We Can Make it

We Can Make it
Author: Susan Epstein
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1997
Genre: Discrimination in employment
ISBN: 9789221103271

This volume contains stories of 25 disabled women in Asia, Africa and Latin America. They tell how they defied the odds to become educators, lawyers, farmers and shopkeepers. Their success is measured not only in monetary terms, but in the number of obstacles they have overcome.; The women speak candidly about discrimination, motivating influences, the quest for education and employment, and the desire to be wives and mothers. They also offer pragmatic advice for policy-makers, so that more disabled women can achieve their potential and contribute to society.

Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled in India

Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled in India
Author: Narasimham Rayadurgam
Publisher: Niruta Publications
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9384262366

This book on “Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled in India, Principles & Practice” is an attempt to educate the present and future rehabilitation professionals in the area of vocational rehabilitation.

Disability, Education and Employment in Developing Countries

Disability, Education and Employment in Developing Countries
Author: Kamal Lamichhane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2015-01-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1316272206

With several empirical evidences, this book advocates on the importance of human capital of persons with disabilities and demands the paradigm shift from charity into investment approach. Society in general believes that people with disabilities cannot benefit from education, cannot participate in the labour market and cannot be contributing members to families and countries. To invalidate such assumptions, this book describes how education in particular helps make persons with disabilities achieve economic independence and social inclusion. For the first time, detailed analyses of returns to the investment in education and nexus between disability, education, employability and occupational options are discussed. Moreover, other chapters describe disability and poverty followed by the discussion of barriers behind why persons with disabilities are unable to obtain education despite the significantly higher returns. These foundational themes recur throughout the book.

Economic Implications of Chronic Illness and Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Economic Implications of Chronic Illness and Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Author: Cem Mete
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0821373382

A significant portion of the population in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region are either in poor health or disabled. This research shows that the linkages between disability and economic and social outcomes of interest tend to be stronger in transition countries when compared with industrialized countries. Reasons for this trend include the prevalence of a large informal sector in many developing countries, relatively weak targeting performance of social assistance programs (especially in poor transition countries), and unavailability of broad based insurance mechanisms to protect individuals against loss of income due to unexpected illness.