The Rights of Children with Disabilities and the Influence of Disability on Household Vulnerability: A Case of Vulnerability in Rural Uganda
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Date
2019
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Canadian Journal of Children's Rights/Revue
Abstract
Children with disabilities experience marginalization and exclusion, leading to widespread
violations of their right to education. In this study, we examine how vulnerable households with
a child or parent/guardian with a disability transition out of critical vulnerability in comparison
to others. Secondly, we examine disability as a determinant of school enrollment and
absenteeism in these households. The assessment was made using panel data sourced from
17,848 moderately and critically vulnerable households in Uganda. We discovered that
households with a child or children living with a disability were less likely to register any
improvement from vulnerability, and the children were less likely to be enrolled in school and
more likely to be absent from school. We conclude that disability compounds vulnerability in
already vulnerable households, derails the realization of a child’s right to education, and affects
household efforts to come out of vulnerability.
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Child rights, Child disability, Child vulnerability, Parent and guardian disability
Citation
Walugembe, P., Wamala, R., & Misinde, C. (2019). The Rights of Children with Disabilities and Influence of Disability on Household Vulnerability. Canadian Journal of Children's Rights/Revue canadienne des droits des enfants, 6(1), 169-195.