The Right Of Persons With Disability To Decent Work In Palestine “ Field Study” Recommendations for the Higher Council for Disability 1. The Higher Council for Disability should promote its powers and exercise its role in enforcing and protecting the rights of PWDs through proposals to amend the relevant laws, legislations and regulations. It should also take all necessary measures to monitor to what extent the concerned authorities are committed to the implementation of the rights of PWDs, particularly the right to decent work. 2. Engaging PWDs, sectorial institutions, rights institutions and all relevant civil society organizations with public policy-drawing, plans and programs aimed at integrating persons with disability into the labor market. 3. Including the issue of disability into the policies and programs of the different sectors. This issue should be handled as an indivisible crosssector rights and development issue. 4. Raising public awareness about the rights of PWDs through publications and workshops that shed light on the importance of employing PWDs. III. Recommendations Regarding Employment of Women with Disability 1. Enactment of laws and legislations relevant to women with disability. This is very important, as the current relevant laws don’t include any reference to women. Also, the law should allocate a percentage of the 5% quota for women with disability. 2. Promotion of job opportunities for women with disability, taking into account positive development policies, plans and programs which allow women with disability to participate in public life and economic activities. 3. The Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs should play a leading role to ensure the rights of women with disability and mainstream their issues into the national policies, development plans and social protection programs. 17