{"id":166336,"date":"2025-12-01T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166336\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"people-with-disabilities-make-up-6-percent-of-belarus-population-official-data","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166336\/","title":{"rendered":"People with disabilities make up 6 percent of Belarus&#8217; population \u2013 official data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(jcomp \/ freepik.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Approximately 550,000 people in Belarus, or about 6 percent of the population, live with some form of disability, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maryna Arciomenka has told journalists in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 71,000 people with disabilities are currently employed, with the number growing by 2,000 to 2,500 annually, the official noted. The most popular occupations for this group under the state-sponsored employment program include seamstress, computer operator and accountant, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of early November, at least 66 jailed regime critics were in poor health, including eight with disabilities, ten with mental disorders and 25 over the age of 60, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zus_fakt_pl_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zus_fakt_pl_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zus_fakt_pl_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zus_fakt_pl_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zus_fakt_pl_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zus_fakt_pl_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">More Belarusians register with Poland\u2019s ZUS system for pension and disability benefits<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 29,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The number of Belarusians registered in Poland\u2019s ZUS system for pension and disability benefits rose by more than 9,000 in the last 21 months to 138,444 on October 31. On November 28, dozens of Belarusians attended a meeting with &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/166198\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 1, Pozirk. Approximately 550,000 people in Belarus, or about 6 percent of the population, live with some form of disability, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maryna Arciomenka has told journalists in Minsk. 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