Disability in Tanzania
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Child's father, Priest among nine arrested in murder of girl with albinism. Two-year old Asimwe Novath was abducted at the end of May and her body was found a bit over two weeks later. (2024, The Citizen) See more about the search.
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- Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Education and Childhood
- Independent Living and Deinstitutionalization
- Justice Systems and Legal Capacity
- Lived Experience and Opinion
- Mobility, Travel, Transport and Tourism
- Policy and Rights
- Relationships, Sex and Reproductive Rights
- Violence and Harassment
Culture, Entertainment and Media
Media
Here’s Why Most of Tanzania’s Journalists Shy Away From Disability Reporting (2024, The Chanzo)
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Education and Childhood
Leaving no one behind an article exploring inclusive education. (2022, The Citizen)
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Independent Living and Deinstitutionalization
Adaptive adjustment to the needs of families caring for children and adolescents with physical disabilities in north-eastern Tanzania: a grounded-theory study. (2024, Global Health Action)
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Justice Systems and Legal Capacity
Tanzania’s Criminal Justice System Fails People With Intellectual Disability “Its treatment of Limi, a mother with proven intellectual disability who has been in jail for over a decade after being accused of killing her child, reflects a disturbing disregard for humanity and the right to a fair trial.” (2024, The Chanzo)
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Lived Experience and Opinion
The life journey of a blind Tanzanian professor. (2022, The Citizen)
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Mobility, Travel, Transport and Tourism
Long-Distance Coaches, Trains and City Buses Ignore Persons with Disabilities (2022, Tanzania Times)
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Policy and Rights
Tanzania Unveils National Strategies for Disability Inclusion: the “Tanzania National Action Plan for Persons with Albinism and the National Assistive Technology Strategy for Persons with Disability” (2024, UNFPA)
Tanzania outlines measures to protect people with albinism (2024, The Citizen)
UN Committee condemns Tanzania's lack of action on ritual killings and mutilations of people with albinism:
“We call on the State party to urgently and unambiguously condemn any attacks against people with albinism and to investigate any such attacks promptly and effectively,” said Committee member Amalia Gamio Ríos. “Failure to do so sends a message that ritual killings and mutilations are condoned, which amounts to serious violations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,” (2024, OHCHR)
Situation Analysis of the rights of persons with disabilities. (2022, UNPRPD)
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Relationships, Sex and Reproductive Rights
Compendium of Good Practices for Ensuring Disability-Inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Gender-Based Violence Services in United Republic of Tanzania (2024, World Council of Churches)
Relational, Ableist and Gendered Sites of Violence: Perspectives of Tanzanian Girls With Disabilities on Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services (2023, Forum for Development Studies)
Sexual and reproductive health and rights through the lens of belonging: Intersectional perspectives on disability, gender, and adolescence in Tanzania. (2023, JYX Digital Repository)
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Violence and Harassment
Fear Grips Albino Community in Tanzania As Pressure Mounts on Authorities to Ensure Its Members’ Safety As Elections Near. “It cannot continue like this where people are killed like mice,” (2024)
Child's father, Priest among nine arrested in murder of girl with albinism. Two-year old Asimwe Novath was abducted at the end of May and her body was found a bit over two weeks later. (2024, The Citizen) See more about the search.
Disability and intimate partner violence: A cross-sectional study from Mwanza, Tanzania. (2022, Disability and Health Journal)
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