1. Overview of Employment Chapter in Disability Flagship Report
Daniel Mont (CIP) and Stefan Tromel (ILO)
December 13, 2017
New York, NY

2. Chapter Team Editors: Daniel Mont, Stefan Tromel
Other contributors: Andrew Lange, Jurgen Menze, Valentina Stoevska
Reviewers: Sophie Mitra, Sashka Posarac, David Stapleton

3. Introduction
Employment situation of people with disabilities
National policies and programs
UN activities to promote employment of people with disabilities
Conclusions/Recommendations

4. Employment Situation of People with Disabilities
Employment gap
PWD more adversely affected by shift to services and high-skilled jobs
PWD more likely to be self-employed and in informal sector
PWD have lower wages
People with mental disabilities are least likely to be employed

5. National employment policies (1 of 2)
Need concerted and coherent vision. Full inclusion in:
Technical vocational education and training
Public employment
Public sector employment
Employment quotas
Public procurement

6. National employment policies (2 of 2)
Entrepreneurship development and microfinance
Anti-discrimination legislation
Supported employment
Sheltered employment
Role of private sector
Interaction with social protection programs
UN activities to promote employment

7. Conclusions/Recommendations (1 of 2)
Go beyond employment gap to look at hours worked, earnings, type of employment
Disaggregate by demographic, social, and economic characteristics
National Employment Policies should be rights based
Mainstream technical vocational education and training should include PWD
Public employment programs should be inclusive
Public sector should take the lead in hiring PWD
Public procurement systems should encourage employment of PWD

8. Conclusions/Recommendations (2 of 2)
Mainstream entrepreneurship and microfinance should include PWD
States should provide technical and financial assistance on reasonable accommodations
States should fund services such as supported employment
States should have policies to facilitate job retention and return to work
Social protection systems should promote economic empowerment
Robust evaluation plans should be built into all interventions to identify good practices