Challenges Faced By Persons with Disabilities in Mainstream Employment: A Case of Zambia
H. Miyoba, Zambia.
Hamanyanga.miyoba@gmail.com / hamanyanga.miyoba@zamtel.zm
This paper takes stock of the general situation of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Zambia with regards to inclusive employment. Through desk research and field research, reliable and up to date available data has been gathered and analysed so as to ascertain to which extend disabled people are visible in considerations about employment. The purpose was to assess the challenges faced by the PWDs in mainstream employment in Zambia. The major difficulty of the study has been because most of vital information in Zambia is neither online nor in libraries but kept under lock and key in government ministry and NGO offices. The major findings show that all the PWDs face a lot of challenges such as a lack of awareness of any labour laws or employment acts that are there to protect them. However, the responses were mixed regarding the help these organisations render to PWDs.
