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Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: principles, implications, practice and limitations

GROCE, Nora
KETT, Maria
TRANI, Jean Francois
LANG, Raymond
September 2011

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This paper examines the theories and principles upon which the Convention of the rights of people with disabilities (CRPD) are premised. It demonstrates the potential value and utility that these have in extending the inherent human rights that people with disabilities, are endowed. The implementation of the CRPD is a challenge considering the complex ‘rights based’ issues involved and because disabled people have to generate the commitment from civil society and government. It is argued that there is a need to move from policy to implementation, and that this needs to be adequately monitored and evaluated. Sustainable and effective interventions will benefit by being informed, monitored and evaluated based upon the broader human rights paradigm and the capabilities approach.

Alter
Volume 5, Issue 3, July–September 2011, Pages 206-220

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alter.2011.02.004

What works? interventions for maternal and child under nutrition and survival

BHUTTA, Zulfigar
et al
January 2008

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This article "reviews interventions that affect maternal and child undernutrition and nutrition-related outcomes. These interventions included promotion of breastfeeding; strategies to promote complementary feeding, with or without provision of food supplements; micronutrient interventions; general supportive strategies to improve family and community nutrition; and reduction of disease burden (promotion of handwashing and strategies to reduce the burden of malaria in pregnancy). (The authors) showed that although strategies for breastfeeding promotion have a large effect on survival, their effect on stunting is small"
The Lancet, Vol 371, Issue 9610

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