prosthetic devices and train families of persons with disabilities, workers, and
members of NGOs in this field. The complex was to be inaugurated in 2020 but
has not yet opened.
7.2 Despite the suspension of students’ attendance at all public and private
rehabilitation centers since February 2020 to protect them and preserve their
health, NIHR monitored the continued provision of care and rehabilitation
services to persons with disabilities by the Ministry of Labor and Social
Development, through activating the distance learning and training service, the
application of electronic lessons and rehabilitation sessions through distance
education systems. The total number of students with disabilities benefiting from
these centers - according to the latest statistics authorized by the Ministry of
Labor and Social Development in June 2020 - is 1562 students benefiting from
six government centers, 15 rehabilitation centers run by civil society
organizations and financially supported by the Ministry, and 18 private
rehabilitation centers6.
(8) Right to Work (Article 27):
8.1 Affirming the right of persons with disabilities to work and training, The
Employment and Training Center for People with Disabilities has been opened,
in September 2016. The Centre provides comprehensive services to persons with
disabilities, including employment, training, and assessing abilities of job seekers
within this category. The Center also provides integrated services for the
disabled, as it is equipped with modern techniques and equipment for assessing
cases and capabilities in order to nominate for suitable jobs, streamlining the
obstacles for this category of people to integrate them in suitable jobs
concomitant with their potential competencies and attentive to their needs to be
able to perform their duties and contribute to the development of the society.
8.2 Another support is provided through The Services Center for People with
Disabilities (You Are Not Alone) under the Ministry of Labor & Social
Development opened in 2007. This Center provides a broad variety of services
to meet the needs of the persons with disabilities in the areas of work and training.
The Center seeks to employing the disabled in the private sector and public
institutions in accordance with their capabilities and potential, while availing
suitable training in coordination with relevant institutes, institutions, and
companies, granting prosthetic devices, issue IDs for persons with disabilities,
provide counselling to their families, and receive any complaints they raise to find
the appropriate solutions.
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Bahrain News Agency: Bahrain demonstrates its experience in servicing persons with disabilities during
the coronavirus pandemic on 4 June 2020 through the link:
https://www.csb.gov.bh/ar/civil-service-legislation/csb-in-effect/governance/gov-02-2019.htm
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