The employment survey was conducted in the following sectors;
- Private sector – Tanzania Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers (TUICO) member companies in 5 regions
- Education sector – Teachers in 6 regions through Tanzania Teachers Union (TTU)
- Health/social welfare sector – Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) in 1 region
The policy brief on the Employment
of People with disabilities in the Health sector presents the findings of the
survey report conducted in one region of Dar es salam for the 20 departments
and institutions falling under the Ministry of Health and social welfare. The
study establishes that there were few employees with disabilities, just only 17
employees (2.3%) out of the total number of 738 employees in the 20 survey
institutions, had different types of disabilities.
KEY FINDINGS
a) Proportion of employees with
a disability small
−
TUICO: 86 out of
20,568 (0.4%)
−
TTU: 519 out of 24,552
(2.1%)
−
MoHSW: 17 out of 738 (2.3%)
b) Majority of employees with
disabilities in non
managerial tasks
−
TUICO: 4 in
managerial positions out of 86 PWDs
−
TTU: 19 head teachers
out of 519
−
MoHSW: 0 heads of departments/institutions
More men with disabilities are
employed than women with disabilities
|
Sector
|
% of male employees
|
% of female employees
|
|
Private sector
|
70
|
30
|
|
Education sector
|
67
|
33
|
|
Health sector
|
35.3
|
64.7
|
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