ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Uganda’s Initial Status Report 2010 ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION CONTENTS CONTENTS................................................................................................................................................. ii ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................................. iv INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 The geography ............................................................................................................................. 1 Demographics.............................................................................................................................. 1 Labour force, employment and earnings ..................................................................................... 1 Governance.................................................................................................................................. 2 Government Finance ................................................................................................................... 4 Preparation of the report .............................................................................................................. 4 Lay out of the report .................................................................................................................... 4 PART A: ARTICLES 1-4 .................................................................................................................... 5 Definition of disability in Uganda ............................................................................................... 5 Disability Demographics in Uganda ........................................................................................... 5 Legal and policy framework ....................................................................................................... 6 Institutional framework ............................................................................................................... 8 Reasonable accommodation ........................................................................................................ 9 Critical rights in the CRPD implemented to-date ..................................................................... 10 Government plans for full realisation of Articles 1-4 ............................................................... 13 PART B: SPECIFIC RIGHTS; ARTICLES 5 & 8 - 30 ........................................................................ 15 Article 5 - Equality and non-discrimination .............................................................................. 15 Article 8 - Awareness-raising .................................................................................................... 17 Article 9 – Accessibility ............................................................................................................ 18 Article 10 - Right to life ............................................................................................................ 20 Article 11 - Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies .................................................. 21 Article 12 - Equal recognition before the law ........................................................................... 23 Article 13 - Access to justice..................................................................................................... 24 Article 14 - Liberty and security of the person ......................................................................... 25 Article 15 - Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment .. 26 Article 16 - Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse .................................................... 26 Article 17 - Protecting the integrity of the person ..................................................................... 28 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Uganda’s Initial Status Report 2010 Page ii ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION Article 18 - Liberty of movement and nationality ..................................................................... 28 Article 19 - Living independently and being included in the community ................................ 28 Article 20 - Personal mobility ................................................................................................... 28 Article 21 - Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information ............................ 30 Article 22 - Respect for privacy ................................................................................................ 32 Article 23 - Respect for home and the family ........................................................................... 32 Article 24 - Education ............................................................................................................... 33 Article 25 - Health ..................................................................................................................... 40 Article 26 - Habilitation and rehabilitation ............................................................................... 41 Article 27 - Work and employment........................................................................................... 43 Article 28 - Adequate standard of living and social protection ................................................. 46 Article 29 - Participation in political and public life ................................................................. 47 Article 30 - Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport ..................................... 49 PART C: SITUATION OF BOYS, GIRLS AND WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES – ARTICLES 6 – 7 ............................................................................................................................................................... 51 Article 6 - Women with disabilities .......................................................................................... 51 Article 7 - Children with disabilities ......................................................................................... 52 PART D: SPECIFIC OBLIGATIONS; ARTICLES 31-33 .................................................................. 54 Article 31: Statistics and Data collection .......................................................................... 54 Article 32 - International cooperation ....................................................................................... 54 Article 33 - National implementation and monitoring .............................................................. 55 ANNEX 1: DISTRICT MAP OF UGANDA ........................................................................................... 57 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Uganda’s Initial Status Report 2010 Page iii ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION ACRONYMS ADD Action on Disability and Development CBR Community Based Rehabilitation CSO Civil Society Organisation CRPD Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities DPO Disabled People‟s Organisation MoES Ministry of Education and Sports MGLSD Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development MoH Ministry of Health NAADS National Agricultural Advisory Services NCD National Council for Disability NDP National Development Plan NUDIPU National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda NUSAF Northern Uganda Social Action Fund PWD Person(s) with disabilities UNAB Uganda National Association of the Blind UNAD Uganda National Association of the Deaf USDC Uganda Society for Disabled Children UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Uganda’s Initial Status Report 2010 Page iv ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION INTRODUCTION The geography 1) Uganda is located in Eastern Africa, west of Kenya and east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is in the heart of the Great Lakes region, and is surrounded by three of them, Lake Edward, Lake Albert, and Lake Victoria. While much of its border is lakeshore, Uganda is landlocked with no access to the sea. 2) The country occupies a total area of 236 040 km² of which 199 710 km² is covered by land and 36 330 km² is covered by water. A total of 10,000 km2 of Uganda‟s surface is forest. The remaining surface is mainly open grassland, giving way to semi-desert in the north- eastern region of Karamoja. Demographics 3) According to the last census (2002), Uganda had a population of 24.4 million people with an annual population growth rate of 3.3%. The projected 2010 mid-year population stands at 31.8 million. The sex ratio is 95 males per 100 females. In 2002, children below 15 years constituted 49% of the population. The population is unevenly distributed among regions and districts of Uganda. The Central region had 27% of the population in 2002 followed by the Western Region (26%), and Eastern region (25%). The Northern region is least populated with 22%. This distribution pattern of the population among the regions has remained the same since 1991 (UBoS, 2010, Statistical Abstract). Source: UBoS: 2010 Statistical Abstract Labour force, employment and earnings UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Uganda’s Initial Status Report 2010 Page 1 ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION 4) The total labour force increased by 11 percent from 9.8 Million persons in 2002/3 to 10.9 million persons