African Disability Rights Yearbook Volume 8 2020
Edited by Charles Ngwena, Helene Combrinck, Serges Djoyou Kamga & Nkatha Murungi
2020
ISSN: 2311-8970
E-ISSN: 2413-7138
Pages: 271
Print version: Available
Electronic version: Free PDF available
About the publication
The editors of the African Disability Rights Yearbook (ADRY) are pleased to announce the publication of the eighth volume of the ADRY.
Section A of this volume features six articles by; Adetokunbo Johnson on the complex disabled woman in Nigeria’s legal and human rights framework; Tafadzwa Rugoho, Pamela Wright, Michael Stein and Jacqueline Broerse on sexual and reproductive health barriers for youth with disabilities in Zimbabwe; Elizabeth Kamundia and Faizah Sidi on the role of national human rights institutions in advancing the right to live independently and be included in the community; Kenneth Muzata on parental participation in the education and general development of children with deafness; Shirley Genga on the link between the right to live independently and to be included in the community for persons with psychosocial disability, and the right to work and employment; and Mwiza Jo Nkhata on access to justice for persons with disabilities in Malawi.
Section B contains four country reports by: Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga on Niger; Azubike Onuora-Oguna on Liberia; Serge Marcellin Tengho on the Central African Republic; and Soka Armelle Ngoutane Peyou on Togo.
Section C on regional developments contains two commentaries by: Edmore Masendeke on disability, Cyclone Idai and the COVID-19 Pandemic as they apply to the preparedness of African Countries; and the other by Innocentia Mgijima-Konopi and Mary Auma on health emergencies post COVID-19. What guidance can the African Disability Protocol provide?
The 2020 volume ends with a book review of An African path to disability justice: Community, relationships and obligations (2020) authored by Oche Onazi. The book is reviewed by Dianah Msipa
Table of Contents
EDITORIAL
SECTION A: ARTICLES
Hush Women! The complex disabled woman in Nigeria’s legal and human rights framework
Adetokunbo Johnson
Sexual and reproductive health barriers for youth with disabilities in Zimbabwe
Tafadzwa Rugoho, Pamela Wright, Michael Stein and Jacqueline Broerse
The role of national human rights institutions in advancing Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the Right to Live Independently and be Included in the Community
Elizabeth Kamundia and Faizah Sidi
Interrogating parental participation in the education and general development of their deaf children in Zambia
Kenneth Muzata
Access to justice for persons with disabilities in Malawi: Exploring some challenges and possibilities in the criminal justice system
Mwiza Jo Nkhata
SECTION B: COUNTRY REPORTS
Niger
Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga
Liberia
Azubike C Onuora-Oguna
Central African Republic
Serge Marcellin Tengho
Togo
Soka Armelle Ngoutane Peyou
SECTION C: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Disability, Cyclone Idai and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preparedness of African countries for disability-inclusive responses in emergency situations
Edmore Masendeke
Health emergencies post COVID-19: What guidance can Africa’s Disability Protocol provide?
Innocentia Mgijima-Konopi & Mary Auma
BOOK REVIEW
Oche Onazi: An African path to disability justice: Community, relationships and obligations (2020)
Dianah Msipa