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The term disability covers a wide range of different physical, psycho-social, sensory or intellectual impairments which may or may not affect a person’s ability to carry out their day-to-day activities, including their jobs.
Women and men with disabilities work in all sectors of the economy and in all types of roles. Many have demonstrated that with the right opportunities and adjustment, where required, to a job or the work environment, they can make a valuable contribution to the world of work.
Facts about people with disabilities
- One billion of the world’s population, or 15 per cent, live with a disability (WHO, WB 2011).
- Disabled people are at a higher risk of poverty in every country, whether measured in traditional economic indicators relative to GDP or, more broadly, in non-monetary aspects of living standards such as education, health and living conditions.
- Disabled women are at greater risk of poverty than men with disabilities (Mitra et al. 2011). Their poverty is linked ...
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