The Continued Challenges for Egypt's Disabled

Author:
AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
21 October 2012
Tags:
Egypt, Human Rights, Transport and Shipping

About 12 million, 15 per cent of the population, of the nation's population, are disabled in Egypt. The government and employers continue to marginalise them, but with poor roads, high curbs and the lack of disabled access on public buses, their daily lives are also strained.

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