%0 Journal Article %T Implementation of the 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Zimbabwe: A review %A Cowen Dziva %A Ellen F. Zvobgo %A Munatsi Shoko %J Archive of "African Journal of Disability". %D 2018 %R 10.4102/ajod.v7i0.389 %X The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities came into place in 2006, as the main instrument for advancing the human rights of persons with disabilities. For many African states, the Convention came amidst ubiquitous marginalisation and discrimination of persons with disabilities. As expected, the Convention has been hailed as a landmark in the struggle to reframe the needs and concerns of persons with disabilities %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6244346/