Policy implementation challenges and barriers to access sexual and reproductive health services faced by people with disabilities : an intersectional analysis of policy actors’ perspectives in post-conflict Northern Uganda

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2021-04-13

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Kerman University of Medical Sciences

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Emerging from 20 years of armed conflict, Uganda adopted laws and policies to protect the rights of people with disabilities, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights. This study reflects on the difficulty of implementing disability-focused policy in Uganda. One fifth of the country’s population was estimated to live with some disability (2008). Armed conflict between the Government and the Lord’s Resistance Army caused breakdowns in social systems, and generated widespread trauma for Northern Ugandans. An intersectionality-informed analysis enables policy makers and researchers to examine intersecting social identities and diverse sources of knowledge that can contribute to improved policy solutions.

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INTERSECTIONALITY, LEGISLATION, HEALTH POLICY, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, VULNERABLE GROUPS, DISABILITY, POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES, PERCEPTION, UGANDA, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/60574

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2020-2029 / Années 2020-2029
Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) / Innovation pour la santé des mères et des enfants d’Afrique (IMCHA)
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) / Santé maternelle et infantile (MCH)