Breaking The Barrier: Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) As A Workforce in The Philippines
Billy Jay N. Pedron
Discipline: medicine by specialism
Abstract:
This Policy Brief discusses the pressing unemployment problem among Persons with Disabilities
in our country. There are roughly 1.44 million Filipinos who are living with disability in the
Philippines, and most are living in poverty. There is a link between employment and poverty,
where unemployment lies at the center of the poverty cycle. PWDs, like any other individuals,
could perform their work-related tasks. Some even overperformed compared to their abled
counterparts. As a result, there are gains in hiring PWDs for the institution and our country.
Years have passed after the enactment of R.A. No. 7277, also known as the Magna Carta for
Persons with Disabilities. However, PWDs still face challenges, particularly in getting decent
jobs to improve their quality of life. Problems include job matching, insufficient work in private
institutions, and reintegration problems.
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