INCLUSION OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES IN DECISION-MAKING BODIES IN THE DRC: A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE PROVINCE OF TSHOPO FROM 2018 TO 2025

Authors: Jonas Kalongo Monokela, Augustin Bedidjo Ular, Grison-Trésor Kakumbi Belumba, PhD, Casimir Ndeke Zamba, PhD & Louise Massikini Bamisanga

ABSTRACT

The inclusion of people living with disabilities in decision-making bodies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the priorities for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda. This study analyzes the representativeness of people with disabilities in political institutions in the DRC, a critical study in the province of Tshopo that involves the confrontation of Decree No. 24/22 of March 7, 2024 on the modalities of the representation of people with disabilities in institutions in the DRC with the reality within the provincial institutions of Tshopo. It is in this perspective that we propose to verify the application of legal texts on the political inclusion of people with disabilities in the province of Tshopo. To achieve this, legal positivism and legal sociology have served as a framework with the technique of free interview and investigation. Thus, we have reached the results that notwithstanding the legislative advances in terms of the inclusion of people with disabilities in decision-making bodies in the DRC in order to respond positively to the objectives of sustainable development, the representativeness of people with disabilities in the provincial political institutions of Tshopo is 00%.

Keywords: Inclusion, people with disabilities, decision-making bodies.

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