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Le Mauricien votre nom d'utilisateur Récupérer votre mot de passe votre email votre nom d'utilisateur votre email Récupérer votre mot de passe votre email 27 Jan 2021 16h37 M.Ali JOOKHUN * Persons with disabilities (PWDs) seek employment for much the same reasons as non-disabled persons. The difficulties faced by PWDs in getting quality education and access to vocational training or any further education have always been a major barrier when it comes to seeking a job. In 1996, the Training Employment of Disabled Persons Board (TEDPB) was established under the Training Employment of Disabl...

The impact of Covid-19 on child marriage and other gender-based violence Marriage before the age of 18 is a fundamental violation of human rights. Yet Unicef reported in April that the number of girls married in childhood stands at 12 million per year worldwide. Photo: Save The Children I recently visited rural areas of Bangladesh amid the Covid-19 pandemic and returned to Dhaka with a new understanding of the impact that Covid-19 is having on child marriage, a harmful practice that is a global challenge. The fundamental shift that I saw was that child marriage, which has typically been encou...