Vocational training for people with disabilities. Policies to ensure sustainable livelihoods for disadvantaged labourers must be resilient and not depend on outside support. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Policies to ensure sustainable livelihoods fordisadvantaged labourers must be resilient and not depend on outside support,heard a conference held by the Institute for Workers and Trade Unions in Ho ChiMinh City on July 31.
According to Vu Minh Tien, Deputy Director of the Institute for Workers andTrade Unions, disadvantaged workers, who find it difficult to secure stable jobs,account for 25 percent of total labourers in the country.
By the end of 2016, there were 13 million disadvantaged labourers, including4.2 million people with disabilities, 6.5 million impoverished labourers, 1million migrant workers, 180,000 labourers with HIV/AIDS and 190,000 drugaddicts and prostitutes. Eighty percent of them live in rural areas and havereceived little education or vocational training.
Although disadvantaged labourers in rural areas can access state loans, theywere still trapped in poverty, said Vo Van Tan, Chairman of Can Gio district’strade union.
Vu Van Hieu, lecturer from Ton Duc Thang University, stressed that residenceregistration rules have been a barrier to migrant workers. They should not beused to distinguish between local people and migrants, which hampers migrantlabourers’ access to job opportunities and other social services, he added.
For her part, Le Thi Nhung, lecturer of the University of Labour and SocialAffairs, underlined that capacity, health, competence and public discriminationhampered disabled workers from finding work.-VNA
According to Vu Minh Tien, Deputy Director of the Institute for Workers andTrade Unions, disadvantaged workers, who find it difficult to secure stable jobs,account for 25 percent of total labourers in the country.
By the end of 2016, there were 13 million disadvantaged labourers, including4.2 million people with disabilities, 6.5 million impoverished labourers, 1million migrant workers, 180,000 labourers with HIV/AIDS and 190,000 drugaddicts and prostitutes. Eighty percent of them live in rural areas and havereceived little education or vocational training.
Although disadvantaged labourers in rural areas can access state loans, theywere still trapped in poverty, said Vo Van Tan, Chairman of Can Gio district’strade union.
Vu Van Hieu, lecturer from Ton Duc Thang University, stressed that residenceregistration rules have been a barrier to migrant workers. They should not beused to distinguish between local people and migrants, which hampers migrantlabourers’ access to job opportunities and other social services, he added.
For her part, Le Thi Nhung, lecturer of the University of Labour and SocialAffairs, underlined that capacity, health, competence and public discriminationhampered disabled workers from finding work.-VNA
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