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This report is the output of a project titled “Advocating for Change for Persons with disabilities in South and South-east Asia” which was implemented by Handicap International for the period January 2013 – June 2014. In Bangladesh, the project supported Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) in 17 districts across the country, developing their capacity to advocate for rights of people with disabilities in education and employment. This report has been compiled to showcase good practices collected by DPOs and to promote practical recommendations, based on local evidence, on how to include people with disabilities in employment and education systems in Bangladesh. The Making it Work methodology was used as part of this project.

This report includes the 11 validated good practices including

• to ensure access of people with disabilities to waged employment n factories
• to ensure waged employment of people with disabilities though the Chamber of Commerce and Industries
• to ensure access to start up capital for people with disabilities
• to use local initiative to create educational opportunities for children with disabilities
• to ensure access of students with disabilities to secondary education through social mobilisation by school authorities
• to ensure access of children with disabilities to inclusive primary education
• to ensure physical accessibility for children with disabilities in high schools
• to ensure free of cost High School education for children with disabilities