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This report presents the findings from the National Survey of Residential Centres for Children with Disabilities in Rwanda.
The survey aimed at gathering comprehensive and disaggregated data related to residents’ characteristics, staff profile, and the minimum standards for the centres. Using a digitalized questionnaire with Kobo Toolbox, data was collected from all centres recognized by NCPD and local authorities as caring for children and youths with disabilities in Rwanda on an overnight basis.
The questionnaire comprised three sections: face-to-face interview questions, a document…
Abstract
Background and objective
Youth with intellectual disabilities involved in child welfare systems are at greater risk of sexual victimization than youth who have not been investigated for child maltreatment.…
Abstract
Background
Children with disabilities in high-income countries are more likely than their peers to be exposed to violence. To date, only two studies have reported nationally robust data on the association between child disabilities and exposure to violent parental discipline.
Objective
To estimate prevalence rates and adjusted rate ratios of exposure to violent parental discipline among children with and without disabilities in middle- and low-income countries.
Participants and Setting
Nationally representative samples involving a total of 206,147 children aged 2−14…
Uganda has a rich policy and legislative framework for the inclusion of persons with disabilities. Over the years, this has been adapted to respond to development trends. During the colonial and early post-colonial eras, services for persons with disabilities were provided by institutions. Today, Uganda’s disability policy and legislative framework emphasizes a rights-based approach to disability and takes into account ratified conventions, regional treaties, laws, policies, regulations, guidelines and executive directives (presidential manifestos), within the framework of the Constitution of…
Children with disabilities are at least three times more likely to be abused or neglected than their peers without disabilities, and they are more likely to be seriously injured or harmed by maltreatment. This bulletin describes the scope of the problem, risk factors, and strategies for prevention. It examines the problem in terms of statistics and research; covers critical issues encountered when assessing a child with a disability for maltreatment; and provides information about promising prevention, collaboration, and training approaches.
This assessment conducted by FHI 360, with support from Ethiopia's Ministry of Women, Youth and Children Affairs (MoWYCA) and the OAK Foundation aimed to generate evidence about formal community and family- based alternative child care services and service providing agencies in Ethiopia, with a particular focus on magnitude, quality and quality-assurance mechanisms. The assessment was conducted in five selected regions (Addis Ababa; Afar; Amhara; Oromia; and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region…