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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

Republic of the Congo - No

Switzerland - No

Cabo Verde - No

Micronesia, Federated States of - No

Iraq - No

Iran - No

St. Kitts and Nevis - No

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No

Libya - No

Papua New Guinea - No

Solomon Islands - No

Sudan - No

Syria - No

Chad - No

Tonga - No

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No

United Arab Emirates - Yes

Antigua and Barbuda - Yes

Angola - Yes

Australia - Yes

Azerbaijan - Yes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes

Bangladesh - Yes

Burkina Faso - Yes

Benin - Yes

Brazil - Yes

Belize - Yes

Canada - Yes

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes

Central African Republic - Yes

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes

Chile - Yes

China - Yes

Costa Rica - Yes

Cuba - Yes

Cyprus - Yes

Czech Republic - Yes

Dominican Republic - Yes

Egypt - Yes

Spain - Yes

Fiji - Yes

France - Yes

Gabon - Yes

United Kingdom - Yes

Ghana - Yes

The Gambia - Yes

Guinea - Yes

Equatorial Guinea - Yes

Greece - Yes

Guatemala - Yes

Guinea-Bissau - Yes

Guyana - Yes

Haiti - Yes

Indonesia - Yes

Israel - Yes

India - Yes

Italy - Yes

Jordan - Yes

Japan - Yes

Kenya - Yes

Kyrgyzstan - Yes

Republic of Korea - Yes

Kazakhstan - Yes

Laos - Yes

St. Lucia - Yes

Liechtenstein - Yes

Sri Lanka - Yes

Lithuania - Yes

Luxembourg - Yes

Latvia - Yes

Monaco - Yes

Montenegro - Yes

Madagascar - Yes

Marshall Islands - Yes

North Macedonia - Yes

Mali - Yes

Mauritania - Yes

Malta - Yes

Mauritius - Yes

Malawi - Yes

Mexico - Yes

Mozambique - Yes

Niger - Yes

Nicaragua - Yes

The Netherlands - Yes

Norway - Yes

Nepal - Yes

Nauru - Yes

New Zealand - Yes

Oman - Yes

Panama - Yes

Peru - Yes

The Philippines - Yes

Poland - Yes

Palau - Yes

Qatar - Yes

Serbia - Yes

Russian Federation - Yes

Rwanda - Yes

Saudi Arabia - Yes

Seychelles - Yes

Sweden - Yes

Sierra Leone - Yes

San Marino - Yes

South Sudan - Yes

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes

El Salvador - Yes

Togo - Yes

Tajikistan - Yes

Timor-Leste - Yes

Turkmenistan - Yes

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes

Tuvalu - Yes

Uganda - Yes

United States of America - Yes

Uzbekistan - Yes

Venezuela - Yes

Samoa - Yes

Yemen - Yes

South Africa - Yes

Zambia - Yes