Pente Vladimir Y, Jeyam Anita, Bechange Stevens, Jolley Emma, Roca Anne, Dossou Sandra R, Ba Khady, Oye Joseph, Bocoum Salimata, Leclercq Laurene, Schmidt Elena
Sightsavers, Cameroon Country Office, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Sightsavers, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom.
Afr J Disabil. 2024 Oct 16;13:1399. doi: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1399. eCollection 2024.
The right to participate in political processes is fundamental to democratic governance, economic development and human rights.
We assessed participation in political processes and also explored factors associated with voting at the most recent election for people with and without disabilities.
We conducted cross-sectional survey in four cities in Senegal and three in Cameroon in 2021. Disability was assessed using the Washington Group Short Set of questions. Univariate and multiple regression analyses were conducted to identify the factors associated with voting at the most recent elections.
Among 4180 participants in Cameroon and 4171 in Senegal, disability prevalence was 9.77% and 10.89%, respectively. More than half of the participants had voted at the most recent elections in both Cameroon (52.31%) and Senegal (58.27%). Participants with an interest in politics, having all the key documents or registered with a political party were more likely to have voted in both countries. Adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics, people with disabilities were less likely to have voted compared to those without disabilities in Cameroon (odds ratio [OR] = 0.58 [0.40, 0.84]) and in Senegal (OR = 0.36 [0.26, 0.44]).
There is an urgent need to address the socio-political and environmental factors that have been identified so as to close the disability gaps in voting and ensure equitable opportunities and levels of political participation between people with and without disabilities.
This article contributes to the existing knowledge base on the political participation of people with and without disabilities in Cameroon and Senegal.
参与政治进程的权利是民主治理、经济发展和人权的基础。
我们评估了政治进程中的参与情况，并探讨了在最近一次选举中，残疾人和非残疾人投票的相关因素。
2021年，我们在塞内加尔的四个城市和喀麦隆的三个城市进行了横断面调查。使用华盛顿小组简短问题集评估残疾情况。进行单变量和多变量回归分析，以确定与最近一次选举投票相关的因素。
在喀麦隆的4180名参与者和塞内加尔的4171名参与者中，残疾患病率分别为9.77%和10.89%。在喀麦隆（52.31%）和塞内加尔（58.27%），超过一半的参与者在最近一次选举中投票。对政治感兴趣、拥有所有关键文件或在政党登记的参与者在两国更有可能投票。在调整社会人口特征后，喀麦隆（优势比[OR]=0.58[0.40，0.84]）和塞内加尔（OR=0.36[0.26，0.44]）的残疾人投票的可能性低于非残疾人。
迫切需要解决已确定的社会政治和环境因素，以消除投票方面的残疾差距，并确保残疾人和非残疾人之间有公平的机会和政治参与水平。
本文为喀麦隆和塞内加尔残疾人和非残疾人政治参与的现有知识库做出了贡献。
