Resources on disability and work

  1. I escaped child labour and can now help others

    21 September 2018

    On the eve of International Week of the Deaf we profile a deaf Zambian man who, with ILO help, escaped child labour and discrimination and built a successful career as a teacher in the US.

  2. Francis’ rag to riches tale

    28 January 2018

  3. Focus on : Disabled Women Entrepreneurs in Zambia

    04 March 2016

    Women experience higher rates of poverty than men due to, among other factors, a lack of access to or limited opportunities for training.

  4. Moving towards disability inclusion: Stories of change

    09 November 2015

    The stories presented in this publication illustrate how the ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme through the PROPEL project is promoting employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. PROPEL operates in Ethiopia, China, Indonesia, Viet Nam and Zambia.

  5. Zambian employers consider the "business case” for hiring people with disabilities

    29 September 2014

    In July 2014, Zambian employers and the ILO held an unprecedented roundtable on “Unlocking the potential: A Zambia business roundtable on disability and employment”. The discussions brought together a wide range of stakeholders to consider the business case for hiring people with disabilities and concrete actions that contribute to their training and employment.

  6. Media Advisory: ILO and the Zambia Federation of Employers to organize first roundtable discussion under the theme “Unlocking the potential: A Zambia Business Roundtable on Disability and Employment”

  7. People with Intellectual Disabilities – Opening Pathways to Training and Employment in the African Region

    11 June 2010

    ILO Conference on promoting training and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities, Lusaka, 9-11 March 2010

  8. Lusaka Declaration 2010

    03 June 2010

  9. The price of exclusion : the economic consequences of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work

    14 December 2009

    Employment Working Paper No. 43

  10. In Zambia, a commitment to inclusive approaches for people with disabilities

    09 July 2009

    An estimated 7 to 9 per cent of women and men in Zambia live with a disability, most of them in poverty. ILO Online reports from the country’s capital Lusaka where Disability Equality Training (DET) is part of a new effort to make sure that the needs of people with disabilities are taken into account in development programmes.