{"id":320,"date":"2020-08-25T01:31:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T01:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/about-us-2\/"},"modified":"2022-11-15T10:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T10:09:35","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/?page_id=320","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"320\" class=\"elementor elementor-320\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad5b9a6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad5b9a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-359042d\" data-id=\"359042d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-956507b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"956507b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-481\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled1-300x47.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled1-1024x160.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled1-768x120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled1-1536x240.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0cc721 elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0cc721\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9372157\" data-id=\"9372157\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2790841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2790841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f7a844 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f7a844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Disability Empowerment Unit functions under the aegis of the Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity.  It is the \u201cfocal point\u201d for disability issues in Mauritius.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec2c5db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec2c5db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt provides information, counselling, guidance and referral services. It is also responsible for the conceptualization and implementation of disability policies, projects and programmes and facilitates the process of integration of persons with disabilities in mainstream society. Furthermore, it coordinates matters relating to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which Mauritius has signed in 2007 and ratified in 2010.  Moreover, the Disability Empowerment Unit provides an array of direct services to persons with disabilities.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8536cfe elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8536cfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled2-1024x268.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-454\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled2-1024x268.png 1024w, https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled2-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled2-768x201.png 768w, https:\/\/disability.govmu.org\/disabilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/disabled2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us The Disability Empowerment Unit functions under the aegis of the Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity. 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