The situation of indigenous children with disabilities
Study
18-12-2017
Indigenous children with disabilities (ICwD) have received little attention in academic research and development policies. However, they face discrimination at many levels, based on ethnicity, age, ability and gender and this often leads to serious human rights violations. The lack of data, both on the prevalence of disabilities among indigenous children and young people and on specific violations of their human rights, is a serious constraint to any policy intended to respect, protect and promote their human rights. This study seeks to identify these gaps, point to certain patterns and recommend ways of improving data collection and the situation of ICwD in future.
Study
External author
Isabel Inguanzo
About this document
Publication type
Policy area
Keyword
- Africa
- America
- Asia and Oceania
- Brazil
- child protection
- children's rights
- cooperation policy
- data collection
- demography and population
- development aid
- discrimination based on disability
- economic geography
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- GEOGRAPHY
- human rights
- indigenous population
- information technology and data processing
- integration of the disabled
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Kenya
- LAW
- Nepal
- political geography
- right to education
- right to physical integrity
- rights and freedoms
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- the EU's international role
- UN convention