The most current Demography Report from the European Union’s statistical office EuroStat provides concrete numbers for many of the trends that Diversity practitioners often refer to. Ageing, gender gaps, migration and individual life styles. It also includes some figures from individual countries.
Die aktuelle Ausgabe des Niederrhein Manager beschreibt Diversity Management als Schlüssel für die Zukunftsfähigkeit mittelständischer Unternehmen. Mehr noch: der Artikel glaubt, dass KMUs wertvolle Chancen verspielen, wenn sie das Konzept D&I nicht nutzen.
Parental leave has a positive impact on both job and partnership. This is one of the central insights of the latest study into fatherhood, which was published by Germany’s second largest bank, Commerzbank. Some 750 employees who had been on parental leave during the past five years responded to questions regarding their motivation to engage […]
Mehr Schutz vor sexualisierter Belästigung am Arbeitsplatz, Abbau von Benachteiligungen trans- und intergeschlechtlicher Menschen und ein effektives Gesetz zur Durchsetzung der Entgeltgleichheit zwischen den Geschlechtern – das sind die Hauptforderungen der von der Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes eingesetzten unabhängigen Kommission „Gleiche Rechte – Gegen Diskriminierung aufgrund des Geschlechts“. Als Novum muss angesehen werden, dass eine Gender-Kommission […]
Attracting attention for unpleasant issues can be a challenge, as many D&I practitioners know. A regional project called ‘Coordinated Efforts’ has produced and published notable videos that call upon West Balkan States to advance their agendas on preventing and combating violence against women (and domestic violence).
Many studies claim to describe the business benefits of D&I. Critics, however, often challenge the research methodology or other aspects. The updated 3rd edition of the unique International Business Case Report (IBCR 3.1) contains 1-page summaries of 203 studies which were all checked for significance, robustness, validity, reliability and, if applicable, for statistical bias.
They could not know about the symbolic power of their idea, when the Belgian Post announced early November 2015 the release of new stamp called “Tolerance” in 2016. It will show three key religious leaders including the country’s chief rabbi Albert Guigui, Imam Khalid Benhaddou from Ghent and the Bishop of Antwerp Johan Bonny. The […]
Measuring the progress and success of D&I has become an obsession among some stakeholders. Some even think that monitoring number is a key to facilitating change. At the same time, many believe that counting men and women, or the generations, is the only hard metric that exists. A new report from the European Network Against […]
Rückläufige und dauerhaft niedrige Geburtenraten bereiteten der Politik viele Jahre Sorgen. Während anfänglich noch der Glaube an traditionelle Familienstrukturen vorherrschte und zu fehlgeleiteten Herdprämien führte, öffnete sich die Politik langsam (und zaghaft) den neu entstandenen Realitäten. Und selbst die katholische Kirche begann (an)zuerkennen, dass sich die Familie im 21. Jahrhundert anders entwickelt als zu den […]
While D&I work is often focusing on managers and employees with a formal professional degree, the majority of men and women work in jobs ‘on the floor’. How much do we know about their working realities and the diversity aspects that matter for them? More and more companies devise D&I programmes for individual contributors and […]
