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Jody Heymann, Michael Ashley Stein, and Gonzalo Moreno

Despite international and national guarantees of equal rights, there remains a great deal to be done to achieve global employment equality for individuals with disabilities. In OECD countries, the employment…

Disability Employment Australia
Friday 1st November, 2013

This guide was developed in response to requests by Australian employers for a better alignment of Disability Employment Services (DES) with the employer recruitment processes of organisations. This online module is…

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Thursday 1st January, 1970

Access to education is a critical factor in eliminating disadvantage and protecting vulnerable children, and is essential to lifelong economic and social wellbeing. For these reasons, the Commission undertook research…

National Disability Services (NDS)
Friday 4th October, 2013

Boards have a critical role to play in creating a human rights culture within their organisations. This 15 minute video explores the what, why and how of adopting human rights…

Maya Sabatello and Marianne Schulze
Tuesday 1st October, 2013

This is a volume in the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights series “The authors have embarked on a fascinating, original, and groundbreaking project to tell the story of how the…

National Disability Services Ltd.
Monday 9th December, 2024

This document provides a guide to the Disability Act 2006 for boards of disability service organisations. It begins with an overview of what makes an effective board of management, recognising…

Petra Flieger & Volker Schönwiese
Tuesday 2nd July, 2013

A painting from the 16th century that had not yet been taken notice of is the starting point of this project. For more than 400 years, this Painting of a…

National People with Disabilities and Carer Council
Commonwealth of Australia
Tuesday 1st May, 2012

Many of the large institutions that housed generations of people with disabilities—out of sight and out of mind—are now closed. Australians with disabilities are now largely free to live in…

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Thursday 1st January, 1970

This report highlights the struggles vulnerable Victorians are facing when trying to access the private rental market. It indicates that some people experience discrimination and stereotyping because of race, disability…

Department of Justice
State of victoria
Monday 30th June, 2008

In August 2007, the Attorney-General appointed former Victorian Public Advocate, Mr Julian Gardner, to conduct a review of certain aspects of the Equal Opportunity Act 1995. The review was conducted…

Australian Human Rights Commission
Tuesday 5th February, 2013

Celebrating 20 years of the Disability Discrimination Act Twenty years ago, life for millions of Australians got easier. The then Deputy Prime Minister in the Keating government, Brian Howe, introduced…

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Thursday 10th January, 2013

Access to employment is a fundamental right that everybody should be able to enjoy. However, discrimination based on characteristics such as age, race, disability, and parental or carer status can…