Empowering Women with Disabilities: Legal Framework and Development Initiatives

Monsur Ahmed Chowdhury, trustee of Impact Foundation Bangladesh, said there should be political commitment to the development of people with disabilities. A national overview committee for the development of persons with disabilities was formed in 2008. The committee remained active until 2016. He said, “Why is there no trace of that committee now? Any person […]

Overcoming the speech impediment: The inspiring success story of Sajib, a skilled worker in a bag production factory

A large number of Dhaka’s low-income people live in the Kamarangirchar area on the banks of the Buriganga River. Passing through the streets of Huzurpara in Kamarangirchar, we reached a small factory where shopping bags are produced. There were rows of colorful tissue shopping bags coming out of the machine. One of the four machines […]

‘Ensure employment for persons with disabilities in formal sectors’

There are laws, policies, charters and strategies for the protection of persons with disabilities and coordination between public and private organizations should be increased to implement these. Emphasis should also be laid on ensuring employment of persons with disabilities in the informal as well as formal sectors. The speakers made these remarks at a roundtable […]