Designing an inclusive skills development program

"Ever since I was a child, people always tried to avoid me. Now they are proud, they can see that even with my disability I can do work" - Shuely Akhter. This publication presents the model the ILO has developed for integrating persons with disabilities into the ready made garments industry in Bangladesh. Available in English and Bangla.

The United Nations unanimously adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 13th December 2006, which entered into force on 3rd May 2008. Being one of the pioneering countries to ratify the Convention, Bangladesh is pledge bound to implement the human rights treaty in its entirety ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities in the country.

This publication presents the model the ILO has developed for integrating persons with disabilities into the ready made garments industry in Bangladesh and explains how organizations in Bangladesh can replicate this model.