Resources on disability and work

  1. How to meet the challenges of youth employment?

    There are approximately 73 million unemployed youth globally. In this episode of the World of Work Show, we discuss how to meet the challenges of youth employment with Sara Elder, Head of Employment Analyses & Economic Policies Unit of the ILO.

  2. © M.Khaled / COP28 2024
    COP28: Follow ILO events streamed from the Just Transition Pavilion

    For the second year in a row, the ILO and the European Commission are hosting the Just Transition Pavilion, a convening space for events, meetings and knowledge sharing around just transition and climate action in cooperation with the UNFCCC, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and International Organisation of Employers (IOE). You can watch live – or replay – all events held in the Pavilion on this page.

  3. COP27: ILO events streamed from the Just Transition Pavilion

    Keeping the social dimension of climate change at the forefront of discussions is the focus of events being organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) at the up-coming UN Climate Change Conference (COP27). Together with the European Commission, the ILO hosts the first ever Just Transition Pavilion, a convening space for events, meetings and knowledge sharing around just transition and climate action in cooperation with the UNFCCC, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and International Organisation of Employers (IOE). You can watch live -or replay- all events held in the Pavilion on this page.

  4. Disability - Social Protection - Inclusion: Dialogue for Change

    This conference organized jointly by the ILO, UNICEF, UNPRPD, IDA and other partners will discuss country experiences in leveraging social protection for the inclusion of people with disabilities along the life cycle.

  5. “How Do You Lip Read a Robot?”: Recruitment AI has a Disability Problem

    The ILO Global Business and Disability Network will present its publication “An inclusive digital economy for people with disabilities”, followed by a discussion on the impact of the digitalisation of the World of Work on people with disabilities and identify actions to shape the Future of Work in a disability-inclusive way.

  6. An inclusive digital economy for people with disabilities

    The ILO Global Business and Disability Network will present its publication “An inclusive digital economy for people with disabilities”, followed by a discussion on the impact of the digitalisation of the World of Work on people with disabilities and identify actions to shape the Future of Work in a disability-inclusive way.

  7. Intersectionality between Disabilities and Black Lives Matter

    In a time of unprecedented global change, it's important to explore how corporations address the intersectionality of disability and the Black Lives Matter movement. We will hear presentations from professionals of color speaking from their personal experiences in their corporate employment journeys and we will explore how current technologies can support diversity and inclusion efforts.

  8. Gender Equality and Disability Awareness Workshops

    Mainstreaming gender equality and disability awareness into the design and delivery of ILO’s component of the PROSPECTS Partnership

  9. Disability Inclusion in COVID-19 responses in the World of Work

  10. Global Business and Disability Network: “Future of Work” conference

    The ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) will hold its “Making the Future of Work inclusive of persons with disabilities” conference to discuss how companies can shape a world of work which fully harnesses the potential people with disabilities offer.