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Cover illustration: A woman with a walking disability leans on her cane as she walks across a field in the Kyangwali refugee settlement. Photo by Maria-Theres Schuler, Kyangwali, Uganda, August 2015.
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ISSN 1574-6925
ISBN 978-90-04-68301-3 (paperback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004683020
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