Key elements – must do

‘Must do’ actions must be undertaken in all phases of humanitarian action when implementing inclusive cash-based programmingfor persons with disabilities.

Participation

Addressing barriers

Empowerment and capacity development

Data collection and monitoring

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Diagram 5 Barriers to access and inclusion in cash-based interventions

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Flow chart depicting how impacts of the crisis are exacerbated for persons with disabilities in cash-based interventions.

Impact of crisis includes breakdown of local economies, insecurity, breakdown of social networks, destruction of infrastructure, displacement, closure of services. These impacts are exacerbated by barriers in the response including:

Environmental barriers

  • - Lack of accessible information on cash registration processes and delivery mechanisms
  • - Lack of accessible technology for money transfers through mobile phones or ATM cards
  • - Inaccessible voucher distribution points
  • - Inaccessible participating shops or markets that accept vouchers
  • - Lack of accessible transportation

Attitudinal barriers

  • - Attitudes and knowledge of staff towards persons with disabilities

Institutional barriers

  • - Lack of technical capacity to develop disability-sensitive scoring systems for targeting assistance
  • - Lack of consideration of persons with disabilities in sector standards, guidelines and policies
  • - Complex and inaccessible administration and registration procedures.

The barriers in the response result in risk faced by persons with disabilities including violence, poverty, environmental hazards, deterioration of health, exclusion, isolation, abandonment, etc.

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The guidance below will help humanitarian actors to identify and address the barriers that persons with disabilities (andalso those who give them support) may face in accessing humanitarian cash-based transfer programmes.