Kerjabilitas, job platform for persons with disabilities
Details of the organization
Name *
Saujana Indonesia
Country *
Indonesia
Website (URL)
http://saujana.org
Type *
Civil society entities
Information about the project
Project title *
Kerjabilitas, job platform for persons with disabilities
Description *
Kerjabilitas is an award winning job portal for jobseekers with disabilities in Indonesia. It is aimed to tackle unemployment with disabilities' issue that reaches as high as 76% of working age population with disabilities, or equal to 7.7 million people. In addition to job portal, Kerjabilitas provides soft skill learning content to help jobseekers increasing their employability. Its team also provides guidelines and advises to help employer to follow practical steps to be inclusive employer on a consultancy and offline basis. Its also known as an aggressive movement that pushed the government and private sectors to make the first inclusive job market fair in 2015. As of today, Kerjabilitas is serving 7,000 jobseekers with disabilities and partner with 800 inclusive or to be inclusive employers across Indonesia. It is registered that 80 jobseekers have been placed to various jobs, through this program. In 2016, Kerjabilitas accelerated (incubated) by Google, together with 24 other emerging startups from Indonesia, India and Brazil, and receive vast and comprehensive mentoring from experts.
Project website
http://kerjabilitas.com
Geographical coverage *
National implementation:
Indonesia
Status *
Ongoing
from 01/09/2014
to
31/07/2017
Partners
We partner with Ministry of Manpower of The Republic Indonesia as policy maker. As in Indonesia we have 1% quota law that obligate every companies with at least 100 employees should persons with disabilities. We partner with Ford Foundation Indonesia as our donor. In addition to that, we partner with 800 employers, including Bank Rakyat Indonesia and Bank Mandiri (1st and 2nd biggest banks in Indonesia), Accor Hotel, Carrefour, Loreal, and many more.
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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E-employment
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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