Articles from the Kenya Writers’ Workshop

Improving Reproductive Health Services for Women with Disabilities

By Alice Nganwa

Uganda’s maternal mortality rate of 500/100,000 is the highest in East Africa. Steps have been taken to improve reproductive health (RH) services to make them more responsive to the needs of women in Uganda ……………click here to download full article

Taking Affirmative Action to stop Sexual Abuse of the Disabled girl child in Uganda

By Were

The status of reproductive health in Uganda is very poor. Reproductive health indicators place maternal mortality rate at 505 per 100,000 live births…………. Click here to download full article

The Effect of Disabled People on Societal Response

By Julius Kamya

Disabled people are generally not active participants in socio-economic life due to limited opportunity to do so. Most awareness and advocacy campaigns to address this scenario have largely focused on public attitude change towards and about disability. ……………Click here to download full article