THE LARGEST MINORITY GROUP IN THE WORLD FACED BY WIDESPREAD PERPETRATION OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
With 2011 World Disability & 2015 UNESCO Report
With an estimated 1.2 billion people around the world have some form of disability,
with over four in five persons living in developing countries, and 93 million of them are
children under the age of 14.
The consequences of disability is extremely disruptive, stressful and profoundly impacts every aspect of a person's life.
It's unconscionable to think that the widespread perpetration of gross human rights violations ( discrimination informed by misconceptions and stereotypes ) directly contribute to additional social and economic hardships, really destroying the persons with a disability and very often the family member's future.
Today, real case scenarios:
It's unconscionable to think that the widespread perpetration of gross human rights violations ( discrimination informed by misconceptions and stereotypes ) directly contribute to additional social and economic hardships, really destroying the persons with a disability and very often the family member's future.
Today, real case scenarios:
A new report by Human Rights Watch on South-Africa shows:
More than 500 000 children did not turn up at school in South Africa today.
The government appears to have lost track of these children well before the beginning
of this year, when it nonetheless claimed that it had successfully achieved the
UN Millennium Development Goal of enrolling all children in primary school by 2015.
We found official estimates that ranged from 30 000 to nearly 600 000
It’s high time that the government levelled with its citizens and admitted
how many of its children it was failing
how many of its children it was failing
Unemployment of Capable and Willing PWD's:
In developing countries, 80% to 90% of persons with disabilities of working age are unemployed, whereas in industrialized countries the figure is between 50% and 70%.
‘Disabled still face hurdles in job market’, The Washington Times.CBusiness Disability Forum,
