“WELFARE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES” - Caritas Zambia submission to the parliamentary committee on national guidance and gender matters

“WELFARE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES” - Caritas Zambia submission to the parliamentary committee on national guidance and gender matters

SUBMISSION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL GUIDANCE AND GENDER MATTERS

November 2021

“Welfare of Women and Girls Living With Disabilities”

1.0. INTRODUCTION

One of the most precise and widely accepted definition of Disability inclusion is understanding the relationship between the way people function and how they participate in society, and making sure everybody has the same opportunities to participate in every aspect of life to the best of their abilities and desires.

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About Caritas Zambia

Caritas Zambia is a Catholic Organisation that is an integral structure of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). The Conference of Bishops is a permanent grouping of Bishops of a given nation or territory that jointly exercises certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of their territory. This is done for the sake of effective evangelisation. To promote the principle of the common good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programmes of the apostolate which are fittingly adapted to the circumstances of the time and place, is the role of Bishops.