By Tunde Oguntola,
The federal government has revealed that there is high rate of violence against women, children, and other persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the country.
The minister of Women Affairs Dame Pauline Tallen disclosed this during the Launch of the research report “On Decent Work to Decent Work for Persons With Disabilities in Abuja said that persons with disabilities throughout the world have been subjected to widespread violations of their human rights.
Tallen said the available statistics indicate that the unemployment rates and more workers with disabilities tend to be twice or three times more than that of other workers.
The minister who was represented by Mrs Onwuzurike Gloria said: “The challenge of access to the physical environment including transportation, housing or workplaces coupled with still health prejudices among many employers, co-workers, and the general public aggravates already difficult situations.
“It is worrisome to know that physical accessibility prevents a major barrier to many persons with disabilities seeking work or training this also applies to locally built environments,” he said.
In his welcome remarks, the country programmes director, Solidarity Centre, Sonny Ogbuehi who was represented by senior programme officer Bashman Mohammed said in 2021, the Solidarity Center supported the NLC to conduct a study on the prevalence of Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria’s World of Work and the finding were shocking, about 56 per cent of workers reported to have experienced GBVH in their workplace and GBVH was the highest among workers in the informal section.
