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Meaningful Employment for Autistic People: A Social Startup in India Seeks to Transform Lives
Autism affects tens of millions of people around the world, and the vast majority of adults with the condition are either unemployed or underemployed, despite their ability, desire and willingness to work. Parag Ghosh of Auspice Social explores how the company is addressing these challenges by providing hands-on training and skill development to adults with autism in India, and lays out its four-phase plan to boost employment among autistic people around the globe through an inclusive business model based on human-centric design.
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- Entrepreneurship
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‘We Need Dignified Jobs’: How a Human Trafficking Survivor Sparked a Social Enterprise to Empower Victims of Exploitation
Human trafficking survivors need more than rescue and handouts – they need jobs. But as Elsa Cruz of Savhera explains, trafficking victims face multiple barriers that prevent them not only from escaping their captivity, but from finding sustainable employment if they do regain their freedom. She shares how Savhera provides dignified employment to trafficking survivors in both the U.S. and India, through a unique approach focused on physical, intellectual, economic and spiritual healing and development.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Workers Return to Bangladesh’s Garment Factories Despite Record COVID Deaths
Hundreds of thousands flock to cities as government allows manufacturers to reopen while a nationwide lockdown lingers.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Bridging the Gap: SAP and UNDP Foster Digital Skills and Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Karnataka
In an initiative to empower women and youth, SAP Labs India and the United Nations Development Programme India have collaborated with the Government of Karnataka to facilitate increased access to career guidance, employment, and entrepreneurship
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- Education, Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Rural India Sinks Deeper into Debt as COVID-19 Wipes Out Work
The coronavirus and a lockdown aimed at stopping it last year saw millions of people thrown out of jobs in cities and towns and forced back to their villages, and ever higher levels of debt.
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- Coronavirus
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: 9 in 10 Want Flexible Pay: Impact of Earned Wage Access Revealed in a New Study From Wagestream, 60 Decibels
The impact of Earned Wage Access—whereby employers remove extended, locked pay cycles and return to more flexible pay cycles—has been revealed, in the industry’s first in-depth impact assessment.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Global
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Bill Seeks to Provide Plan Sponsors With Legal Cover for ESG Investing
Legislators say employers are hesitant to provide ESG options in 401(k)s over fears of being sued.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Emeritus Expands Into K12 Through Acquisition of iD Tech Bringing Equitable STEM Education to Adults and Youth Globally
Emeritus Expands Into k12 Through Acquisition of ID Tech Bringing Equitable Stem Education to Adults and Youth Globally
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- Education, Technology
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- Global
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