Publication Date
December 2014
33 p, ill
This report presents research about efforts to meet the needs and uphold the rights of persons with disabilities in four thematic areas: health care, rehabilitation, work and employment, and accessibility and enabling environments. Research findings are drawn from the experiences of landmine and cluster munition survivors and other persons with similar needs in 33 countries experiencing armed conflict or emerging from armed conflict or political or economic transition. Findings are placed within the context of relevant articles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the World Report on Disability
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Keywords
Cross-cutting; accessibility; Development/ Humanitarian; human disasters (war & conflict); Disability and social diversity; persons with disabilities; vulnerable groups; Health; systems: health workforce; Human rights; rights; Livelihoods; work and employment; Politics government and economics; economics; Programme/ Project; needs/ market assessment; Rehabilitation
Regional Focus
Country focus
Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Angola; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Burundi; Cambodia; Chad; Colombia; Croatia; Democratic Republic of the Congo; El Salvador; Eritrea; Estonia; Guinea-Bissau; Iraq; Jordan; Laos; Lebanon; Mozambique; Peru; Senegal; Serbia; Sudan; Tajikistan; Thailand; Turkey; Uganda; Yemen; Zimbabwe; Nicaragua; Somalia
