Human Rights Based Approach to Disability in Development in Uganda: A Way to Fill the Gap between Political and Social Spaces?

Hisayo Katsui; Jukka Kumpuvuori

doi:10.1080/15017410802410084

Human Rights Based Approach to Disability in Development in Uganda: A Way to Fill the Gap between Political and Social Spaces?

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 10 (2008): Issue 4

By: Hisayo Katsui and Jukka Kumpuvuori

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