Publication Date
2010
42 p
This report highlights violence against children with disabilities in five study African countries: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda and Zambia. The report notes that there is widespread apathy and negligence at state, local and community levels, and highlights a lack of financial and medical aid, inadequate and inaccessible state facilities and systems, and insufficient community understanding. The study report documents the negative effect this has on children with disabilities and makes a number of recommendations to help improve the situation
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Keywords
Cross-cutting; accessibility; awareness raising; protection/ safeguarding; Disability and community; community; Disability and social diversity; children with disabilities; persons with disabilities; women with disabilities; Education; formal education; Human rights; freedom from exploitation violence and abuse; rights; Inclusion; inclusion and mainstreaming; participation; Rehabilitation; therapeutic (treatment)