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Spotlight on employment rights of disabled women

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: A four-day national seminar on "Employment rights of disabled women in India" jointly organised by the Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS) and the Social Action and Research Foundation (SARF) at Indian Spinal Injuries Centre ended here over the weekend.

In his concluding remarks, Indira Gandhi National Open University Director P. R. Ramanujam underlined the need to bridge the gap in policy making and implementation process in the disability sector. SDRS activist Sameera Shamim provided an encapsulated view of the organisation's social development activities.

Chairman of the Working Group on Disability for the 11th Five Year Plan G. N. Karna emphasised the need for an intellectual revolution in the country to promote a positive outlook towards the problems of the disabled. Dr. Karna expressed hope that the suggestions made to the Union Government for the welfare of the disabled would be accepted and implemented soon.

Some of the major suggestions include creation of a separate Ministry for Disability Affairs, a National Commission on Disability, making all railway stations disabled-friendly by 2012, promoting disability studies in universities, colleges and schools and scholarships for disabled students.

Social activists working in the disability sector and experts presented papers on different aspects of empowerment of disabled women.

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