All news: workers with disabilities

ILO Global Network on disability expands

Volkswagen Automatic Transmission (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. joins the ILO’s Global Business and Disability Network. This made the car maker company the 15th member of the Chinese Chapter of the Global Network.

ILO Global Business and Disability Network opens its China Chapter

Through the sharing of experiences and best practices, the Network gathers knowledge and expertise that is disseminated among its members.

Our impact, Their voices

Recognizing the potential of people with intellectual disabilities at workplace

An employment opportunity is what needed by people with intellectual disabilities. Having a job means that they can participate in and contribute to the labour market.

11th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Promoting the right to decent work of persons with disabilities through Sustainable Development Goals

The ILO participated in the 11th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) under the overarching theme "Leaving no one behind through the full implementation of the CRPD".

First Roundtable to Discuss Strengthening of Public Employment Service Held in Tashkent

On 6 April 2018, the first ever round table devoted to the issue of strengthening the Public Employment Service in Uzbekistan was conducted in Tashkent with support of the ILO Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Representatives of the...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

How trade unions promote decent work for persons with disabilities

The ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) has launched a report which highlights trade union action to promote decent work for persons with disabilities. ACTRAV talked to the department’s focal point on disability at work, Nezam Qahoush...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

The future world of work must be fully inclusive of people with disabilities

“People with disabilities, with their skills and talents, are an important asset to the labour markets today and in the future,” says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

ILO Project Helps Disadvantaged Young People Enter the Labour Market

The ILO supports the Agency for Employment of the Perm Territory, Russian Federation, in improving its package of programmes and services to the population. For that purpose, the ILO pilots wage subsidy programme with mentorship targeting...

disability inclusion

Towards inclusive cities in Indonesia

Fourteen mayors across Indonesia signed the Charter of the Network of Indonesian Mayors for Inclusive Cities in Indonesia, aimed to respect and support the involvement and participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of life across...

Disability inclusion

Promoting rights of people with disabilities: More cities committed to be inclusive cities in Indonesia

Mayors across the country together with relevant stakeholders from the government ministries, organizations of people with disabilities, workers’ and employers’ organizations and other organizations will gather in Jakarta on 31st October to attend a...

Business and persons with disabilities

Three multinational enterprises join the ILO’s Global Business and Disability Network

More leading companies join the 17-member network and commit to the ten principles of the Global Business and Disability Charter.

Regional meeting on disability inclusion in the private sector

Disability inclusion makes business sense - also in Latin America

More than 30 business and disability representatives from 12 Latin American countries exchanged their ideas on how to promote regional cooperation among different initiatives during a recent workshop organized by the ILO Global Business and...

Joint UN Global Compact and ILO guide for employers on disability rights

How business can respect and support the rights of persons with disabilities

Developed jointly by the UN Global Compact and the ILO, the "Guide for business on the rights of persons with disabilities - How business can respect and support the rights of persons with disabilities and benefit from inclusion" suggests concrete...

Promoting inclusive workplaces

The Indonesia Business and Disability Network to promote diversity and inclusiveness at the workplace

Indonesia continues to move towards inclusive business with the establishment of the Indonesia Business and Disability Network (IBDN) in December 2016.

Bangladesh Business and Disability Network to help boost disability inclusion

A new business network will support the practical needs of employers who are employing people with disabilities or are willing to make their workplaces more disability inclusive.

Promoting inclusive workplaces

Indonesia Business and Disability Network (IBDN) encourages corporations to promote diversity and inclusivity in the workplace

Coinciding with the month of Disability Awareness this December, five companies have agreed to sign a commitment and establish the Indonesia Business & Disability Network (IBDN) that aims at promoting diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Enabling policies for persons with disabilities are crucial to achieving SDGs

People with disabilities are the world’s largest minority, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. However, their right to productive employment and decent work is frequently denied.

Our impact, their stories

Enabling people with disabilities to start their own business

An ILO-funded Start Your Own Business training and mentorship programme brings financial independence to people with disabilities in Vanuatu.

Reducing inequalities

ILO releases new guide to promote diversity and inclusion at the workplace

New publication provides practical information for companies on how they can benefit from offering workplace adjustments to workers with specific needs.

Promoting inclusive cities

More cities committed to be inclusive cities in Indonesia

In collaboration with UNESCO and the ILO, the Padang City Government hosted a Sixth High-Level Meeting of Mayors for Inclusive Cities on 27 September 2016. The meeting was aimed to pursue the development of Network of Mayors for Inclusive Cities as...