What is it about?
This article challenges the narrow and short term public health focus on disability in conflict. In line with the changing nature of conflicts, Nawaf Kabbara and myself bring our collective expertise together to illustrate where action is urgently needed.
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Why is it important?
This chapter begins by situating a narrow public health focus in medical humanitarianism despite the changing nature of conflicts. We argue that such an approach misses existing populations of disabled people, which has consequences for reintegration and social protection. Secondly, we examine how indirect impairments result from sites of vulnerability during and post-conflict. Thirdly, we illustrate the long-term consequences of conflict and where action is needed. In conclusion, we use a case-study to examine the potential of inclusion as a resource for peace but also show why this approach currently has limitations.
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This chapter is part of a larger edited collection where disability in global south is examined. It is also a part of a social move to rethink the way we do research. The aim is to work more in partnership and in keeping with the priorities and needs of researchers and disabled people in the global south. I was very lucky to work with Professor Nawaf Kabbara who lives and works in Lebanon. He also added an excellent case study about limitations that disabled people face living in conflict and why those activists are so important to peace movements.
Dr Maria Berghs
De Montfort University
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This page is a summary of: Disabled People in Conflicts and Wars, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42488-0_17.
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