Employee and employer perceptions on barriers existing among Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled sectors to employ persons with disabilities (PWD) were investigated. Two hundred participants (147 PWD and 53 employers) from six organizations were included in the study, which was conducted in Hyderabad, India. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to the participants. The study also documented enabling factors that have facilitated employment of PWD. An assessment of awareness levels among employers and employees with disabilities on the provisions of the Indian PWD Act (1995) was also undertaken.
Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2017 Jan-Apr; 21(1): 36–41
This report is the output of a project titled “Advocating for Change for Persons with disabilities in South and South-east Asia” which was implemented by Handicap International for the period January 2013 – June 2014. In Bangladesh, the project supported Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) in 17 districts across the country, developing their capacity to advocate for rights of people with disabilities in education and employment. This report has been compiled to showcase good practices collected by DPOs and to promote practical recommendations, based on local evidence, on how to include people with disabilities in employment and education systems in Bangladesh. The Making it Work methodology was used as part of this project.
This report includes the 11 validated good practices including
to ensure access of people with disabilities to waged employment n factories
to ensure waged employment of people with disabilities though the Chamber of Commerce and Industries
to ensure access to start up capital for people with disabilities
to use local initiative to create educational opportunities for children with disabilities
to ensure access of students with disabilities to secondary education through social mobilisation by school authorities
to ensure access of children with disabilities to inclusive primary education
to ensure physical accessibility for children with disabilities in high schools
to ensure free of cost High School education for children with disabilities
This paper examines the issues surrounding Tanzania’s reliance on foreign sources, such as India, for the supply of drugs. It argues that it is important for Tanzanian industry to improve in order to encourage local manufacture and to enhance access to medicines within the country