The Right to Social Security of Persons with Disabilities in Ethiopia
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2021-09
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
An impetus to conduct a research on this topic arose from a Radio Interview made with two
PWDs - beggars, that struck my thought “I’m poor because I’m disabled – I’m disabled because
I’m poor.”
This research examines to what extent Ethiopia responded toward realizing the right to social
security of PWDs in compliance with the commitments stemming from ratifying the CRPD. The
researcher argues that though credit is due to the establishment of the pension scheme, since
ninety-five% of PWDs are excluded from the contributory pension and health scheme due to
unemployment, the country still lacks a targeted strategy and a law guaranteeing a non contributory social assistance scheme against disability-related poverty. Neither the social
transfers under the UPSNP/PSNP match the legally established non-contributory social
assistance scheme to PWDs. therefore, Ethiopia lags behind realizing the minimum essential
levels of the right to social security to PWDs.