Ethiopia

Region Africa
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RELEVANT LEGISLATION

The Federal Civil Servant Proclamation No. 515/2007, provides for preferential treatment to persons with disabilities in the areas of recruitment, promotion and deployment. In addition, it includes a clause preventing discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin, sex, religion, political outlook, disability, HIV/AIDS or any other ground with respect to filling vacancies in the civil service. This provision is applicable to government offices only.

Proclamation 568/2008 on employment rights of persons with disabilities is exclusively for people who acquire a disability.

Ethiopian Building Proclamation No. 624/2009, article 36 (1 and 2) states facilities such as buildings and toilets must be accessible for persons with disabilities.

Relevant organisations, including INGOs

Light for the World

HI – Humanity & Inclusion

Leonard Cheshire Disability

Ethiopian National Disability Action Network (ENDAN)

The Ethiopia National Association on Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (ENAID)

The Ethiopian National Association of Persons Affected by Leprosy (ENAPAL)

The Ethiopian National Association of the Blind – Deaf (ENABD)

The Ethiopian National Association of the Blind (ENAB)

The Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf (ENAD)

The Ethiopian National Association of the Physically Handicapped (ENAPH)

The Federation of Ethiopian National Associations of Persons with Disabilities (FENAPD)

The Tigray Disabled Veterans Association (TDVA)

Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development

National business and disability networks or initiatives

Ethiopian Business and Disability Network

Branches of GBDN company members

IBM

CBM