Sustainable Development Goal target 8.5 highlights the importance of equal access to jobs for persons with disabilities, and DFID recently identified this as a priority in its latest Disability Framework.
Disability NGO ADD International joins ETI for a discussion event on disability and ethical trade, part of ETI's Ethical Insights series. The session will focus on:
employment opportunities for disabled people in companies and in their global supply chains
addressing discrimination against employment of disabled people
treatment of employed disabled people in the workplace
Speakers:
Mosharraf Hossain: Director of Policy and Influencing at ADD (Action on Disability & Development)
On ADD International, corporate engagement and ethical trade
Mansoor Ahmad, DFID Private Sector Advisor
On DFID's Disability Framework and plans to make economic empowerment a focal area
Susan Scott-Parker, CEO, Business Disability International
Business Disability International’s pioneering work to make business accessible for disabled people; critical factors that enable successful disability inclusion
Lee Mann, Sustainable Sourcing, The Body Shop
Case studies of promoting greater acces for disabled workes and increasing eonomic opportunities for disabled people in the global supply chain.