Editorial
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
Editors
Charles
Ngwena (convening editor)
Heléne
Combrinck
Serges
Djoyou Kamga
Nkatha
Murungi
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