News
April 2022
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Disability and work
Unilever and ISS join ILO’s Global Business and Disability Network
26 April 2022
The expansion of the International Labour Organization’s Global Business and Disability Network indicates increasing recognition by companies of the benefits of disability inclusion.
March 2022
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Media advisory
Global virtual conference on social protection and people with disabilities
14 March 2022
Participants will examine country case studies and ways for social protection systems to facilitate inclusion for people with disabilities.
December 2021
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021
Ady Barkan and Bradley Whitford: Raise your voice for disability inclusion
03 December 2021
On international Day of Persons with Disabilities, lawyer and activist Ady Barkan, and actor and producer, Bradley Whitford show solidarity with the ILO to call on countries to uphold the rights and improve inclusion of persons with disabilities.
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Press release
UNICEF and ILO in partnership with the European Union launch a new national disability allowance to provide cash support to people with disabilities living in Lebanon
02 December 2021
November 2021
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© Vitor Marinho 2022
Social protection
ILO reaches ratification target for landmark social security Convention
08 November 2021
Paraguay has become the 60th country to ratify the flagship ILO social security Convention, No.102, reaching a target set in 2012 by the ILO’s Governing Body.
September 2021
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International Day of Sign Languages 2021
Marlee Matlin: "We sign for Human Rights"
23 September 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated already difficult situations for persons with disabilities. On International Day of Sign Languages, actor Marlee Matlin & the ILO say: “We Sign for #HumanRights” and call for an inclusive, rights-based future of work.
October 2020
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Joint Op-Ed
Universal social protection floors are a joint responsibility
26 October 2020
Building back better from the pandemic so that we have greater resilience against future crises’ requires international solidarity and better social protection for all, that covers the poorest and most marginalized as well as those who currently have resources to pay.
November 2019
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© Stuart Price / UN Photo 2022
Social Protection
More than 500 billion dollars a year needed to ensure basic levels of social protection worldwide
25 November 2019
A new ILO report highlights critical financing gaps in social protection and provides policy recommendations on how these gaps could be closed.
December 2013
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© R. Daud & SH. Yahya / Flickr 2022
Social Protection
Palestinian Authority to adopt private sector social security scheme by 2015
02 December 2013
The National Social Security Committee has unveiled a proposed social security scheme covering pensions, and maternity and employment injury benefits to be financed by both employers and workers
December 2007
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Press release
ILO calls for new efforts to support people with disabilities in the world of work
03 December 2007
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 societies, according to a new ILO report released for the International Day of Disabled Persons.