CRPD/C/GC/8 (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. 70 CRPD/C/DNK/CO/1, para. 18. 19

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