What's new
2019
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News
ILO Director visit Luapula Province
31 July 2019
The ILO Director has embarked on the familiarization tour of Development Cooperation projects to meet partners, stakeholders, and beneficiaries of the projects.
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Project
Local Empowerment through Economic Development and Reconciliation (LEED+) Project
01 May 2019
The LEED+ project builds on successes of the Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) Project. From 2011-2018, LEED has helped to reduce poverty, create sustainable jobs and build the peace in northern Sri Lanka.
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© Hồng Kiều VNA/VNS 2019
Viet Nam News
Viet Nam ratifies ILO Convention on employment for workers with disabilities
26 March 2019
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Disability and Trade Unions
The inclusion of workers with disabilities is crucial to achieving SDGs
20 March 2019
People with disabilities are the world’s largest minority but many face discrimination in the workplace and their rights are often denied.
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Press release
Call to Myanmar Business on Disability Inclusion
07 March 2019
On 6/7 March, AAR Japan, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) brought together 110 Myanmar stakeholders from business, disability organisations and government and international experts for second multistakeholder forum on promoting employment of persons with disabilities in Myanmar. The first forum was held in November 2017.
2018
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Marlee Matlin, ILO advocate for better inclusion of persons with disabilities
03 December 2018
“The inclusion of workers with disabilities across all industries and at all levels of a company is not only a matter of human rights but also a matter of business success,” says award-winning actress, Marlee Matlin, who’s part of the ILO’s work on the inclusion of people with disabilities in the world of work.
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© Christian Tasso 2019
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Fifteen per cent – A celebration of diversity
03 December 2018
Fifteen per cent of the world’s population are persons with disabilities. Of these, 80 per cent are of working age. With many facing barriers to equal opportunities, the ILO works to improve their access to decent work. To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, artist and photographer, Christian Tasso, has created an exhibition – to be shown at the ILO – that shows how our communities and the world of work are enriched when they are inclusive and celebrate diversity. See a selection of his photos here.
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Press release
China Chapter of the Global Business and Disability Network launched a new service to match employers and jobseekers with disabilities
03 December 2018
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Press release
Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality – China Disability Policy Dialogue held in Beijing
03 December 2018
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Press release
International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Shaping an Inclusive World of Work in Sri Lanka
03 December 2018
The Employers’ Disability Network, pioneered by the International Labour Organization and Employers Federation of Ceylon, has been lauded as a case study for mainstreaming disability into the world of work