From the ILO Newsroom 1 February 2014. Employing people with disabilities – a huge and largely overlooked market segment – makes a lot of sense for companies. But that requires overcoming a fear of the unknown and looking at abilities rather than disabilities. Geneva (ILO News) – Yves Veulliet, who had an accident that deprived …
10 September 2013. Lesotho – Even though Mpho Likonela knew he was lucky to have a job given Lesotho’s high unemployment rate, until recently, the textile factory worker awoke most mornings overcome by a feeling of dread. Each day he went to work in the factory’s cutting section, the 33-year-old was subjected to verbal abuse by …