No One Left Behind? Comparing Poverty and Deprivation between People with and without Disabilities in the Maldives

Sustainability

Hannah Kuper¹  Shaffa Hameed¹  LenaMorgon Banks²  Sofoora Kawsar Usman² 

[1] Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK;;International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene &

关键词: disability;    sustainable development goals;    maldives;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12052066

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals call for the disaggregation of all indicators by disability and other characteristics so as to “leave no one behind” from development progress. Data on disability, however, is acknowledged to be lacking, which is essential for informing policy and planning. Consequently, this study estimates the prevalence of disability in the Maldives and compares indicators of poverty and living conditions between people with and without disabilities, using nationally-representative, population-based data (n = 5363). The prevalence of disability was estimated at 6.8%. Overall, this research finds that people with disabilities are at risk of being left behind from progress across multiple Sustainable Development Goal domains, including in combatting income poverty, food insecurity and exclusion from health, education, work and social participation, and vulnerability to violence. Further, amongst people with disabilities, people with cognitive and mental health impairments, people living outside the capital, Male’, and children and working-age adults tend to face the highest levels of deprivation.

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