Being Disabled in Gaza: A Situation Assessment in the Context of Problems, Needs and International Organisations

Abstract

The fact that life in Gaza has been under full blockade since 2007 has created an even more disadvantageous environment for disabled people who cannot participate in society in the necessary way. After October 7, 2023, life in Gaza has become very difficult for people with disabilities. The aim of this study, which focuses on the basic problems and needs of the double disadvantaged disabled people in Gaza through a literature review, is to reveal how valid this situation is for the disabled people in Gaza, which problems the disabled people struggle with in Gaza, what their basic needs are, what are the activities of international organisations for the disabled people in Gaza, and to make predictions about the future of the disabled people in Gaza, despite the fact that international conventions emphasise the disabled as one of the priority groups to be defended. As a result of the findings, it has been observed that although there are international conventions on the rights of the disabled, the disabled in Gaza cannot benefit from these rights, the calls of international organisations are not responded to, and the disabled are left to their fate.

Keywords

• people with disabilities
• gaza
• people with disabilities in gaza
• disabled rights