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Digital innovation can support more inclusive employment pathways

European experiences and ILO work on digital technology highlight how employment services can support persons with disabilities to enter, remain and progress in decent work

Rights of person with disabilities

Inclusion at work: ILO backs UN Caribbean HireAbility campaign for disability-inclusive workplaces

The HireAbility Campaign, launched in Bridgetown on 27 August, brings UN agencies, governments and employers together to open Caribbean workplaces to persons with disabilities.

Making disability employment quotas work: Lessons for Indonesia from across Asia

A new ILO study draws lessons from ASEAN and East Asia to help strengthen Indonesia’s disability employment quota system and advance more inclusive labour markets.

Jordan's trade unions step up efforts to make workplaces more inclusive for persons with disabilities

A new ILO training-of-trainers programme empowers union leaders to promote equal rights, remove workplace barriers and advance decent work for persons with disabilities.

Beyond job matching: Reflections on holistic employment support

There is more to employment services than matching jobseekers to vacancies.

Impact story

Benter Bella’s journey towards inclusion in Kenya

In Kenya, Benter Bella Mboya is contributing to more disability-inclusive policies and systems, ensuring that lived experience informs national efforts supported by the ILO.

ILO, Cuba strengthen ties to advance support for persons with disabilities in Zambia

ILO and Cuba are strengthening cooperation to improve support for Persons with Disabilities in Zambia, including revamping the National Vocational and Rehabilitation Centre and expanding cataract surgeries. The partnership aims to enhance skills,...

ILO supports inclusive rural road maintenance in Nigeria

The International Labour Organization is supporting Nigeria’s Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project to maintain 521 kilometres of rural roads across five states, creating around 100,000 workdays of decent paid employment and improving...

This is social justice

People with autism also deserve decent work

Miguel Benítez, a 19-year-old with autism from the Dominican Republic, struggled to find work. After finally being hired at a restaurant, his life changed as he gained confidence – and now he encourages employers to value people for their...

PROSPECTS Impact

ILO-supported coworking hub is expanding opportunities for youth in Ethiopia

Young people in Jigjiga, Ethiopia, are benefiting from the coworking space, where they learn, collaborate and pursue decent work opportunities.

International Day of Persons with Disability

A chance to work again helped Raymond Khoury reclaim his independence

A former shop owner lost his business after sustaining a disability. But through the ILO’s German-funded Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme in Lebanon, he discovered that inclusive workplaces can restore dignity, independence and...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Celebrating inclusivity and creativity through Indonesia's batik traditions

The environmentally friendly batik initiative, led by one of the ILO’s partners in promoting inclusivity, offers a pathway to independence and entrepreneurship for individuals with learning disabilities.

News

ILO empowers refugee and host communities in Ethiopia through digital skills training

216 refugee and host community graduates complete digital skills programmes at the Jigjiga Digital Innovation Hub, opening new pathways to decent work and livelihoods in Ethiopia’s Somali Region.

International Day of Persons with Disability

From overlooked to job-ready: Training equips jobseekers with disabilities for decent work in Lebanon

Testimonies from persons with disabilities in Lebanon tell of how training provided by the EU-funded ENABLE Programme helped them regain confidence, develop skills and pursue decent work opportunities.

ILO Voices | Disability inclusion

I discovered the SPARK within me to promote disability inclusion

My name is Lata Korde. I work as a disability inclusion facilitator in Maharashtra, India. This work is important to me. Having a disability myself, I want to ensure that people like me are recognized and included in society.

Expanding the movement: Major multinationals join the ILO Global Business and Disability Network

In the last quarter of 2025, Bayer and Pernod Ricard joined the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN), highlighting the strong link between disability inclusion and business success.

Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP)

Major labour-based public works programme concludes in Jordan, creating 1.7 million working days

Jordan, the ILO, and Germany through KfW Development Bank celebrate the completion of a nine-year collaboration that has become a national milestone in ownership, institutionalisation, and sustainable job creation.

National conference launches a new chapter for women in Jordan’s world of work

A three-day national dialogue brings together the government, employers and workers to advance gender equality in Jordan’s economy. The conference highlights key reforms aimed at enhancing women’s economic participation and protection.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Richard Warner, Coordinator and CEO of Nundah Community Enterprises Cooperative in Australia

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators and social and solidarity economy (SSE) actors from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on the cooperative,...

International day of care and support 2025

Care to Compete: New ILO report shows business case for care policies for employees with disabilities

Ahead of the International Day of Care and Support, a new report from the International Labour Organization’s Global Business and Disability Network links effective disability-inclusive workplace care and support policies to employee engagement,...