AMMAN —
Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply and
Labor Youssef Al-Shamali promised that his two ministries will double their efforts
to implement laws and legislation that make it compulsory for ministries to
provide job opportunities for persons with disabilities, Al-Ghad News reported.
اضافة اعلان
Speaking Saturday at a conference on the “Integration of persons
with disabilities in society and the labor market” organized by the Saaed
Center for
Economic and Social Empowerment at the Kalouti Development Center, attended
by political and human rights figures and representatives of persons with
disabilities, Shamali said that 84 percent of persons with disabilities do not
have job opportunities.
Among the reasons, he said, is non-compliance with
legislation that obliges government institutions to create job opportunities
for them, in addition to the reluctance of some to engage in the labor market.
"It is our duty, as ministries, institutions, and
individuals, to provide opportunities that encourage those who do not want to
work to engage in the labor market, and provide opportunities, and a decent and
friendly work environment that meets their needs and aspirations," Shamali
said.
He noted that the Economic Modernization Vision is bound to affect
a qualitative shift and motivate this segment of society by devising ways and means
to accelerate their integration into the labor market, and lend support to
their small and large projects.
“It is a long road to the real inclusion of people with
disabilities in the labor market and society, but it is not impossible,” he
said.
Executive Director of the Saaed Center Masoun Shukair said
that the world is currently going through a complex set of crises that have
affected everyone, and more so marginalized groups, particularly people with
disabilities who have been excluded from rescue programs.
She added that as soon as developed countries addressed this
issue, the UN passed a law regarding their rights, and called on countries to
join in issuing national legislation along these lines.
She said that Jordan had ratified the international convention
and approved a national law on the rights of persons with disabilities, adding
that while the law mentions integration, it does not provide details, unlike
the Egyptian law, which explicitly says that these are civil, political,
cultural, labor, and social rights.
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