According to a recent study by The World Economic Forum, men and women are less equal in Switzerland, France and Italy than in countries like Jamaica, Sri Lanka or South Africa. Focussing on female chances in economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment and health, the WEF ranked Switzerland 25th, France 70th and Italy […]
Sweden democrat leaders in the city council of Malmö have proposed to pay immigrants if they leave the country. The party has proposed a range of policies to clamp down on immigrants in the Skåne region, including a total ban on immigration and a stop to publicly funded integration programmes.
After former British foreign secretary Jack Straw revealed that he asked female constituents to remove the niqab during interviews with him, a heated debate was started in Great Britain about a possible ban of the veil in public – a similar law has been created by the Dutch Government before.
ClientLogic, a leading global business process outsourcing (BPO) provider in the customer care and back office processing industries, has been awarded with the “Frost & Sullivan Customer Service Leadership Award” for having developed its own EMEA Resource Optimisation Centre (EROC) and for its ability to expand customer and employee relationships beyond conventional industry norms.
Mona Lau, Global Head of Diversity at UBS, received the prestigious Chairman’s Award for „Entrepreneurial Leadership“ at UBS this year. According to UBS, the reasons for this decision were that „Mona has demonstrated energy, drive and commitment in advancing UBS’s diversity agenda globally with increasing success.
Homosexual inhabitants of the Faroe Islands have organised an online petition to create a law that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation. The petition expresses discontent that “homophobia is made “perfectly legal” because the government does nothing against it”, online news service “pinknews.co.uk” reported.
Glod is a quiet and poor village in the Carpatian mountains. This year, the Romanian village became the set for British Comedian Sasha Baron Cohen, also known as „Borat“, who starts his „Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan“ in the fictional village of „Kuczek“. His home is portrayed as being […]
Mit einem umfangreichen Paket an Leistungen sicherte sich die Magdeburger „GERO AG“ den Sieg im Work/Life-Balance-Wettbewerb der Magdeburger Stadtverwaltung. „Hier überzeugte uns insbesondere der ganzheitliche Ansatz, originelle Lösungen – z.B. das Modell ‚Halbe Krank-schreibung‘ und die Öffnung von Angeboten über das Unternehmen hinaus.
Laut einer aktuellen IPSOS-Umfrage erwartet eine Mehrheit der Befragten durch das Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz größere Chancen für Frauen in Ingenieurberufen. 57 Prozent der be-fragten Frauen glauben, dass in Zukunft mehr Frauen einen Ingenieurberuf als Ziel wählen.
Vier deutsche Großkonzerne haben gemeinsam Position für Diversity bezogen: DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom und Deutsche BP unterzeichneten am 13. Dezember in Ber-lin eine Diversity-Charta. Unter dem Motto „Diversity als Chance“ wollen die vier Großkonzerne im nächsten Jahr 150 weitere Unternehmen davon überzeugen, sich ebenfalls dieser öffentlichen Selbstverpflichtung für mehr Vielfalt und Einbeziehung anzuschließen. Die […]
