September, 2011

Male Bashing and Gender Stereotyping in the Media

While The Washington Post informs its readers about “What men can learn from women about leadership in the 21st century”, the International Herald Tribune published a special report about “German women boxed out of work”. With colourful pictures of traditional family models and detailed information about what goes wrong in Germany so that the share […]

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Unbalanced Work-Life-Balance in the EU

There is progress in the area of work-life-integration, says a current study of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), but the distribution of an effective balance between work and private life remains unequal across the two genders. The pan-European research reveals that women continue to be the main stakeholders for raising children in most […]

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“Inclusion of Diversity” Part of BASF Competency Framework

Creating value from differences requires an active and conscious approach that includes open-mindedness to be able to acknowledge and value diversity, and also an inclusive behaviour to integrate and leverage different perspectives, skills or approaches. Most companies have hence developed multi-layered frameworks for Diversity and Inclusion, encompassing different sets of elements the combination of which […]

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Fostering Innovation through Diversity

The latest survey by Forbes Insight “Global Diversity and Inclusion – Fostering Innovation through a Diverse Workforce” proved once more, that Diversity is a key driver of innovation and crucial for global success. 85 percent of the about 320 surveyed executives from the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA agreed that a diverse and inclusive workforce is […]

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World politics, executive orders and women’s charters

After a long history of programs promoting diversity in the US, President Obama recently issued an executive order to increase workforce diversity in th Public Sector, thus sending another strong message about his commitment to Diversity. Government agencies are now required to develop plans for reaching specific goals aligned to the executive order. Although not […]

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Women’s Rights: CEDAW shadow report for Portugal

The improvement of equality between men and women has become a top priority for many governments around the world. To assess the situation of women in terms of discrimination in Portugal, the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights prepared a shadow report for the 42nd Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women […]

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International Top-Down Implementation of D&I: Customised Plans at ING

Whenever a company starts to take its D&I activities outside its ‘home’ country, a number of new complexities are added to the already existing challenges. The recurring key question in that situation is: How much standards can the global corporate heaquarter set for international units, and how much freedom in adapting or tailoring should it […]

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Restarting an Old Discussion: LGBT Equality in the Workplace

It is still a widespread assumption in some cultures – and quite a few companies – that a person’s sexual orientation does not matter at work and therefore shouldn’t be actively adressed by diversity programmes. Experts, however, know that this resistance typically refers only to non-straight identities as heterosexuality is being made visible and audible […]

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