Mai, 2007

First International Diversity Summer School

The University of Vienna is hosting the First International Diversity Summer School in July. The five-day event will feature a panel of speakers and issues that touch Diversity experts. Topics are: Diversity in the Context, Diverse Cultures – Diverse Languages, Standards and Quality Assurance of Diversity Management, Diverse Cities/Enterprisese/Project. For more information on the programme […]

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Racism in sport

Politicians, academics, NGOs and sport federations alike are sounding the alarm over the increase in violence and racism linked with sport events. „In recent years we have seen too much violence, too many manifestations of intolerance and racist and xenophobic acts surrounding football matches. All this is changing one of the most loved and watched […]

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Smoking in the workplace

The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended that employers should support the government’s strategy of improving the nation’s health by helping their staff to give up smoking. It estimated that a business with 20 workers – of whom typically five would smoke – could spend ÂŁ66 helping staff to quit, and make an overall […]

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EU publishes report on women with disabilities

The European Parliament has published a report on the situation of women with disabilities in the EU which calls on its Member States to “ensure the removal of existing barriers and obstacles, including architectural barriers, with view to creating equal rights and opportunities for women and girls with disabilities to play a part in family, […]

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EU penalties for racism and xenophobia

Last month, the Council of EU Justice Ministers has reached a political agreement on a Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia. With the growing racial tension in Europe it has become imperative that the EU step in. The focus of the framework is the prohibition of public incitement to violence and hatred against persons […]

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Diversity in European parliament?

With 785 representatives from 27 member countries and chambers in Brussels and Strasbourg, the European parliament is the world’s only directly elected international chamber. It represents a more diverse range of people than almost any other – 492 million European citizens. But, it is also almost completely white.

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