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From: avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 01:36:39 +0530
Subject: {Disability Studies India} May be of Interest:
Infrastructural barriers at the workplace for employees with vision
and locomotor disabilities in New Delhi, India
To: jnuvision <jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com>, disability-studies-india
<disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com>http://iospress.metapress.com/content/5q7253224242t2g2/ Abstract BACKGROUND: India, a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), has 2.21% of people with disabilities to the total population of which 26% are employed (Census 2011 and 2001). Accessibility was introduced for the first time in 1995 under The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act. Article 9 of UNCRPD promotes barrier-free environment on an equal basis with others. Despite the legislation and the UN convention, structural barriers continue to be one of the largest barriers posing concern for PwDs at their workplace. OBJECTIVE: To identify various physical barriers limiting accessibility of PWDs in the formal sector in Delhi. METHOD: Quantitative descriptive research design. Random sample was drawn. RESULT: Structural barriers create difficulty in accessing basic amenities such as canteens, toilets etc. CONCLUSION: Disability is a human rights issue. An employee with disability is entitled to dignified life. Effective implementation of Article 9 and 27 of UNCRPD will pave a way for removing structural barriers at workplace. -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Disability Studies India" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to disability-studies-india+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/disability-studies-india. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
