When a light weight bird gets stuck in the mud, a local saying goes, you do not want to imagine what can possibly happen to a heavy weight one. That saying, which illustrates the fact that certain groups of people can be more vulnerable, cannot be more true regarding the challenges girls and women with disabilities in Uganda face in having their sexual and reproductive health rights appreciated and respected.
If the distance to the nearest Health Centre II in some parts of rural Uganda is as long as five kilometres or more – and Health Centre IVs are as far as 20 kilometres – and it is a stumbling block in accessing antenatal and other reproductive health services by able bodied women, is it not much harder for a crippled woman?
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