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Connecting disability and equality: Beyond recognition to the challenges of implementation (Feb 2013) - english information

http://www.polity.org.za/article/connecting-disability-and-equality-beyond-recognition-to-the-challenges-of-implementation-2013-02-05

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Africa South of the Sahara; South Africa, Republic; international

The article provides a short overview over the development of international policy on the rights of persons with disabilities, then goes on to African and South African policy development. The article also provides a map of African countries having signed and ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (probably as of 2012). The article was first published on the website of an African Consultancy Company. It is not available there anymore. A copy of the article can be found on the South African website polity.org.za [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Keywords

disabilities; politics; integration; equal opportunity; Menschenrechte; Inklusion / inclusion; internationale Politik / international policy; Vereinte Nationen / United Nations; Gesetzgebung; Gleichberechtigung / Equality;