@article{25798, keywords = {Disability, Inclusion, Human Rights, Ghana, Empowerment, Employment}, author = {Grischow JD}, title = {‘I nearly lost my work’: chance encounters, legal empowerment and the struggle for disability rights in Ghana}, abstract = {

This article uses a case study from Ghana to argue that rights-based legal instruments are important but insufficient steps towards securing disability rights in non-western societies. Despite Ghana’s implementation of a Disability Act and ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a grassroots perspective shows that legislation and the model of legal empowerment will not automatically produce equal access to human rights. The paper will present this argument through a case study of an individual who became disabled in 2008 and struggled for four years to secure his rights to healthcare and employment. I also argue that the case has a wider significance for disability rights in Ghana and beyond.

}, year = {2015}, journal = {Disability & Society}, volume = {30}, pages = {101 - 113}, issn = {0968-7599}, doi = {10.1080/09687599.2014.982786}, language = {eng}, }