CRPD/C/PHL/CO/1 (d) The absence of measures to ensure that the views and opinions of children with disabilities are considered in all matters affecting their lives. 17. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Adopt a comprehensive strategy and action plan for the promotion and protection of the rights of children with disabilities, and allocate specific human, technical and financial resources, including for monitoring mechanisms, to assess their implementation; (b) Take measures to develop and strengthen respect for the rights of children with disabilities at home, and enhance support for the families of such children, including early childhood programmes, in accordance with the standards established under international human rights law, in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The State party should pay particular attention to children with disabilities living in rural areas and those belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, as well as migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking children; (c) Take measures to make mainstream schools accessible so that children with disabilities in rural areas can attend schools while living with their families; (d) Strengthen and ensure national coverage of referral systems, including community-based rehabilitation of children with disabilities across the country; (e) Set up protocols and guidelines aimed at consulting with children with disabilities through their representative organizations, ensuring support according to their age and disability, in relation to issues affecting them. Awareness-raising (art. 8) 18. The Committee is concerned about: (a) The emphasis of the State party on prevention of impairment rather than inclusion and exercising rights, and that public resources are allocated to annual events that reinforce the medical approach to disability; (b) The lack of awareness regarding attitudinal barriers and other hardships confronting women and girls with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities; (c) The lack of information on the outcomes of “sensitization training” and proclamations of the State party in addressing public apathy and negative attitudes against persons with disabilities. 19. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen awareness-raising campaigns, in cooperation with organizations of persons with disabilities, to foster a positive image of persons with disabilities as human rights-holders; (b) Ensure that awareness-raising activities recognize the cross-cutting nature of the Convention, and adopt the human rights model of disability as a key strategy to strengthen public awareness regarding disability; (c) Strengthen training and capacity-building activities among public authorities, in particular civil servants responsible for implementing the Convention; (d) Operationalize monitoring instruments to ascertain awareness-raising campaigns and their outcomes in eliminating negative perceptions of persons with disabilities in society. Accessibility (art. 9) 20. The Committee is concerned that measures such as Batas Pambansa No. 344, also known as the Accessibility Law, and Republic Act No. 7277 do not include the principles of accessibility through universal design as set forth in articles 2 and 9 of the Convention. It is also concerned about the absence of a national action plan on accessibility, that only city buses are required to comply with accessibility requirements and the fact that the current 5