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2012
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Article
Employers make the case for hiring people with disabilities
19 June 2012
101st session of the ILC held event on ILO Business and Disability Network to highlight the business case for hiring people with disabilities
2011
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Article
Questions and answers: ILO disability inclusion resource manual
01 December 2011
December 3rd is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. To mark the date, the ILO has developed an online version of the ILO Disability Inclusion Toolkit and Manual – a collection of tools and information resources – to assist ILO staff in including disabled people in their areas of work. “Disability inclusion is everybody’s work!” ILO interviews Debra Perry, Senior Disability Technical Specialist and editor of the resource manual.
2010
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Article
The price of excluding people with disabilities from the workplace
01 December 2010
Mainstreaming of women and men with disabilities in all aspects of society the economy and development efforts is crucial in helping to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Yet, because of stigma and discrimination many disabled people live in poverty, dependence and exclusion. ILO Online interviews Sebastian Buckup, author of the ILO study “The price of exclusion: The economic consequences of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work”.
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ILO Conference - 9-11 March 2010
Questions and Answers on Intellectual Disabilities
04 March 2010
An estimated 10 to 15 million people in Africa have some form of Intellectual disability and the majority live in poverty and isolation. The ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme will be gathering representatives from East African countries, Australia and the United Kingdom at a conference in Lusaka on 9-11 March to focus new attention on the issue and discuss ways of promoting training and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. ILO Online provides questions and answers on people with intellectual disabilities in Africa.
2009
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Disability Equality Training
In Zambia, a commitment to inclusive approaches for people with disabilities
09 July 2009
An estimated 7 to 9 per cent of women and men in Zambia live with a disability, most of them in poverty. ILO Online reports from the country’s capital Lusaka where Disability Equality Training (DET) is part of a new effort to make sure that the needs of people with disabilities are taken into account in development programmes.