Date: 30/07/2021
Duration: 17:00-18:30
Location: Online
Exploring inclusive employment practices
The British Council will deliver a virtual panel discussion on inclusive employment of persons with disabilities.
Too often, people with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to unemployment and poverty. Although access to employment is recognised as a fundamental right, less than 20% of people with disabilities are currently in work. The minority that are in work are often under-employed or in poorly paid jobs which offer little or no legal or social safeguards, and which require few qualifications.
The panel and attendees will discuss the following:
- Understanding disability
- Legal frameworks for inclusive employment of persons with disability
- Employment practices and models
- Experiences in inclusive employment
Panel discussion programme
17:05-17:05 Opening remarks
17:10-17:30 Introductory remarks by the moderator
17:30-17:50 Panellist presentations
17:50-18:05 Q&A
18:05-18:15 Final submissions from panellists
18:15-18:20 Closing remarks
18:20 Event close
Mr Washington Opiyo Sati is Vice Chair and Commissioner to the Commission on Administrative Justice and a 2008 Commonwealth Professional Fellow (panellist)
Dr William Murithi, FHEA, CMBE is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at De Montfort University and a 2012 Commonwealth Shared Scholar (moderator)
Dr Vincent Gaitho, PhD is the Pro-Chancellor, Mount Kenya University and Chairman, KEPSA Education Sector Board (panellist)
Jane Theuri is Assistant County Commissioner at the Embu Huduma Center, Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and a 2019 Commonwealth Scholar (panellist)
George Shimanyula is a Project Officer at the Cheshire Disability Services Kenya (CDSK) (panellist)
Ruth Nashipae Muigai is a Lecturer of Law at the Catholic University and a 2014 Commonwealth Scholar (panellist)
