Resources on disability and work

  1. Joint commitment to inclusive employment for people with disabilities

    17 January 2024

    The ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia and the Hangzhou Disabled Persons Federation (Hangzhou DPF) solidified their commitment to inclusive employment and decent work for people with disabilities, by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on 16 January.

  2. Jordan Launches Second Phase of 'WAEI' Campaign Promoting Labour Rights and Inclusivity in Jordan

    21 September 2023

    The new phase emphasizes the labour rights of workers with disabilities, their employment conditions, child labour, and workers’ rights during probation periods.

  3. Minister of Social Affairs, the European Union, UNICEF and ILO visited on of the Rights and Access Centres part of the National Disability Allowance programme

    19 September 2023

  4. Agreement paves way for Municipal Community Infrastructure projects in middle and northern Jordan

    27 July 2023

    The ILO signs a new implementation agreement with Jordan’s Ministry of Local Administration to implement Municipal Community Infrastructure projects in 15 municipalities to create sustainable infrastructure and decent paid employment using employment intensive investment program approach in the sixth phase of the EIIP program Jordan funded by the German government (BMZ) through the German Development Bank (KfW).

  5. Call issued for involving persons with disabilities in social protection policymaking in Lebanon

    06 July 2023

    The call was made by Lebanese organizations for persons with disabilities in partnership with the ILO, at a joint event which presented a working model for disability inclusion in social protection policymaking and programming.

  6. PROSPECTS Partnership unites for World Refugee Day Run and Exhibition

    26 June 2023

    This year to commemorate World Refugee Day, PROSPECTS Partners including the Netherlands, IFC, ILO, UNHCR and UNICEF jointly organized a run and an exhibition to demonstrate power of inclusion of refugees.

  7. Inclusion of persons with disabilities in companies makes good business sense

    25 June 2023

    Inclusion of persons with disabilities in private sector companies in the region is both the right thing to do and a smart business move, says ILO Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat.

  8. Signing of Implementation Agreement between the ILO-EIIP-KfW Project and the Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan

    07 May 2023

    ILO in Jordan signs a new Implementation agreement with Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan for the afforestation of 1,750 dunums (175 Ha) in 4 Governorates namely Irbid, Jerash, Ajloun an Al Balqa.

  9. Inclusive Green Economic Growth for Jordan's Refugee and Host Communities

    28 March 2023

    A new ILO project funded by the Government of Italy aims to build a sustainable and inclusive green labor market for Jordan's refugee and host communities.

  10. EIIP Workshop on the Labor-Intensive Project with Municipalities in Jordan

    02 February 2023

    In preparation of phase VI Employment Intensive Investment Program EIIP, ILO in Jordan in coordination with Ministry of Local Administration MOLA organised a Orientation workshop for 31 municipalities. The Project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through German Development Bank (KfW) will create 112,500 paid decent work-days for 1,250 Jordanians and Syrians in the northern and middle municipalities in Jordan.