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Disability and Equity at Work

Jody Heymann , Gonzalo Moreno , Michael Ashley Stein

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 rate of persons with disabilities was just over 40%, compared...

Ensuring a Sustainable Future

Magda Barrera , Jody Heymann

There is very little argument that the world is facing severe environmental challenges. Ongoing air and water pollution, increasing energy consumption, and the depletion of natural resources have all placed considerable stress on the capacity of our environment to...

Protecting Childhood in the AIDS Pandemic

Jody Heymann , Rachel Kidman , Lorraine Sherr

Every year over a quarter of a million children die of AIDS. Another two million children currently live with HIV, most in sub-Saharan Africa. Millions more are affected when AIDS enters their families or their communities. Orphans are perhaps the most visible: 15...

Lessons in Educational Equality

Adele Cassola , Jody Heymann

Forgotten Families

Jody Heymann

In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Bombay.In the face of rapid globalization, these changes affect us all, and we can no longer confine ourselves to addressing working and social conditions within our...

Healthier Societies

Morris L. Barer , Robert G. Evans , Clyde Hertzman , Jody Heymann

Extensive research has shown that social factors are as important as biological ones in determining health, and their impact is enormous in both adults and children. The challenge of changing public policies and programs remains. Healthier Societies: From Analysis to...

Global Inequalities at Work

Jody Heymann

A map of the relationship between work and health that is truly global--both geographically and in its coverage of the impact of work on the health of individuals, families, and societies, has not previously been drawn. Global Inequalities at Work is the first book to...