United Nations Development Programme (2010).Human Development Report2010(New York, UNDP)
Country / Maldives
1/ Background Statistics
Human development index rank / 1071
GNI per capita (PPP in US$) / 5,4081
Life expectancy at birth (years) / 72.31
Mean years of schooling (years) / 4.71
Expected years of schooling (years) / 12.4 1
Total population / 316,0002
2/ Disability Statistics
Population of persons with disabilities / 11,000a
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 / Signed Convention on 1 October 2007;
Ratified Convention on 5 April 20103
Ratification of ILO Convention 159 / No4
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 1October1998;
Ratified Convention on 7September 20006
5/Legal Framework
Constitutional provisions / ..
Disability-specific laws
Comprehensive / No
Sectoral / ..
Disability-inclusive laws / ..
6/Policy Framework
Disability-specific policies
Comprehensive / ..
Sectoral / ..
Disability-inclusive / ..
7/Institutional Framework
The national coordination mechanism or disability focal point / Ministry of Gender Family Development and Social Security
Sources:
- United Nations Development Programme (2010).Human Development Report2010(New York, UNDP).
- United Nations (2011).World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision, accessed from on 26 July 2011.
- United Nations (2011). “Convention and Optional Protocol Signatures and Ratifications”, on the United Nations Enable website, accessed from 17 October 2011.
- International Labour Organization (2011). “Convention No. C 159”, accessed from 17 October 2011.
- Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) (2008). “Ratifications and Signatures”, accessed from 17 October 2011.
- 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 on 17 October 2011.
Notes:
a.Estimated by the ESCAP secretariat according to available data.
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 the Republic of Maldives
[English]
Article 17 in the Constitution states that “Everyone is entitled to the rights and freedoms included in this Chapter without discrimination of any kind, including race, national origin, colour, sex, age, mental or physical disability, political or other opinion, property, birth or other status, or native island.”
b) Disability-specific laws and regulations
i. Comprehensive disability-specific laws and regulations
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ii. Sectoral disability-specific laws and regulations
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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
..
b) Disability-inclusive policies and plans
..
4.Institutional framework and Government focal point
- Ministry of Gender Family Development and Social Security
The can be contacted at the following:
5. Useful links
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6. References
Maldives (2008) Constitution of the Republic of Maldives, accessed from on 26 July 2011.
______(2006). Questionnaire on the Mid-pointReview of the Implementation of the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action towards an Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific (BMF), answers from the respective Government on file with ESCAP.
Last updated: 17October2011.