Country / Turkmenistan /
1/ Background Statistics
Human development index rank / 871
GNI per capita (PPP in US$) / 7,052 1
Life expectancy at birth (years) / 65.3 1
Mean years of schooling (years) / 9.91, a
Expected years of schooling (years) / 13.0 1, b
Total population / 5,042,0002
2/ Disability Statistics
Population of persons with disabilities / ..
Proportion of persons with disabilities to total population / ..
Employment rate of persons with disabilities / ..
Access to education / ..
3/Definitions
Definition of disability / ..
Definition of persons with disabilities / ..
Categories of impairment / ..
4/ Commitment to International Instruments on Disability
Ratification or signatory of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and its Optional Protocol / Ratified Convention on 4 September 2008;
Ratified Optional Protocol on 10 November 2010 3
Ratification of ILO Convention 159 / No 4
Ratification or signatory of the Convention on Cluster Munitions / No5
Ratification or signatory of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction / Signed Convention on 3 December 1997;
Ratified Convention on 19 January 19986
5/Legal Framework
Constitutional provisions / ..
Disability-specific laws
Comprehensive / ..
Sectoral / Cover:
Disability-inclusive laws / ..
6/Policy Framework
Disability-specific policies
Comprehensive / ..
Sectoral / ..
Disability-inclusive / ..
7/Institutional Framework
The national coordination mechanism or disability focal point / ..
Sources:
1. United Nations Development Programme (2010). Human Development Report 2010 (New York, UNDP).
2. United Nations (2011).World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision, accessed from http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm on 1 August 2011.
3. United Nations (2011). “Convention and Optional Protocol Signatures and Ratifications”, on the United Nations Enable website, accessed from www.un.org/disabilities/countries.asp?navid=12&pid=166on 17 October 2011.
4. International Labour Organization (2011). “Convention No. C 159”, accessed fromwww.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/ratifce.pl?C159on 17 October 2011.
5. Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) (2008). “Ratifications and Signatures”, accessed from www.clusterconvention.org/ratifications-and-signatureson 17 October 2011.
6. Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (1997). “State Parties and Signatories”, accessed from www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpPages)/6E65F97C9D695724C12571C0003D09EF?OpenDocument on 17 October 2011.
Notes:
a. Refers to an earlier year than that specified. Based on data on years of schooling of adults from household surveys in the World Bank’s International Income Distribution Database.
b. Based on cross-country regression.
Comprehensive
1.Definitions
a) Disability
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b) Persons with disabilities
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c) Categories of impairment
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2.Legal framework
a) Constitutional provisions
· Constitution of Turkmenistan
[English]
The Constitution of Turkmenistan states in Article 34 that “Citizens have the right to social services if they are elderly, sick, disabled, unable to work, have lost their provider, or are unemployed.”
b) Disability-specific laws and regulations
i. Comprehensive disability-specific laws and regulations
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ii. Sectoral disability-specific laws and regulations
c) Disability-inclusive laws and regulations
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3.Policies and plans
a) Disability-specific policies and plans
i. Comprehensive disability-specific policies and plans
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ii. Sectoral disability-specific policies and plans
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b) Disability-inclusive policies and plans
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4.Institutional framework and Government focal point
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5. Useful links
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6. References
Turkmenistan (2008).The Constitution of Turkmenistan (unofficial translation), accessed from www.legislationline.org/documents/section/constitutions/country/51 on 1 August 2011.
Last updated: 17 October 2011.