April, 2008

Black woman sues landlord after housing discrimination

Natasha Kelly a 34-year-old black German woman is suing her former landlord. In December 2007 he evicted her from an apartment in Osnabrueck/Western Germany because she was black and a single mother. In his eviction notice he wrote: “Some of the other tenants are unhappy about your background and skin colour and your personal situation […]

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New: Al Jazeera Children’s Channel live from Brussels

On Saturday 5 April 2008, Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) broadcasted the first live episode from Europe of its debate show “Nadhra Ala
” („a look onto
“), addressing the issue of Arab children’s integration in European countries, and their daily lives in the local communities. This special episode came as part of JCC’s commitment towards Arab […]

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Diversity Management, by Peter Guggemos (Ed.)

The approach Diversity was initially developed and used in the business context. Today, we notice the entry of Diversity into the political sphere. The book “Diversity Management. European Contributions to a Current Debate” collects experiences related to resource management and to job insertion. It presents 9 different approaches of how the idea of Diversity, to […]

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Hungary awarded “Certificate for Diversity”

Hungary was awarded a Certificate for Diversity by the Dutch civil organization Unity is Strength in recognition of the country’s achievements in the social integration of the Roma minority. State Secretary Edit Rauh who is in charge of equal opportunities in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, received the award on behalf of the […]

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2008 Annual Conference: Communicating equality and non-discrimination in the European Union

The upcoming European annual thematic conference on anti-discrimination will take place in Belfast on the 5-6 June 2008. The conference, organised by the European Commission, will be dedicated to the theme of communication and awareness-raising in the anti-discrimination and equality field. It will bring together current national projects on awareness-raising and successful projects from the […]

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New Survey on future global challenges for working women

A recent survey “One Step Ahead of 2011: A New Horizon for Working Women” conducted by Accenture provides an overview of how tomorrow’s workforce feels about the changes to business that will accompany the increasing levelling of economic power globally. 4,100 professionals (both gender were equally represented) from medium to large organizations in 17 countries […]

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Women still have to decide between family and career

A recent research published by The Economic Journal titled “The Price of Reconciliation: Part-Time Work, Families and Women’s Satisfaction” shows again how women in business are forced to waste their talents to find jobs that allow them to balance their professional and family life. According to the authors of the research a third of female […]

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ACTION! Questionnaire on regularization practices in EU member states

The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) is carrying out a study on regularization practices in the EU, which has been commissioned by the European Commission. The questionnaire includes questions on past and present regularisation measures, the implementation of such measures and the social and economic impact of past and present regularisation policies, including […]

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EYID: StrangerFestival

StrangerFestival is a youth video project developed by communities in 18 EU Member States. It enables 1.000.000 young people to express themselves and create a platform where they can link their experience to the wider European context. StrangerFestival is an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation and takes place in the European Year of Intercultural […]

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WLPS analyses Work/Life practices in Europe

The effective navigation of work and live is becoming increasingly important. To better understand how and why companies take initiatives to tackle the challenge of Work/Life “European Diversity Research & Consulting” conducted the WLPS research project. A total of 115 organisations from 15 countries across Europe and 5 different sectors took part in the online […]

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