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Policy Approaches to Dis/ability Inclusive Development

Sebbas, Linda Margareta LU (2021) STVK12 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Dis/ability rights have for a long time been excluded from the discourse and practice of international development. This has taken a turn with the creation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. International organisations have extended their policies on dis/ability, and some development agents now explicitly mainstream dis/ability. Sweden, however, does not have a specific policy on dis/ability mainstreaming. This thesis aims to examine how the Swedish international development cooperation agency (Sida) deals with the inclusion of dis/ability in policy and practice. A textual analysis in combination with interviews has been thematically applied to a framework of dis/ability mainstreaming in order to... (More)
Dis/ability rights have for a long time been excluded from the discourse and practice of international development. This has taken a turn with the creation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. International organisations have extended their policies on dis/ability, and some development agents now explicitly mainstream dis/ability. Sweden, however, does not have a specific policy on dis/ability mainstreaming. This thesis aims to examine how the Swedish international development cooperation agency (Sida) deals with the inclusion of dis/ability in policy and practice. A textual analysis in combination with interviews has been thematically applied to a framework of dis/ability mainstreaming in order to study this question. The findings present an analysis of to what extent the current Sida approach to dis/ability resembles dis/ability mainstreaming, as well as some indicators of the implications of using the current approach in terms of including dis/ability perspectives. The results indicate that Sida has a comprehensive framework that allows for dis/ability inclusion, but this framework is not implemented evenly and is highly dependent on context. (Less)
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author
Sebbas, Linda Margareta LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A case Study of Sida
course
STVK12 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
disability mainstreaming, inclusive development, SIDA, social model of disability, thematic analysis
language
English
id
9046299
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 11:25:10
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2021-07-06 11:25:10
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  abstract     = {{Dis/ability rights have for a long time been excluded from the discourse and practice of international development. This has taken a turn with the creation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. International organisations have extended their policies on dis/ability, and some development agents now explicitly mainstream dis/ability. Sweden, however, does not have a specific policy on dis/ability mainstreaming. This thesis aims to examine how the Swedish international development cooperation agency (Sida) deals with the inclusion of dis/ability in policy and practice. A textual analysis in combination with interviews has been thematically applied to a framework of dis/ability mainstreaming in order to study this question. The findings present an analysis of to what extent the current Sida approach to dis/ability resembles dis/ability mainstreaming, as well as some indicators of the implications of using the current approach in terms of including dis/ability perspectives. The results indicate that Sida has a comprehensive framework that allows for dis/ability inclusion, but this framework is not implemented evenly and is highly dependent on context.}},
  author       = {{Sebbas, Linda Margareta}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Policy Approaches to Dis/ability Inclusive Development}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}