All news: workers with disabilities

Disability in the world of work - Interview with Actress Marlee Matlin

Actress Marlee Matlin often says that the only thing deaf people can’t do is hear. With access to communication and the right tools, people with disabilities have shown themselves to be exemplary workers.

Vietnamese photographer wins International Day of Disabled Persons photographic competition

Vietnamese photographer Mr Hung Nguyen, has won the “Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities” Asia Pacific region photographic competition.

ILO calls for new efforts to support people with disabilities in the world of work

Despite significant progress in recent years in improving their livelihoods, new efforts are needed to break down barriers that still prevent millions of people with disabilities from working and contributing to the economic growth of their...

Address at the Award Ceremony for International Day of Disabled Persons Photographic Competition

by Mr Guy Thijs, Deputy Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

International Day of Disabled Persons - This year's IDDP focuses on the right of persons with disabilities to have a decent work, on an...

Photograph competition launched to mark United Nations Day of Disabled Persons

The ILO, Disabled Peoples’ International and Irish Aid are organizing an Asia-Pacific photograph competition under the theme “Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities” to raise awareness of the United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons...

ILO welcomes new UN Convention on rights of people with disabilities

The International Labour Office (ILO) today welcomed the unanimous adoption by the United Nations of a new Convention for people with disabilities, saying provisions of the ground-breaking Convention would benefit millions of people whose inability...