Children with disabilities face educational barriers in Kyrgyzstan | Human Rights Watch

Children with Disabilities Face Barriers to Education in Kyrgyzstan

(Berlin, December 10, 2020) - Thousands of children with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan are segregated in residential institutions where they can experience negl…

(Berlin, December 10, 2020) - Thousands of children with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan are being segregated into homes where they can experience neglect, inappropriate medical treatment and discrimination, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today on International Human Rights Day.

The 74-page report “Insistence on Inclusion: Institutionalization and Barriers to Education for Children with Disabilities in Kyrgyzstan” documents how children are often denied high-quality, inclusive education in which children with and without disabilities study together in mainstream schools. Children with disabilities are subject to discriminatory government assessments that, according to Human Rights Watch, often result in segregation in special schools or at home. Kyrgyzstan ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2019.

For more Human Rights Watch reports on Kyrgyzstan, see:
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