Authors
This report was written by (in alphabetical order): Chiara Chimirri, Federico Ciani, Irene Fattacciu, Ghassan Abu Hatab, Samah Saleh, Imad Sayrafi and Rasha Suboh.
Research Team
International scientific coordinators are Federico Ciani, Chiara Chimirri and Irene Fattacciu.
Local scientific coordinators are (in alphabetical order) Ghassan Abu Hatab, Samah Saleh,
Imad Sayrafi and Rasha Suboh.
Disability Experts (in alphabetical order) are Dalal Al Taji, Ziad Amro, Awad Obayat and
Sameh Swalha.
Team members (in alphabetical order) are Mohammed Abu Khalil, Zarif Al Ghora, Wala’ al
Jamal, Atheer Abu Rayan, Soha Jebreel, Mohammed Karam, Hamza Naser, Amjad Qasim,
Hammad Samamrah, Mohammed Shehada, Gadeer Yaish, Kitam Zanoun and Saly Zioud
Excerpts from the Executive Summary:
This report presents the results of four emancipatory research (ER) studies that focused on inclusive education and employment for persons with disabilities (PwDs) in Palestine. It was conducted within the framework of the project Nothing about Us without Us (NAUWU), and its objective is twofold: First, to deepen knowledge on the inclusion of PwDs within education, vocational training and employment sectors. This entailed the identification of facilitators and barriers to the inclusion of PwDs, as well as concrete domains for action, to elaborate policy recommendations for an operational strategic plan on disability. Second, to enhance local empowerment by actively involving four different groups of PwDs in an ER process, in collaboration with Palestinian disabled people’s organisations
(DPOs) and universities. The project was funded by the Italian Agency for International Cooperation (AICS) and led by the Italian NGO, EducAid. It has been implemented in the West Bank and Gaza strip, specifically in the municipalities of Bethlehem, Gaza, Hebron, Jenin, Nablus and Ramallah.
The research project saw the participation of the Palestinian Ministries of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and Labour, EducAid, Ahlya University, An-Najah National University, Palestine Ahlyia University (PAU), Birzeit University (in particular, its Centre for Development Studies), the Action Research for CO-Development centre (ARCO), PIN S.c.r.l.
(University of Florence), Rete Italiana Disabilità e Sviluppo (RIDS) Onlus. ARCO, a research lab within the University of Florence, assisted the project by providing research support and two trainers to oversee the facilitation and implementation of the entire ER process. Project partners included several DPOs based in the municipalities targeted by the project, namely
the General Palestinian Union of People with Disability (GUPWD) (in Beit Sahour), Stars of Hope (in Ramallah) and Aswat (in Nablus).
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