Disability Justice in an African Context: The Human Rights Approach

Onazi, Oche

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35850-1_3

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“…Sen's approach was further developed through Nussbaum; here, the capability approach evolved into the capabilities approach, and as Onazi [36] explains, Nussbaum gives more precision and direction [37] on what constitutes a just society [38]. This includes more prominence for disability justice [39,40].…”

Section: Sen and The Capability Approach (Ca)mentioning

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“…Onazi argues that despite both a high level of ratification of the CRPD in Africa and the African Union's 'African Disability Protocol', which captures the unique experiences of disabled Africans, there is a lack of disability justice [36] and there remains a gap in disability inclusion. The problem is not so much one of a lack of policy-there are sufficient laws and policies in place-but within these, there is a lack of ability to challenge the negative cultural beliefs and social perceptions of disability that prevail (ibid).…”

Section: The Crpd and (Disability) Justice Frameworkmentioning

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Assistive Technology (AT), for What?

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Holloway

2022

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Amartya Sen’s seminal Tanner lecture: Equality of What? began a contestation on social justice and human wellbeing that saw a new human development paradigm emerge—the capability approach (CA)—which has been influential ever since. Following interviews with leading global assistive technology (AT) stakeholders, and users, this paper takes inspiration from Sen’s core question and posits, AT for what? arguing that AT should be understood as a mechanism to achieve the things that AT users’ value. Significantly, our research found no commonly agreed operational global framework for (disability) justice within which leading AT stakeholders were operating. Instead, actors were loosely aligned through funding priorities and the CRPD. We suggest that this raises the possibility for (welcome and needed) incoming actors to diverge from efficiently designed collective action, due to perverse incentives enabled by unanchored interventions. The Global Report on Assistive Technology (GReAT) helps, greatly! However, we find there are still vital gaps in coordination; as technology advances, and AT proliferates, no longer can the device-plus-service approach suffice. Rather, those of us interested in human flourishing might explore locating AT access within an operational global framework for disability justice, which recognizes AT as a mechanism to achieve broader aims, linked to people’s capabilities to choose what they can do and be.

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Section: The Crpd and (Disability) Justice Frameworkmentioning

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Assistive Technology (AT), for What?

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Reconsidering Reparations

Táíwò¹

2022

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Christopher Columbus’s voyage changed the world forever because the era of racial slavery and colonialism that it started built the world in the first place. The irreversible environmental damage of history’s first planet-sized political and economic system is responsible for our present climate crisis. Reparations call for us to make the world over again: this time, justly. The project of reparations and racial justice in the twenty-first century must take climate justice head on. The book develops arguments about the role of racial capitalism in global politics, addresses other views of reparations, and summarizes perspectives on environmental racism.

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Disability Justice in an African Context: The Human Rights Approach

Cited by 13 publications

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