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Sanitation policy in South Africa: does it address people with disabilities?

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dc.contributor.author Matsebe, G
dc.date.accessioned 2007-08-28T14:20:21Z
dc.date.available 2007-08-28T14:20:21Z
dc.date.issued 2006-11
dc.identifier.citation Matsebe, G. 2006. Sanitation policy in South Africa: does it address people with disabilities? Sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation: 32nd WEDC International conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2006, pp 4 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1185
dc.description 2006 32nd WEDC International conference en
dc.description.abstract South Africa is one of the countries facing the challenge of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for sanitation. At least five percent of the South African population consists of people with disabilities (PWDs) and the question remains whether sanitation delivery in the country is addressing the needs of this group of individuals. This paper reviews legislation and sanitation policy within South Africa to determine whether the needs of PWDs were being addressed. The review highlighted that PWDs are excluded by the policy. The conclusions of the review are that sanitation policy should be inclusive and adopt a holistic approach. This should be achieved by reviewing present policy to ensure inclusion and focus on PWDs; ensuring implementation of sanitation awareness programmes for PWDs, monitoring and evaluation of compliance to policy requirements and the introduction of economic measures such as subsidies, incentives and fines. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Sanitation services en
dc.subject Sanitation policy en
dc.subject Integrated national disability strategy en
dc.subject INDS en
dc.subject Legislation en
dc.subject 32nd WEDC International conference, 13-17 November 2006 en
dc.title Sanitation policy in South Africa: does it address people with disabilities? en
dc.type Conference Presentation en
dc.identifier.apacitation Matsebe, G. (2006). Sanitation policy in South Africa: does it address people with disabilities?. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1185 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Matsebe, G. "Sanitation policy in South Africa: does it address people with disabilities?." (2006): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1185 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Matsebe G, Sanitation policy in South Africa: does it address people with disabilities?; 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1185 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Matsebe, G AB - South Africa is one of the countries facing the challenge of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for sanitation. At least five percent of the South African population consists of people with disabilities (PWDs) and the question remains whether sanitation delivery in the country is addressing the needs of this group of individuals. This paper reviews legislation and sanitation policy within South Africa to determine whether the needs of PWDs were being addressed. The review highlighted that PWDs are excluded by the policy. The conclusions of the review are that sanitation policy should be inclusive and adopt a holistic approach. This should be achieved by reviewing present policy to ensure inclusion and focus on PWDs; ensuring implementation of sanitation awareness programmes for PWDs, monitoring and evaluation of compliance to policy requirements and the introduction of economic measures such as subsidies, incentives and fines. DA - 2006-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Sanitation services KW - Sanitation policy KW - Integrated national disability strategy KW - INDS KW - Legislation KW - 32nd WEDC International conference, 13-17 November 2006 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2006 T1 - Sanitation policy in South Africa: does it address people with disabilities? TI - Sanitation policy in South Africa: does it address people with disabilities? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1185 ER - en_ZA


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