Despite the Law, Disabled Ugandans Can’t Access Oil Jobs

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Uganda’s constitution, disability law, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities all commit the country to inclusive employment, but the oil boom is unfolding in ways that leave disabled jobseekers on the margins. Barriers to education and inaccessible recruitment platforms mean many Ugandans with disabilities never even make it into the talent pipeline. As one Petroleum Authority official acknowledges, “This is a sector that requires highly specialized talents or skills. As you know, people with disabilities, most of them, in our context in Uganda, most of them don’t complete education.”

World Institute on Disability Global Heumann Fellow Kasim Sajjabi’s film looks past the promises to show how an industry on the rise could be far more inclusive of disabled workers.

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