Endnotes

  1. See https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/the-10th-anniversary-of-the-adoption-of-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd-crpd-10.html.
  2. United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy: https://www.un.org/en/content/disabilitystrategy/.
  3. Section 508. Available at https://section508.gov/manage/laws-and-policies#:~:text=Section%20508%20of%20the%20Rehabilitation%20Act%20of%201973&text=Under%20Section%20508%2C%20agencies%20must,the%20access%20available%20to%20others.
  4. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. Available at https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/.
  5. See http://universaldesign.ie/What-is-Universal-Design/.
  6. DARE Index 2017-18. Available at https://g3ict.org/upload/DARE-Index-Top-Performing-Countries-Nov-5-2018.pdf.
  7. DARE Index 2020. Available at https://g3ict.org/upload/accessible_DARE-Index-2020-Top-Performing-Countries-ENGLISH-1.pdf.
  8. United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Available at https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/ConventionRightsPersonsWithDisabilities.aspx.
  9. World Health Organization, on e-accessibility. Available at https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/what-is-e-accessibility
  10. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), on e-accessibility. Available at https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-intro/.
  11. UN Women, July 1, 2020, Intersectional feminism: what it means and why it matters right now, Brazil, Valdecir Nascimento. Available at https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/6/explainer-intersectional-feminism-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters.
  12. Guidance on Implementing the Standard on Web Accessibility. Available at https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/government-communications/guidance-implementing-standard-web-accessibility.html.
  13. Charter of Rights and Freedoms – Canada. Available at https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/page-15.html. Official languages of Canada. 16. (1) English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and government of Canada. Official languages of New Brunswick. (2) English and French are the official languages of New Brunswick and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the legislature and government of New Brunswick. Advancement of status and use. (3) Nothing in this Charter limits the authority of Parliament or a legislature to advance the equality of status or use of English and French.
  14. Guidance on Implementing the Standard on Web Accessibility. Available at https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/government-communications/guidance-implementing-standard-web-accessibility.html.
  15. The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) – VPAT. https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat
  16. EU Web Accessibility Compliance and Legislation- By Deque Systems -January 16, 2020. Available at https://www.deque.com/blog/eu-web-accessibility-compliance-and-legislation/.
  17. Charter of Rights and Freedoms – Canada. Available at https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/page-15.html.
  18. G3ICT – DARE INDEX 2017-2018 – TOP PERFORMING COUNTRIES. Available at  https://g3ict.org/upload/DARE-Index-Top-Performing-Countries-Nov-5-2018.pdf.
  19. For more information on e-governance regulations, cyber security and other digital transformation governance mechanisms in Oman, see Oman’s IT Governance Charter which contains guidance on implementing IT governance policies and related IT management practices. For government publications and analytical and statistical studies, see also the ITA Document Library, available at https://www.ita.gov.om/itaportal_ar/MediaCenter/Document_Library.aspx.
  20. Qatar e-accessibility Policy. Available at https//:www.motc.gov.qa/sites/default/files/documents/QATAR’s20%eAccessibility20%Policy20%-20%Eng.pdf.
  21. Qatar (Innovative Practice 2014) strategy. Available at https://zeroproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/INNOVATIVE-POLICY-Qatar-Meeting-the-technology-needs-of-persons-with-disabilities-FINAL_barrierfree.docx
  22. Qatar National Vision 2030. Available at https://www.gco.gov.qa/en/about-qatar/national-vision2030/.
  23. Institute for government (2003). Policy Making in the Real World. Evidence and analysis. The ROAMEF policy cycle – page 25. Available at https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Policy%20making%20in%20the%20real%20world.pdf.
  24. Simon, Herbert (1976). Administrative Behaviour (third edition). New York: The Free Press. ISBN 7-83582-684-0, in the Project on Middle East
    Democracy (December 2016). Guide to Policy Analysis. The Civil Society Partnerships Programme. Available at https://pomed.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/POMED-Policy-Analysis-Guide-2016-AR-1.pdf.
  25. See https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/ConventionRightsPersonsWithDisabilities.aspx.
  26. Accessibility Guidelines for UN Websites. Available at https://www.un.org/en/webaccessibility/index.shtml.
  27. This framework was adopted by the Sultanate of Oman in E-accessibility Regulations No. HTM 1-5.
  28. Sultanate of Oman, E-accessibility Regulations No. HTM 1-5. Available at https://omanportal.gov.om/wps/wcm/connect/94d96e13-2a62-4435-99eb-074270ccf2a0/3.+e-Accessibility%2BPolicy%28Ver1.0%29_Arabic.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=94d96e13-2a62-4435-99eb-074270ccf2a0.
  29. See https://portal.www.gov.qa/wps/portal/accessibility.
  30. See https://omanuna.oman.om/en/home-footer-level/accessibility.
  31. See https://www.my.gov.sa/wps/portal/snp/content/accessibility/!ut/p/z1/jZDLDoJADEW_xQVb2iroxN34iuIDjaI4GwNmHDXIGETx8yWYmJD46q7NOTdtQYAPIg5uBxWkBx0HUd6vRX3jTJlFHMllbNDFWbvPeu3FGHFIsCqACXWxTxa5aFV7OOt0-MRekEPLOoh__Bfg1uxWDowbLp8vCdH-z8cPxfGXP5dxniEK7NsV5Zw3axbAlz0cECrS4fOnPA5rTIFI5E4mMjGvST7ep-n50jTQwCzLTKW1iqS51ScD3yl7fUnBL5NwPnmefx8c7eg24rxSeQBgEjk1/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/.