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Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability?

The term ‘disability’ includes general references to disabilities (‘handicap’, ‘impaired’, or ‘special needs’), or specific mentions of mental, intellectual, sensory, or physical disabilities. For the purposes of this variable, the term “disability” captures all of these definitions.

No means that country legislation does not explicitly prohibit disability-based workplace discrimination broadly, nor specifically against discrimination in hiring, promotions and/or demotions, training, pay, nor terminations.

Yes means that country legislation does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of disability-based workplace discrimination.

Countries

Afghanistan - No

Cabo Verde - No

Chad - No

Republic of the Congo - No

Equatorial Guinea - No

The Gambia - No

Guinea-Bissau - No

Iran - No

Iraq - No

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No

Libya - No

Micronesia, Federated States of - No

Nauru - No

Papua New Guinea - No

Solomon Islands - No

St. Kitts and Nevis - No

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No

Sudan - No

Switzerland - No

Syria - No

Tonga - No

United Arab Emirates - No

Angola - Yes

Antigua and Barbuda - Yes

Australia - Yes

Azerbaijan - Yes

Bangladesh - Yes

Belize - Yes

Benin - Yes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes

Brazil - Yes

Burkina Faso - Yes

Canada - Yes

Central African Republic - Yes

Chile - Yes

China - Yes

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes

Costa Rica - Yes

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes

Cuba - Yes

Cyprus - Yes

Czech Republic - Yes

Dominican Republic - Yes

Egypt - Yes

El Salvador - Yes

Fiji - Yes

France - Yes

Gabon - Yes

Ghana - Yes

Greece - Yes

Guatemala - Yes

Guinea - Yes

Guyana - Yes

Haiti - Yes

India - Yes

Indonesia - Yes

Israel - Yes

Italy - Yes

Japan - Yes

Jordan - Yes

Kazakhstan - Yes

Kenya - Yes

Republic of Korea - Yes

Kyrgyzstan - Yes

Laos - Yes

Latvia - Yes

Liechtenstein - Yes

Lithuania - Yes

Luxembourg - Yes

North Macedonia - Yes

Madagascar - Yes

Malawi - Yes

Mali - Yes

Malta - Yes

Marshall Islands - Yes

Mauritania - Yes

Mauritius - Yes

Mexico - Yes

Monaco - Yes

Montenegro - Yes

Mozambique - Yes

Nepal - Yes

The Netherlands - Yes

New Zealand - Yes

Nicaragua - Yes

Niger - Yes

Norway - Yes

Oman - Yes

Palau - Yes

Panama - Yes

Peru - Yes

The Philippines - Yes

Poland - Yes

Qatar - Yes

Russian Federation - Yes

Rwanda - Yes

Samoa - Yes

San Marino - Yes

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes

Saudi Arabia - Yes

Serbia - Yes

Seychelles - Yes

Sierra Leone - Yes

South Africa - Yes

South Sudan - Yes

Spain - Yes

Sri Lanka - Yes

St. Lucia - Yes

Sweden - Yes

Tajikistan - Yes

Timor-Leste - Yes

Togo - Yes

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes

Turkmenistan - Yes

Tuvalu - Yes

Uganda - Yes

United Kingdom - Yes

United States of America - Yes

Uzbekistan - Yes

Venezuela - Yes

Yemen - Yes

Zambia - Yes