Disability World Links: Africa

AllAfrica.com - A site providing news and information on Africa, including coverage of disability issues.

Disabled People South Africa (DPSA) - "Disabled People South Africa (DPSA) has as it's motto "Nothing About Us Without Us" in recognition of the need for disabled people to directly promote the human rights and development of all South Africans with disabilities."

Disabled Women Marginalised in Namibia - A 2003 article on marginalization of disabled women in Namibia.

Epic Enabled - An overland tour company that is committed to opening up Africa to enable the disabled traveller through interactive participation tours.

Helping Hand, a disability project for zimbabwe - A website, that aims to highlight the need for wheelchairs for disabled children in Zimbabwe, please have a look.

Setting Them Free - An article about a collaborative participatory action research project, which means that instead of just being research subjects, they were active participants in the process. The project started in 1998, when MRC-funded researchers from the University of Cape Town, the SACLA Health Project (a non-governmental primary health care organisation) and the Western Cape Provincial Disabled Women’s Development Programme of Disabled People South Africa (DPSA) organised a series of workshops.

Situation of Women and Children with Disabilities - A 2002 report of an African Women’s network formed by disabled women from 13 African countries.

South African Federal Council on Disability - The informative site of South African Federal Council on Disability.

Women'sNet - Women'sNet is a vibrant and innovative networking support program designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social activism.

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