Empowering Women with Disabilities in the University�s Library in Developing Countries: Inclusive Design and Social-Economic Empowerment

Tanuwidjaja, Gunawan and Adiasih, Priskila and Wulandari, Dian and Kristanto, Luciana and , Dian Fitria (2019) Empowering Women with Disabilities in the University�s Library in Developing Countries: Inclusive Design and Social-Economic Empowerment. In: ANU Indonesia Council Open Conference 2019, 21-11-2019 - 21-11-2019, Canberra - Australia.

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Abstract

The Persons with disabilities right is regarded as significantly important by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Therefore empowerment strategies are needed to remove the barriers faced by Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). In Indonesian context, Act No. 8 the Year 2016 actually have recognised the rights of PwDs. Unfortunately, the UNCRPD implementation was not implemented yet with many inaccessible educational facilities. Therefore, Inclusive Design (ID) framework is needed because of the Universitys Library role as the central service for higher degree education and community hub. The research is trying to answer the research question of: - What are the barriers and success points of the implementation of Inclusive Design in Indonesia? The research is conducted with qualitative methods in Petra Christian University (PCU) Library in Indonesia. It will involve decision makers, architects, librarians, and students with disabilities. An introductory project in PCU Library had been conducted in 2017-2018. The temporary findings are: PCU Library accessibility improvement was proposed following inclusive redesign methods. The barriers of ID implementation is the limited awareness of decision makers and the limited number of librarians. Besides that, the Special Assistance Corner and Disability Service is constructed in PCU Library, causing more educational access to PwDs and reducing poverty of PwDs, especially the Women with Disabilities. Additional women empowerment will be conducted by PCU Library such as the Products Packaging Training for Medium and Small Enterprise (MSE) in Pagesangan, Jambangan.

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