Ready for Inclusive Sustainable Employment and Entrepreneurship

Sightsavers is working with Standard Chartered Foundation to remove the barriers that young people with disabilities face in accessing decent employment for this generation and generations to come.

There are between 180 million and 220 million young people with disabilities worldwide, and nearly 80 per cent live in developing countries. For young people with disabilities, finding a job that delivers a fair income, rights and good career prospects can be a huge challenge. Young women with disabilities usually face even greater challenges due to prejudices in society about disability and gender.

With the Standard Chartered Foundation, together with our partners Light for the World, Challenges Worldwide and DeafTawk, we are implementing projects in Kenya, Pakistan, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda. We’re supporting young people with disabilities, particularly women, to secure employment and grow their businesses so they can participate fully in society. We work with individuals and employers, addressing gaps in labour market systems so they can adapt and be more disability inclusive.