Disability inclusion across the humanitarian response sector, including in HLP programming, has been identified by humanitarian actors as an area of much-needed policies and strategies that are dedicated to ensuring the needs of persons with disabilities are adequately met. Where policies and strategies do exist, gaps in monitoring and reporting on implementing disability policies have also been identified as a challenge. Furthermore, literature and guidance on disability inclusion tends to focus on issues of physical mobility
instead of a broader and more comprehensive understanding of disability.
Disability inclusion in HLP rights and tenure security programming is critical to ensuring that humanitarian actors are providing pathways for persons with disabilities to realize their human right of access to adequate housing. Furthermore, understanding how to identify persons with disabilities and coordinate service delivery for a wide variety and degrees of needs is also important for CCCM programming. As such, having tools for data collection that is inclusive of persons with disabilities is crucial to begin mainstreaming disability inclusion in CCCM HLP and tenure security programming. It is also important to understand how different groups of people with disabilities are excluded from services and assistance within the sector Moreover, as disability is more prevalent among women than men, disability inclusion in CCCM HLP programming is central to ensuring that the most vulnerable women have the resources they need to exercise their right to housing and tenure security.
As the CCCM and Shelter sectors are increasingly responding to displacement in urban areas, challenges, such as discrimination in rental practices against persons with disabilities, ensuring rental assistance projects have mechanisms to accommodate and protect persons with disabilities, and physical accessibility of housing options, amongst many others, require HLP and tenure security programming to ensure disability inclusion is integral to project planning. The resources and tools in this section focus on the Washington Group on Disability and Statics’ tools on disability inclusion in data collection and guidance on disability inclusion in humanitarian action that can be adapted to CCCM HLP programming.
Tools
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Provides guidance on using the WGQ Sets in humanitarian settings.
Summary
The guidelines first introduce the WGQ sets and highlight the use of them in humanitarian settings. An explanation of each question set and when is best to use them is provided. A concise guide on how to use the question sets is also provided, including understanding the demographic context, steps for supporting the implementation of the survey, and steps for supporting the planning phase and data collection is also provided. 4 Guidance is also provided on ensuring access to the WGQs, including steps for supporting the analysis of the data and reporting, measuring access and inclusiveness of services and projects, and steps for planning the collection of data. A chart detailing the steps for planning data collection is included. The guidelines also explain the limitations of the WGQ with qualitative data. Finally, guidance is also provided on adapting the WGQ to household-level surveys.
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The factsheet explains the WG short set of questions which are designed to identify people who have difficulties in basic, universal activities (seeing, hearing, walking, remembering or concentrating, self-care and communicating).
Summary
A short list of the WG question sets is provided, including the short set, enhanced short set, child functioning module, and extended set. The explanation for why the questions are important is how they can help to understand demographics, measure access, and disaggregate indicators.
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This factsheet is useful for adapting the WGQ to the household, rather than individual level specifically for humanitarian action data collection.
Summary
Three different scenarios are presented for conducting data collection at the household level, including the pros and cons of each. The three scenarios provided are: asking all members of the household individually, asking the head of household and then the rest of the household, and asking only the head of household. Key attention points on what not to do and different factors to identify are provided.
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This factsheet focuses on collecting data on persons with mental health and psychosocial disabilities who experiencing a humanitarian crisis, including contexts where anxiety and mental health are of concern.
Summary
Clear guidance on what the enhanced short-set questionnaire is and when to use it is provided, Including examples from Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.
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The factsheet is useful for any context using the WGQ for disability inclusion data collection. Useful to decide if collecting temporality data or causality data is needed for project planning.
Summary
A clear explanation of the difference between temporality data and Causality data is provided when each kind of data is important. Temporality data is most relevant for HLP CCCM programming as this focuses on getting a snapshot of the population facing disabilities and how services should be tailored to the needs. Guidance in determining if the information is relevant and how to collect it is important. Also provided are key points regarding the role and scope of humanitarians in identifying persons with disabilities.
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Resources
| Title | date | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| The right to adequate housing for persons with disabilities living in cities | 2015 | View resource |
| Disability data collection: a summary review of the use of the Washington group questions by development and humanitarian actors | 2018 | View resource |
| Disability inclusion in shelter and settlements programming | 2019 | View resource |