A Portrait of the Rights of Children with Disabilities in Nigeria: A Policy Review.

ABSTRACT: Worldwide, 200 million children experience disability, with the vast majority living in low- and middle-income countries. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) places great importance on the rights of all children for the opportunities for survival, growth, health, and development. A subsequent document, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), identifies children with disabilities as rights bearers who should be considered in all policies and programming worldwide. Nigeria, in 1991 and 2010, ratified the CRC and the CRPD, respectively. Nonetheless, knowledge of the extent to which their disability and child-directed policies considers these two key conventions, in ensuring that children and children with disabilities have access to care

SUBMITTER: Elekanachi RU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10650762 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature