Employmentofpersonswithdisabilities(PWDs)inthePhilippines: ThecaseofMetroManilaandRosario,Batangas ChristianD.Mina † Abstract Personswithdisability(PWDs)areamongthevulnerablegroupsinthecountrythatneed utmostattentionfromthegovernment.Thisistheperhapsthereasonwhytheinstitutional andlegalenvironmenthasbeenmadefavorable...
Using multiple case studies design, the paper examined how selected local governments in the Philippines implement the policy on auxiliary social services for persons with disability (PWDs) and analyzed how the implementation is influenced by factors such as local policy guidelines, financial resources,...
Poverty Reduction of the Disabled Part I: Circumstances of Persons with Disabilities 1. Introduction: Disability and Development in International Contexts, Soya Mori 2. Legal and Institutional Environment of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines, Celia M. Reyes, A... S Mori,T Yamagata - Pov...
[...]participation of civil society, hearing its members’ opinions and obtaining inputs for the improvement of public policies on disability, CONADIS, as the technical secretariat of the multisectoral commission responsible for following up on and developing measures to implement the Convention on th...
Haymasuthan A/L Periasamy, a deaf driver-partner in Grab’s Driver Representative Committee (DRC), said, “Changing the way people see my disability isn’t easy. And that is why I keep working with Grab to shift the perspective many still have about the deaf and hearing impaired community...
the accessibility of a housing unit. “Independence” for an adult with any disability is about providing the space to make decisions about their own lives. These decisions can empower adults and act as the foundation for people with disabilities to have independence in other aspects of their ...
“Personal Mobility Aids empower segments of our society who are aged, frail or suffering from a disability. We work with like-minded organisations to ensure that accessibility to care and a patient’s journey is not just confined within the hospital ...
in the context of Work Disability Prevention.MethodsBased on NIT, a draft model was designed by means of (1) a literature review of empirical studies; (2) theoretical books and articles; (3) a focus group with six expert researchers. This draft model was (4) adapted in the context of ...
This chapter provides an overview of the international human rights standards as they apply to older people articulated at the United Nations. It also explores specific human rights issues that have been heard by United Nations human rights bodies. It fu
In some of them, the child dependency ratio has been declining swiftly, generating an important demographic dividend - Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines are salient examples. In others such as South Korea and Thailand, the rise in old age dependency has been creating formidable new policy ...