Table of Contents

SECTION A: ARTICLES

•  The right to inclusive education in Botswana: Present challenges and future prospects
•  Obonye Jonas

•  The Basic Education Act of 2013: Why it is one step forward and two steps back for children with disabilities in Kenya
•  William Aseka
•  Arlene S Kanter

•  Too little, too late? The CRPD as a standard to evaluate South African legislation and policies for early childhood development
•  Sue Philpott

•  Everybody counts: The right to vote of persons with psychosocial disabilities in South Africa
•  Heléne Combrinck

•  Termination of pregnancy of persons with mental disabilities on medical advice: A case study of South Africa
•  Ashwanee Budoo
•  Rajendra Parsad Gunputh

•  Economic discourses of disability in Africa: An overview of lay and legislative narratives
•  Shimelis Tsegaye Tesemma

SECTION B: COUNTRY REPORTS

•  Botswana
•   Thuto Hlalele
•  Romola Adeola
•  Adebayo Okeowo
•  Daba Bacha Muleta
•  Lucius Batty Njiti

•  Egypt
•  Lila Meadows
•  Nadia Adib Bamieh
•  Janet E Lord

•  Kenya
•  Elizabeth Kamundia

•  Malawi
•  Enoch MacDonnell Chilemba

•  Mauritius
•  Ashwanee Budoo
•  Roopanand Amar Mahadew

•  Uganda
•  Louis O Oyaro

•  Zambia
•  Natasha Banda
•  Likando Kalaluka

•  Zimbabwe
•  Esau Mandipa
•  Gift Manyatera

SECTION C: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

•  Developments regarding disability rights during 2013: The African Charter and African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
•  Heléne Combrinck
•   Lawrence M Mute

•  Baby steps: Developments at the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (2013-2014)
•  Lorenzo Wakefield

•  Disability rights in the sub-regional economic communities during 2013
•  Lucyline Nkatha Murungi