CURRENT ISSUES BULLETIN: The Challenges of Promoting Independent Living in Türkiye
This commentary discusses the challenges faced by individuals and organisations promoting independent living in Türkiye. In addition to the dominant charity-based perspective towards disability, in recent years a key challenge has become the increasing and systemic attack on human rights and human r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pluto Journals
2023-03-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Disability and Social Justice |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/intljofdissocjus.3.1.0121 |
| Summary: | This commentary discusses the challenges faced by individuals and organisations promoting independent living in Türkiye. In addition to the dominant charity-based perspective towards disability, in recent years a key challenge has become the increasing and systemic attack on human rights and human rights defenders and delegitimising of the rights-based perspective. Additionally, the difficult political situation in the country positions disability issues at the bottom of the political agenda and makes it difficult to strengthen the independent living perspective. |
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| ISSN: | 2732-4036 2732-4044 |