Background
The Chapter 12 Commissions are designed as drivers of change for Zimbabwe’s implementation of democratic values and constitutionalism as per the Zimbabwe Constitution. Collectively, the Chapter 12 Institutions serve the common purpose of contributing towards a democratic Zimbabwean society by steering the country towards constitutionalism as a shared value. Through their respective mandates, the Chapter 12 Commissions are critical to improving the quality of governance, encouraging transparency and accountability, fostering inclusion, advancing gender equality, promoting the rights of marginalized groups, strengthening justice and rule of law, and ultimately leading to national unity, peace and reconciliation.
It is against this backdrop and as part of the broader support to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Framework (UNSDCF) priorities to the entrenchment of human rights and democracy as outlined in section 233 of the Constitution, that United Nations participating agencies (PUNOs), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Women and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), under the coordination of the United Nations Resident Coordinators Office (UNRCO), have co-developed the Support to Chapter 12 Commissions Project with Chapter 12 Commissions, referred to as Project 223.
The project’s output 2 has joint activities that focus on persons with disabilities to ensure all Commissions are inclusive of the needs of persons with disabilities. In line with this, the services of a consultant are sought to conduct a mapping exercise on disability inclusion including through knowledge productions as well as designing measures for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities in all Chapter 12 Commissions work. Throughout this assignment, the Consultant will be guided by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD) and its optional protocols, other international best practices and instruments as well as active engagement of relevant Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe ratified the CRPD in 2013 and remains committed to promoting the meaningful engagement of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in development processes.
Overall objective of the consultancy
In close consultation and meaningful engagement with Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), conduct a mapping exercise on existing disability inclusion including on knowledge products in all Chapter 12 commissions and identify gaps that need to be addressed to ensure standard guidelines and knowledge products in line with international best practice for all commissions.
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