Disability in East Africa
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In Economics and Social Protection:
Finances of people with disabilities are worse in the Balkans and Baltics. “People with disabilities are more likely to struggle making ends meet than those without disabilities”:
“However, fewer people are suffering economically in Luxembourg (8%), Germany (11%), the Netherlands (11.2%), or Finland (13.2%). By contrast, in Greece (75.5%) and Bulgaria (52%), more than half of people with a disability live in households that have difficulties in making ends meet.” (Aug, Euronews)
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Economics and Social Protection
Finances of people with disabilities are worse in the Balkans and Baltics. “People with disabilities are more likely to struggle making ends meet than those without disabilities”:
“However, fewer people are suffering economically in Luxembourg (8%), Germany (11%), the Netherlands (11.2%), or Finland (13.2%). By contrast, in Greece (75.5%) and Bulgaria (52%), more than half of people with a disability live in households that have difficulties in making ends meet.” (Aug, Euronews)
Humanitarian, Migrants and Refugees
Gap Analysis on Disability Inclusive Humanitarian Action in Eastern Africa “While some organisations are making efforts to include the inclusion of persons with disabilities in their programming, challenges remain, such as a lack of inclusion of the insights of persons with disabilities, insufficient disaggregation of data and inadequate budget allocation.” (2023, CBM UK)
Urgent action needed to stop famine and the annihilation of pastoralism in the Horn of Africa, older people warn (devastating testimonies). (2022, HelpAge)
Webinar on Who Eats Last? The impact of Food Insecurity on People with Disabilities in the Horn of Africa. (2022, IDA CRPD Forum)
Policy and Rights
Legislator Revives push for regional law (2022, The New Times)