Publications on Disability and work
2015
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Overview on disability inclusion approaches in developing countries
ILO and disability inclusion
24 September 2015
The ILO promotes equality of opportunity and treatment for persons with disabilities in the world of work. Access of persons with disabilities to decent work is important both as an essential right and in terms of the economic advantages it brings. To achieve this goal, the ILO works to increase the employability of persons with disabilities, to support employers becoming more inclusive and to promote enabling legislative and policy environments.
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Indigenous Persons with Disabilities: Access to Training and Employment
28 August 2015
This paper was prepared as a resource for a panel discussion organized by the ILO in cooperation with the Government of Australia during the 14th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on 23 April 2015 in New York.
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Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 3
At work together: The cooperative advantage for people with disabilities
26 June 2015
This note is third in the ILO COOP series on Cooperatives and the World of Work. It looks into how cooperative enterprises promote inclusion of women and men with disabilities into the workplace.
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Reporting on disability: Guidelines for the media
28 May 2015
These Guidelines are intended as a tool for professional communicators to promote inclusiveness and the fair and accurate portrayal of people with disabilities.
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Inspirational voices
AIDS is Everyone's Business!
16 March 2015
This publication is a collection of messages of support of the "Getting to zero at work" campaign and the VCT@WORK initiative, received from employers' organizations and the private sector over the past three years.
2014
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Achieving equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities through legislation: Guidelines
25 November 2014
These guidelines reflect the reappraisal of disability as a human rights issue. Intended for policy-makers and drafters of legislation, they have been developed with a view to assisting in improving the effectiveness of national laws concerning training and employment of disabled persons, as part of an ILO Project "Promoting Rights and Opportunities for People with Disabilities in Employment through Legislation”.
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Business as unusual: Making workplaces inclusive of people with disabilities
03 October 2014
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Inclusion of Youth with Disabilities: The Business Case
05 September 2014
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The Disabled Beggar – A Literature Review
02 September 2014
This literature review originated as part of an exploratory study of beggars with disabilities in Ethiopia, reported on in ILO Working Paper No. 141 published in 2013. It has been updated and is published separately here, as a contribution to debates on the social and economic inclusion of persons with disabilities, on poverty reduction and social protection.
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Disability and corporate social responsibility reporting: An analysis comparing reporting practices of 40 selected multinational enterprises
04 July 2014