people with disabilities

Hiring people with disabilities

According to the World Health Organisation (2011), persons with disabilities make up 15 percent of the population. Developing countries lose up to seven percent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to the exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour market. When persons with disabilities have access to skills training, they can significantly meet the rising demand of skilled labour, which provides considerable economic advantages.

Editorial / Unfriendly workplaces for PWDs

There are ample researches and reports that clearly show that people with disabilities (PWDs) are not inefficient...

Editorial / People with disabilities

According to World Health Organisation (WHO), around ten percent of the population of Bangladesh are comprised of people with disabilities (PWD). In Bangladesh, most of the PWD live in rural areas.

Editorial / An indomitable father-daughter duo

We are heartened by the real life story published in this paper of a young girl leading her blind father from the crossbar of a rickshaw as he drives...

Global Goals and Persons with Disabilities

An estimated one billion people with disabilities that constitute 15 percent of the world's population may have something to be...

Editorial / Budgetary allocation for people with disabilities

Jatiya Pratibandi Forum (JPF), in a press conference on Sunday, highlighted that there has not been any significant allocation for development of people with disabilities in the national budget...

June 21, 2017
June 21, 2017

Hiring people with disabilities

According to the World Health Organisation (2011), persons with disabilities make up 15 percent of the population. Developing countries lose up to seven percent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to the exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour market. When persons with disabilities have access to skills training, they can significantly meet the rising demand of skilled labour, which provides considerable economic advantages.

February 25, 2016
February 25, 2016

Unfriendly workplaces for PWDs

There are ample researches and reports that clearly show that people with disabilities (PWDs) are not inefficient...

December 5, 2015
December 5, 2015

People with disabilities

According to World Health Organisation (WHO), around ten percent of the population of Bangladesh are comprised of people with disabilities (PWD). In Bangladesh, most of the PWD live in rural areas.

December 5, 2015
December 5, 2015

People with disabilities

According to World Health Organisation (WHO), around ten percent of the population of Bangladesh are comprised of people with disabilities (PWD). In Bangladesh, most of the PWD live in rural areas.

November 14, 2015
November 14, 2015

Global Goals and Persons with Disabilities

An estimated one billion people with disabilities that constitute 15 percent of the world's population may have something to be...

November 14, 2015
November 14, 2015

An indomitable father-daughter duo

We are heartened by the real life story published in this paper of a young girl leading her blind father from the crossbar of a rickshaw as he drives...

June 9, 2015
June 9, 2015

Budgetary allocation for people with disabilities

Jatiya Pratibandi Forum (JPF), in a press conference on Sunday, highlighted that there has not been any significant allocation for development of people with disabilities in the national budget...

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