Eighty percent of the nation’s working age population without disabilities is employed, but the employment rate for people with severe disabilities is only 38 percent.
THE United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entered into force recently, one month after the required 20th country had ratified the landmark treaty which guarantees the rights of some 650 million people worldwide.
High Court judges and employers` representatives from eight countries will on Thursday attend a three-day African Sub-regional workshop on `Decent Work for People with HIV/Aids and with Disabilities` organized by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Hope can be a powerful motivator as Bridget Lane knows: The hope of a better future and more promising efforts in understanding and treating people with disabilities and their caregivers.
