Persons with disabilities, specifically the physically disabled constitutes the largest group of the population comprising 35.2 percent of persons with disabilities, with a larger part living in rural areas. They have been and continue to be marginalized as a result of prejudice and as such they...
Download PDF ↓Throughout the preceding decades of the twentieth century and continuing into the century, many governments in the world have undertaken efforts to encourage employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Legislation of diverse types has been formulated and International Labour...
Download PDF ↓Women in Zambia, like the rest of the world face a number of gender based challenges even in the sphere of employment. The law, being an important instrument to society if used well can help to protect them from such challenges. This research paper presents an evaluation of the extent to which...
Download PDF ↓Historically, people with disabilities have been among the most impoverished, politically marginalized and least visible members of their societies globally. There are approximately 650 million disabled people in the world of whom 470 million are of working age. This situation is also true to...
Download PDF ↓This obligatory essay looks at the phenomenon of disabled individuals in the employment sector in Zambia. It acknowledges the current status quo which is that people with disabilities have been amongst the most economically impoverished, politically marginalised and least visible members of...
Download PDF ↓This essay sets out to give legal perceptions on resolve social stigma towards the mentally disabled persons in Zambia. It focuses on the stigma towards persons with mental disabilities and questions why society finds it difficult to accept mentally disabled persons as being comparable to...
Download PDF ↓A new era of persons with disabilities saw a new turn with the entry into force of the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (UN CRPD) in May 2008.This convention requires states to move away from an approach that caters for people with disabilities in separate...
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