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    The African Network for Evidence-to-Action on Disability: A role player in the realisation of the UNCRPD in Africa


    Kachaje, Rachel and Dube, Kudakwashe and MacLachlan, Malcolm and Mji, Gubela (2014) The African Network for Evidence-to-Action on Disability: A role player in the realisation of the UNCRPD in Africa. African Journal of Disability, 3 (2). ISSN 2223-9170

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    Abstract

    This African Journal of Disability supplement focuses on papers presented at the third AfriNEAD Symposium in 2011. In this closing editorial, we want to give an overview of the rationale and major modes of operation of the African Network for Evidence-to-Action on Disability (AfriNEAD) with special focus on recommendations made at the 2011 AfriNEAD Symposium. AfriNEAD is guided and informed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) for its research themes. The issues that emerged from AfriNEAD 2011 ranged from children and youth with disabilities; education across the lifespan; economic empowerment; the development process in Africa; health, HIV and AIDS and community-based rehabilitation; holistic wellness; to research evidence and utilisation. Disability-related stigma, the value of emancipatory research and the need to recognise a broader scope of valid methodologies were also highlighted.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: African Network; Evidence to Action; Disability; role player; realisation; UNCRPD; Africa;
    Academic Unit: Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
    Item ID: 16484
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v3i2.86
    Depositing User: Malcolm MacLachlan
    Date Deposited: 06 Sep 2022 14:32
    Journal or Publication Title: African Journal of Disability
    Publisher: AOSIS
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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