MANILA, Philippines – Government agencies have been providing limited jobs to persons with disabilities (PWD) despite existing laws mandating them to allocate five percent of all casual, emergency and contractual positions for PWDs, according to various non-government organizations.
Johnny Lantion, general manager of the National Federation of Cooperatives of Persons with Disabilities (NFCPWD), said only one percent of about one million “employable” PWDs are working.
Lantion said Republic Act 7277 or the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons states that “five percent of all casual, emergency and contractual positions in the Departments of Social Welfare and Development; Health; Education; and other government agencies, offices or corporations engaged in social development shall be reserved for disabled persons.”
Joy Garcia, chief operations officer of the Tahanang Walang Hagdanan Inc., lamented that the government is not “strongly” implementing the law, especially in providing equal employment rights to PWDs.
A group of women with disabilities in the Philippines also claimed that the government is the no. 1 violator of the law.
NOVA Foundation, Inc. president Manuel Agcaoili said that the “employers in the Philippines still focus on the person’s disabilities.”
“I think we should try, with the help of media, to make employers understand that they should not look at their disabilities,” he said.
Agcaoili said they have been providing free skills training for PWDs and some of them have been employed as medical transcriptionists.
“We have pilot-tested a program to provide an online training for orthopedically-impaired individuals and of the 25 we have initially trained, 14 are now employed as transcriptionists,” he said.
He said most visually impaired individuals, particularly those who graduated from high school, have the necessary qualifications to be employed as call center agents.
Kosei Saito, chairman of the Workability International Asia, said that in Japan there should be one PWD in every 56 employees.
Saito said any company who violates this faces a fine of ¥50,000. –- Helen Flores and Evelyn Macairan, Philippine Star
Nov 16 – International Day for Tolerance
“No more toleration of corruption!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
November
Nov 2 – Intl Day to End Impunity for
Crimes Against Journalists
Nov 9 – World Science Day for Peace
and Development
Nov 16 – International Day for Tolerance
Nov 19 – World Toilet Day
Nov 20 – World Children’s Day
Nov 25 – Intl Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women
Monthly Observances:
Homes Safety Month
Filipino Values Month
National Rice Awareness Month
National Consciousness Month
for Punctuality and Civility
Environmental Awareness Month
National Children’s Month
Organic Agriculture Month
Weekly Observances:
Nov 19-25: Global Warming and
Climate Change Consciousness Week
Nov 23-29: National Girls’ Week
Population and Development Week
Nov 25 – Dec 12: Social Welfare Week
18-Day Campaign to End
Violence against Women
Week 2: Week 3: Drug Abuse Prevention
and Control Week
Last Week: Safety and Accident
Prevention Week
Daily Observances:
Last Saturday: Career Executive Service
Day
Nov 19: National Child Health Day
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
