The Value of Employment for People with Disabilities Around the World
The Value of Employment for People with Disabilities Around the World

Author: Renáta Tichá

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2024-07-03

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1036407594

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Receiving education and training that lead to a meaningful job, having a career, and being a valued contributor to a professional environment is taken for granted by many. Historically, however, people with disabilities have had limited opportunities to engage in employment due to discrimination, ableism, and low expectations despite the fact that employment is a basic human and civil right. This book is intended to build awareness and inspire action on the part of chief executive officers, human resource managers, and supervisory personnel to facilitate employment opportunities for people with disabilities. It will be of interest to policy makers and other professionals who support people with disabilities as part of their responsibilities in labor and social service ministries, vocational rehabilitation service providers, and employment service providers. The book is written by authors with backgrounds in a variety of disciplines related to the employment of people with disabilities across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Disability and Equity at Work
Disability and Equity at Work

Author: Jody Heymann

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014-02

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0199981213

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Hundreds of millions of people with disabilities around the world are out of work or underemployed. This book documents what can be done to improve the employment situation of people with disabilities globally

World Report on Disability
World Report on Disability

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 9789241564182

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The World Report on Disability suggests more than a billion people totally experience disability. They generally have poorer health, lower education and fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. This report provides the best available evidence about what works to overcome barriers to better care and services.

Fighting Poverty Together
Fighting Poverty Together

Author: A. Karnani

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0230120237

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In this hard-hitting polemical Karnani demonstrates what is wrong with today's approaches to reducing poverty. He proposes an eclectic approach to poverty reduction that emphasizes the need for business, government and civil society to partner together to create employment opportunities for the poor.

The Employment Situation of People with Disabilities
The Employment Situation of People with Disabilities

Author: Ferdinand Lepper

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9789221201533

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This guide highlights basic knowledge from the fields of labour and disability statistics which has to be combined for a comprehensive description of the employment situation of people with disabilities. It will be of great relevance to worldwide countries as they work to promote and monitor equal employment opportunities for disabled persons.

Managing Disability in the Workplace
Managing Disability in the Workplace

Author: International Labour Office

Publisher: International Labour Organization

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9789221116394

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Throughout the world, people with disabilities are participating in and contributing to the world of work at all levels. However, many persons with disabilities who want to work are not given the opportunity to do so. This code addresses this and other concerns. Throughout the world, people with disabilities are participating in and contributing to the world of work at all levels. However, many persons with disabilities who want to work are not given the opportunity to do so. This code addresses this and other concerns while providing valuable guidelines for employers in the management of disability-related issues in the workplace.

People with Disabilities
People with Disabilities

Author: Lisa Schur

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-06-10

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1107244447

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To what extent are people with disabilities fully included in economic, political and social life? People with disabilities have faced a long history of exclusion, stigma and discrimination, but have made impressive gains in the past several decades. These gains include the passage of major civil rights legislation and the adoption of the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This book provides an overview of the progress and continuing disparities faced by people with disabilities around the world, reviewing hundreds of studies and presenting new evidence from analysis of surveys and interviews with disability leaders. It shows the connections among economic, political and social inclusion, and how the experience of disability can vary by gender, race and ethnicity. It uses a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on theoretical models and research in economics, political science, psychology, disability studies, law and sociology.

The Right to Decent Work of Persons with Disabilities
The Right to Decent Work of Persons with Disabilities

Author: Arthur O'Reilly

Publisher: International Institute for Labour Studies

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789221201441

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The ILO has commissioned this paper on 'The Right to Decent Work of Persons with Disabilities' as a contribution to the deliberations taking place in preparation for the development of a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The paper is intended to be of specific relevance to those involved in drafting the provisions concerning employment and work in the proposed Convention. By examining the development over time of the 'right to work' of disabled persons, the way in which this matter has been dealt with in international instruments and national legislation to date, and the experience in implementing employment and work opportunities, the paper will enable those involved in the preparation of the proposed UN Convention to build on achievements so far.

Factors in Studying Employment for Persons with Disability
Factors in Studying Employment for Persons with Disability

Author: Barbara Altman

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2017-09-17

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1787146057

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This collection examines less frequently anaylzed aspects of employment for persons with disabilities, offering a variety of approaches to the conceptualization of work, and how it differs across cultures, organizations, and types of disability.