Disability in Uzbekistan
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This page has curated news from Uzbekistan. There are a total of 7 links.
Highlights
In Employment, Business and Work:
Barriers to disability-inclusive employment: A pilot qualitative study of disabled people's lived experiences. “The current institutional and policy framework is rooted in the Soviet legacies of disability assessment which conflates disability with the loss of working capacity.” (2022, Journal of International Development)
Contents
- Civil Society and Community
- Climate Crisis and Environment
- Data and Research
- Employment, Business and Work
- Mobility, Travel, Transport and Tourism
- Policy and Rights
Civil Society and Community
Dreaming beyond the impossible: A story of disability rights activism in Uzbekistan. (2023, UNSDG)
Climate Crisis and Environment
Climate change highlights the need for disability-inclusive adaptation (2023, World Bank)
Data and Research
Research
Layers and Ranges of Disabling Borders A chapter exploring enduring legacies of segregation and ableism in the socio-politics of disability in Uzbekistan. (2022, Invisible Borders in a Bordered World)
Employment, Business and Work
NGO Helps Pioneer Disability-Inclusive Employment “In 2021, the team launched the job-searching website IshPlus.uz. Within a year, the project successfully assisted 50 individuals with disabilities to secure employment.” (2023, Eurasia Foundation)
Barriers to disability-inclusive employment: A pilot qualitative study of disabled people's lived experiences. “The current institutional and policy framework is rooted in the Soviet legacies of disability assessment which conflates disability with the loss of working capacity.” (2022, Journal of International Development)
Mobility, Travel, Transport and Tourism
Inaccessible public transportation a video of a wheelchair user not managing to get on buses explained on twitter. (in Uzbek, no subtitles, 2022)
Policy and Rights
Situation Analysis of the rights of persons with disabilities. (2022, UNPRPD)