FORUM ON ADDRESSING ISSUES OF EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Article 48 Initiative represented by our director Felicia Mburu an Advocate of the Highcourt attended a forum hosted by Radio Taifa on Rights and Opportunities of Employment of Persons with disabilities.According to the Act of persons with disability 2003,a qualified employee with disability shall be subject to the same terms and conditions of employment as the other employees that is the same benefits and privileges but what came out of the forum is that persons with disabilities are still facing discrimination in the employment sector and there’s no level ground with people without disabilities.In the forum there were two cases that were narrated showing discrimination, both cases were represented by two women with disabilities, one whereby she was working for a certain company and having disability her supervisior thought she would not be up to the task thus not being able to be promoted,whereas the second one there was unfair termination.
Generally,persons with disabilities are facing many issues at a societal level one of them being considered as a lesser being, who cannot talk for themselves or make their own decisions concerning their lives thus there’s still a lot of advocacy work that needs to be done so that persons with disabilities are seen as individuals who can make their own choices as our director of Article 48 initiative stated .In conclusion persons with disabilities once they are employed need to read and understand the employment contracts about the jobs they are getting into.
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