Ghana: Persons with Disability Act (2006) South Africa: Employment Equity Act (1998) legal framework for equal pay for Cuba, Brazil, Mongolia equal work employment quota systems China, India, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Tanzania, Kuwait, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan explicitly mentioning persons with Sri Lanka: National Human Resources and disabilities in employment policies and Employment Policy, 2012 programme Ethiopia: National Employment Policy and Strategy, 2009 inclusion of persons with disabilities in South Africa: Preferential Policy Framework public procurement policies, public Philippines: Executive Order 417, 2005 employment programmes and other India: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural public works programmes Employment Act mainstreaming disability in technical Government initiatives: Bangladesh, Mongolia, and vocational education and training Zambia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Initiatives from private companies: Nigeria (L’Oreal), India (Tata Consultancy Services), Brazil (Extra and Pão de Açucar, Sodexo), Thailand (Novotel Bangkok), Egypt (cell phone operator Mobinil) quotas for persons with disabilities in Bangladesh: 5% of seats in polytechnics and technical and vocational training technical schools and colleges are reserved for persons with disabilities (Ministry of Education order, 2015) creation of services that support the Ethiopia (Ethiopian Centre for Disability and employment of persons with Development) disabilities Lebanon (Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union) Peru (Yanbal International) creation of programmes to deal with Malaysia (Return to Work Program, 2007) return to work for persons who have
Ghana: Persons with Disability Act (2006) South Africa: Employment Equity Act (1998) legal framework for equal pay for equal work Cuba, Brazil, Mongolia employment quota systems China, India, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Tanzania, Kuwait, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan explicitly mentioning persons with disabilities in employment policies and programme Sri Lanka: National Human Resources and Employment Policy, 2012 Ethiopia: National Employment Policy and Strategy, 2009 inclusion of persons with disabilities in public procurement policies, public employment programmes and other public works programmes South Africa: Preferential Policy Framework Philippines: Executive Order 417, 2005 India: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act mainstreaming disability in technical and vocational education and training Government initiatives: Bangladesh, Mongolia, Zambia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Initiatives from private companies: Nigeria (L’Oreal), India (Tata Consultancy Services), Brazil (Extra and Pão de Açucar, Sodexo), Thailand (Novotel Bangkok), Egypt (cell phone operator Mobinil) quotas for persons with disabilities in technical and vocational training Bangladesh: 5% of seats in polytechnics and technical schools and colleges are reserved for persons with disabilities (Ministry of Education order, 2015) creation of services that support the employment of persons with disabilities Ethiopia (Ethiopian Centre for Disability and Development) Lebanon (Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union) Peru (Yanbal International) creation of programmes to deal with return to work for persons who have Malaysia (Return to Work Program, 2007)
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