Tag: disabilities

Children With Disabilities Struggle To Grasp Comprehensive Sexuality Education- UNESCO Study

Michael Gwarisa

Delivering Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) to children with disabilities remains a challenge due to a myriad of barriers ranging from stigma attached to sexuality of young people with disabilities, a UNESCO report has gathered. By Michael Gwarisa The 2020 report was conducted in five countries in East and Southern African Region namely Zimbabwe, Zambai, Malawi, Tanzania, Eswathini and Swaziland. The study revealed that children with visual impairments were the most affected largely due to challenges related to translating material into brail. Presenting on the 2020 Study Findings on the Status…

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Covid-19 Information Not Accessible To People With Disabilities

NewsRoom

IN as much as strides have been made, and the government claiming that they have put every last resource to ensure that information about Covid-19 reaches every last person in the country, more still needs to be done to improve access to information for People With Disabilities (PWDs), founder and executive director for Deaf Women Agness Chindimba has said. By Munesu Nyakudya “There is a lot of information on the Covid-19 pandemic out there but the problem is that it is not  accessible. For example the information in form of…

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