Background Unemployment rates for persons with disabilities in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs) are high. This is despite the call to action by the United Nations …

Introduction: Unemployment is one of the major challenges facing persons with disabilities
worldwide. Persons with disabilities experience significantly high rates of unemployment …

Unemployment among persons with disabilities is high. The situation is worse for women
with disabilities as they experience multiple disadvantages on account of gender and …

Background: Despite the importance of inclusive employment, described in Goal 8 of the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), employment of persons with psychiatric disabilities …

OBJECTIVE: Disability limits access to education and employment, and leads to economic
and social exclusion. This study compared barriers to employment among disabled and non …

The exploratory quantitative study sought to develop an understanding about the
relationships among disability, gender and employment in Northern Ghana. A total of 110 …

BACKGROUND Disability is a development issue, with widespread poverty, inequality and
violation of human rights. Recent estimates suggest that more than one billion people are …

Background: The marginalisation of youth with disabilities from employment opportunities is
evident from literature in as far as they form part of the larger groups 'people with disabilities' …

Despite a growing focus on disability‐inclusive employment and livelihoods, people with
intellectual disabilities and their families remain underrepresented in both the literature and …

Purpose: Persons with a developmental disability have the lowest rate of labour force
participation relative to other disabilities. The widening gap between the labour force …