March 17, 2023
Three Councillors with disability,
Councillor Tsunga Matara from Sanyati Rural District, Ward 6,
Councillor Patrick Mukahanana from Mutasa Central Ward 16
and Councillor Conlet Mawere from Vungu Rural District received vehicles to help them execute their mandates.
https://allafrica.com/stories/202110120286.html
Oct. 12, 2021
The Persons with Disabilities Bill is set to amend the 1992 Disabled Persons Act, informed by other contemporary legislation on disability rights.
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Oct. 19, 2021
The translation of the National Disability Policy (2021) was completed and the printed copies were distributed to the provinces.
June 9, 2021
President Launches National Labour Migration and National Disability Policies
https://www.chronicle.co.zw/cabinet-approves-national-disability-policy/
Feb. 11, 2021
Cabinet has approved the National Disability Policy which seeks to address the marginalisation and discrimination of Persons with Disabilities in Zimbabwe and empower them to improve their quality of life. The policy was crafted as measure to assist in domesticating provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which Zimbabwe ratified.
July 24, 2019
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has sent 10 officers for a six-month sign language course with a view to accommodate all prisoners in line with the country’s supreme law. In terms of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, all State institutions are obliged to take necessary steps to ensure people with disabilities get fair treatment without any form of discrimination.
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