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(m) Identify and strengthen pathways into work for persons with disabilities,
including through job-matching mechanisms that act as a bridge between persons with
disabilities and employers, and the development of specific entry mechanisms into public
sector employment;
(n)
Foster and strengthen multi-stakeholder partnerships and networks to promote
employment for persons with disabilities, including using networks to bring employers
together on the promotion of work for persons with disabilities; working collaboratively with
organizations of persons with disabilities, including by systematically sending public and
private sector employment vacancies to those organizations; and encouraging mainstream
agencies that promote employment to strengthen their ability to support persons with
disabilities through partnerships with organizations working on disability rights;
(o)
Promote reporting by State and non-State employers on the levels and
conditions of employment of persons with disabilities, including information on measures
taken and results achieved with regard to career advancement among employees with
disabilities;
(p)
Promote the employment of persons with disabilities, in particular women with
disabilities,70 including through affirmative action such as quota mechanisms and targets, and
take measures to mitigate the possibility of unintended negative consequences, such as the
reinforcement of stereotypes, limited compliance and the creation of employment
opportunities for only limited groups among persons with disabilities, in particular by:
(i)
Ensuring clear monitoring, transparency and reporting;
(ii)
Identifying and preventing work practices that are not consistent with
the Convention, including segregation, stereotyping or discrimination;
(iii) Assessing performance and results, including evaluating the quality of
work achieved and checking whether employees with disabilities become
restricted to certain roles or types of work and whether only certain groups of
persons with disabilities are benefiting from employment;
(iv)
Ensuring appropriate accountability and enforcement mechanisms;
(v)
Ensuring that affirmative action is accompanied with measures to
support employers in fulfilling them.
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CRPD/C/DNK/CO/1, para. 18.
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