Webinars and other events

Webinar: Climbing the career ladder - developing talent with disabilities

How can companies support employees with disabilities grow professionally and progress their careers?The ILO Global Business and Disability Network's webinar on developing talent with disabilities discussed various ways companies can help persons...

Webinar: Promoting the inclusion of women with disabilities in companies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inclusive company culture is critical to ensuring that women with disabilities feel welcome and valued in the workplace. Employees with disabilities and managers of Inditex and MAPFRE (both companies are members of the ILO Global Business and...

ILO GBDN Regional Arab Conference on Inclusive Employment

How can companies promote and improve the employment of persons with disabilities in the Arab region? The ILO Global Business and Disability Network’s regional conference for the Arab States brought together speakers from multinational and national...

Webinar: Making Skills and Jobs Inclusive of Young Persons with Disabilities

Young people and people with disabilities are among the most disadvantaged groups when it comes to getting a decent job and progressing in their careers. Unfortunately, when young age and disability are combined, the labour market situation is even...

9th Global Annual Conference of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, 28 Nov 2022

For the ninth time, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) held its global annual conference – this time in a virtual format. The programme included the welcoming of ILO GBDN members that joined in 2022, the presentation and...

Webinar: How do you lip-read a robot? AI-powered HR technology has a disability problem

This ILO Global Business and Disability Network webinar explored the unacknowledged risks to the world’s more than 1.3 billion persons with disabilities triggered by the fast-growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered technology in the...

Business opportunities in Africa: Inclusion of talent with disabilities

This regional conference brought together representatives from companies – including multinational and small and medium-sized enterprises – with operations in Africa, employers organisations, African Business and Disability Networks, local and...

Opportunités d'affaires en Afrique: Inclusion des talents en situation de handicap

Cette conférence régionale réuni des représentants d'entreprises - y compris des multinationales et des petites et moyennes entreprises - opérant en Afrique, des organisations d'employeurs, des réseaux africains Entreprises et Handicap, des ONG...

Webinar: Neuro-inclusive companies: unlocking the potential of neurodivergent employees

Neurodiversity refers to the idea that all humans have diverse cognitive profiles, neurological abilities and strengths and weaknesses, which should be recognized and respected. Neurominorities are on a spectrum of cognitive functioning, who think...

Webinar: Reaping the business benefits of accessibility

Companies increasingly recognise the benefits of accessibility, including physical and digital, as part of their efforts to create more inclusive workplaces in which all employees can thrive. Five multinational enterprise members of the ILO Global...