rights.
Somalia tenth parliament passed two laws local and international which are in the shelf of the ministry women and human rights. Not so far implemented, activist has made many time protest against the problems the disability people face from the ministry of the women and human rights.
The disability people told the media that the government of Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and the tenth parliament imitated more rights to the disability than all other governments served after the civil war. the last four years most disability people has been hearing from the media the government signed the rights and the budgets from the disability people. A question most disability people asking the last four years where the rights signed gone and who has taken from them. And the complaint from the activists are the government is not willing to hand over the disability their rights.
The question from the PWDs who are 20% of the Somalia people is when will they get all their rights the have as citizen In the country and the discrimination angst the disability people prohibited. And the government should realize the role of the disability in the decision making for their work and interest.
With President of Somalia HE Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and the tenth parliament requested to insure the disability people enjoying the political participation in the country and full enjoyment with decision making tables. And the establishment national disability agency with scholars and education from the disability people.
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Mr. Abdullahi Hassan Hussein
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