An applied research with Advantage Africa, University College London (UCL), Kibwezi Disabled person’s organisation Kenya and Uganda National Council for Disability.
The aim of the research was to investigate the social, cultural and institutional factors which contribute to the high incidence of sexual abuse of persons with disabilities in East Africa and to identify interventions which could change detrimental attitudes, beliefs and practices which perpetuate this high incidence. The research is framed within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD), particularly articles 12, 13 and 16. This research project led to the formulation of recommendations and to the realisation of several practical tools.
Access all the documents produced during the applied research "An assessment of the social, cultural and institutional factor that contribute to the sexual abuse of people with disabilities in East Africa" :
- The research report
- Summary of the research
- Interim report
- Presentation of the research
- Literature review produced as part of the project (also available in word)
- Conceptual model: responses to sexual abuses
- The implementation support tool, an operational tool produced from the research results and addressed to people with disabilities and their relatives : the guide "What to do in case of rape or sexual assault?"
- Video of the project results presentation during the global conference organised by the World Bank’s on Sexual Violence Research Initiative in September 2017
