The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a tripartite UN agency that brings together governments, employers and workers throughout the world to promote decent work for women and men, including those with disabilities. The ILO has a long history of promoting the rights of disabled people to vocational rehabilitation, training and employment, and is frequently asked to provide technical advice on laws, policies, programmes and services related to disability. We are developing a database of consultants who can assist us to meet the demand for disability-related expertise in a various countries with an emphasis on the inclusion of disabled persons in regular and mainstream services. We welcome CVs from disability experts with several years of national or international experience in research, training, legal issues or project planning/management and evaluation relating to vocational training and employment of disabled persons. We currently have a particular interest in identifying people with disability expertise in the following content areas: Crisis and disaster, trade unions, human resources, corporate social responsibility, employment, and entrepreneurship. People with disabilities are strongly urged to submit CVs. Please send the attached form and your CV, summarizing the relevant experience in the beginning to disability@ilo.org .
08 May, 2009
2010 International VSA arts Festival
 From June 6-12, 2010, VSA arts will bring together artists, educators, researchers, and policy makers with disabilities from around the world for a multicultural celebration of the arts and arts education. Featuring visual, performing, literary, media artists, and a guest list that includes over two thousand participants from all corners of the globe.
 Highlights of the Festival will include Dame Evelyn Glennie, the Scottish virtuoso percussionist, performing with the National Symphony Orchestra; internationally renowned educational innovator Sir Ken Robinson, the jazz stylings of Diane Schuur, R&B legend Patti LaBelle, Last Comic Standing season four winner Josh Blue, and renowned actors Claire Danes (Romeo + Juliet), andMarlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God/The L Word).  VSA arts will also convene an international arts education conference. Geared towards professional educators and working artists, the conference will focus upon advancing inclusive education through the arts and will host a career development forum for artists with disabilities. In addition to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, venues, such as the Smithsonian Institution, the Atlas Performing Arts Center, the H Street Playhouse, and the D.C. IMPROV, will showcase performances and exhibitions. |
South Africa: Politician with disability forced to resign
Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille is under fire for “unscrupulously” preventing a leader with a disability from representing the party in Parliament.
Ari Seirlis accuses the arms deal whistleblower of being the mastermind behind a “fraudulent” scheme which saw him removed from the party’s parliamentary list to make way for her “crony” Joe Mcgluwa.
Seirlis is the national director of the QuadPara Association of South Africa.
“You (De Lille) invited me to join your party as number three on your candidate list for the National Assembly.
“When you didn’t perform as well as you had hoped ... achieving only four seats, you tried through your secretary- general Haniff Hoosen to bully me into resigning so that one of your old cronies could take my rightful place in Parliament.”
Seirlis further charged that her submitted a “fraudulent and false” resignation letter on his behalf. The letter bears Seirlis’ signature but he denies authoring it.
Seirlis says Hoosen made she sign two blank forms when he visited him at his home to persuade him to give up his number three spot.
Hoosen said he was “surprised” about Seirlis’s allegations. “We have absolutely nothing to hide,” he added.
De Lille insisted that Seirlis did in fact resign.
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