Participation and inclusion of people with disability in trade and employment

Abstract

Gender and inclusion has been a talk of town. We have always been hearing about women and trade, the role of women in trade, women and employment. However, currently inclusion is a crosscutting issue that looks at a number of variables that unfortunately are used to distinguish one person from another. These include disability, age, race, gender, social status (marginalized vs the well-off) and other factors. Inclusion for people with disability in different areas of life such as in trade and employment has a new wave. Inclusion is geared to do away with every sort of “inequality” in human life in particular with all conducts that negatively affect people with disability and the marginalized ones. The inequality that we are fighting today embraces many different dimensions, as testified by current debates on social, political, economic, gender, educational, race, and health inequality. This inequality in human life dates back to industrial revolutions with the raise in trade and commerce. In ordinary thinking, one may say trade makes employment but may wonder why has growth in trade led to inequality. The most intriguing question remains why inequality in trade and employment?

How to cite this article using ASWNet style

Mgaya, M. C. (2023). Participation and inclusion of people with disability in trade and employment. People centred – The Journal of Development Administration (JDA), 8(2), 44-46. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jda.v8i2.4                       

This article was based on a presentation at the Epilepsy Alliance Africa Day Indaba on 25 May 2023.     

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