Disability rights and inclusiveness in Africa : the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, challenges and change /

"Many have praised the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), first adopted by the UN in 2006, as a revolutionary step towards disability rights in Africa. But how real is the progress towards equality for persons with physical disabilities, mental health d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Grischow, Jeff D. (Jeff Douglas), 1965- (Editor ), Mfoafo-M'Carthy, Magnus (Editor ), Abera, Mikyas, Ibhawoh, Bonny, Capri, Charlotte, Chataika, Tsitsi, Otundo, Billian Khalayi, Muyinda, Herbert, Whyte, Susan Reynolds, Mprah, Wisdom Kwadwo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : James Currey, 2022.
Colección:African issues.
Temas:
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol > (2007 March 30)
People with disabilities > Africa > Social conditions.
Social integration > Africa.
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc. > Africa.
People with disabilities.
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc.
Social integration.
Africa.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Framing disability rights within African human rights movements / Bonny Ibhawoh
  • Legislation as a care institution? : the CRPD and rights of adults with intellectual disabilities in South Africa / Charlotte Capri
  • Examining the implementation of inclusive education in Zimbabwe / Tsitsi Chataika & Lincoln Hlatywayo
  • Barriers to the implementation of Education Article 24 of the CPRD in Kenya / Billian Otundo
  • A disabled disability movement : the paradox of participation in Uganda / Herbert Muyinda & Susan Reynolds Whyte
  • Implementation of the CPRD in Ethiopia : grassroots perspectives from the University of Gondar community-based rehabilitation programme / Mikyas Abera
  • Knowledge and utilization of the CRPD and Persons with Disabilities Act 715 of Ghana among deaf people / Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah & Juventus Duorinaah
  • CRPD Article 6 : vulnerabilities of women with disabilities : recommendations for the disability movement and other stakeholders in Ghana / Augustina Naami & Joana Okine
  • Assessing the benefits of the CRPD in Cameroon : the experience of persons with disabilities in the Buea Municipality / Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Maxwell Peprah Opoku & Bernard Nsaidzedze Sakah
  • African ontology, albinism and human rights / Elvis Imafidon.

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