Oktober, 2006

British Airways Bans Woman over Cross

A British Airways employee who was banned from openly wearing a small Christian cross fought for her job at a meeting with airline management.Nadia Eweida, 55, a check-in worker, spoke of her dismay after managers insisted she remove or cover up her small cross. When Ms Eweida refused she was sent home on unpaid leave.

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Intercultural Gardens in Germany

Intercultural gardens allow immigrants to rent plots of land and plant gardens. They can work side-by-side with Germans — pursuing their gardening hobby, carving out a niche for themselves in a foreign country and improving their German. Many of the foreign gardeners cultivate plants and herbs from their home countries, which they otherwise can’t find […]

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Women Entrepreneurs in Africa

More and more women are starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. Women’s entrepreneurship is expanding around the world. They represent more than one-third of all people involved in entrepreneurial activities and are likely to play an even greater role when informal sectors are considered.

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Latvia Bans Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

The Latvian Parliament voted to support an amendment to the country’s Labour Law to explicitly ban sexual orientation discrimination in employment. Before the decision, Latvia was, according to ILGA-Europe, the only member state of the European Union which failed to comply with provisions of the 2000 EU employment equality directive requiring EU member states to […]

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