Disability News & Opportunities Across Africa. Covering jobs, grants, advocacy, inclusion, health, education, and programs for persons with disabilities across all 54 African nations.
Treaties, legal frameworks, government policies
Ghana has one of the most established legal frameworks for disability rights in West Africa. The Persons with Disability Act 715, passed in 2006, was one of the first comprehensive national disability laws on the continent. It predates the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Ghana ratified in 2012. In legal…
Housing is not simply shelter. For persons with disabilities, it is the foundation on which everything else employment, education, health, social participation either becomes possible or impossible. An inaccessible home is not just uncomfortable. It is a barrier to the world. South Africa has long acknowledged this in policy language. What has been missing, in…
On 3 May 2024, a landmark moment occurred for disability rights across Africa. The African Disability Protocol formally titled the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa – officially entered into force. This happened when the Republic of Congo deposited the 15th instrument…
