Manch aufmerksamer Fernsehzuschauer wird es im vergangenen Jahr um Weihnachten bemerkt ha-ben: das grün leuchtende Kreuz des Telekommunikationsanbieters „e-plus“ auf dem Dach einer Kirche. Gotteslästerung oder ein pfiffiger Seitenhieb auf das Verhältnis gewisser Vieltelefonierer zu ihrem tragbaren Telefon? Für Diskussionen dürfte der Werbespot in jedem Fall gesorgt haben.Immer wieder bedienen sich Werbekampagnen religiöser Symbole oder […]
Eine schwarze Kopfbedeckung ist der Stoff, aus dem in Deutschland Konflikte entstehen können – wie zuletzt in Baden-Württemberg, wo eine deutsche Lehrerin afghanischer Abstammung während der Lehrerausbildung die offizielle Erlaubnis bekam, im Unterricht ihr Kopftuch zu tragen. Der da-malige baden-württembergische Ministerpräsident Erwin Teufel wollte damit sichern, dass sie ihre Ausbildung beenden könne. „Mich interessiert nicht, […]
A British Airways employee who was banned from openly wearing a small Christian cross fought for her job at a meeting with airline management.Nadia Eweida, 55, a check-in worker, spoke of her dismay after managers insisted she remove or cover up her small cross. When Ms Eweida refused she was sent home on unpaid leave.
Intercultural gardens allow immigrants to rent plots of land and plant gardens. They can work side-by-side with Germans — pursuing their gardening hobby, carving out a niche for themselves in a foreign country and improving their German. Many of the foreign gardeners cultivate plants and herbs from their home countries, which they otherwise can’t find […]
Lawyers are preparing to sue the internet giant Yahoo over the imprisonment in China of Shi Tao, a journalist convicted of ‚illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities‘ after he sent an email to a pro-democracy website. In 2004 Shi Tao sent an email to an American pro-democracy site about the anniversary of the 1989 […]
A female Muslim teacher was suspended by a Dutch school for refusing to shake hands with men. The management at Vader Rijn College asked the Equality Commission to examine the case to confirm whether it had acted correctly. The school teaches pre-vocational secondary education.
More and more women are starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. Women’s entrepreneurship is expanding around the world. They represent more than one-third of all people involved in entrepreneurial activities and are likely to play an even greater role when informal sectors are considered.
In the mid 20th century, people apparently believed that the many innovations, not least in technology, meant that nothing could replace the innovative powers of the young. Today, Europe is facing both the demographic and cultural challenges of an aging population and older workforce.
Two new bilateral agreements have been concluded by trade union centres to promote the migrant workers‘ rights in the Middle East and Africa. They reflect the international trade union movement’s resolve to fight for the protection and promotion of migrant workers‘ rights across the globe.
The Latvian Parliament voted to support an amendment to the country’s Labour Law to explicitly ban sexual orientation discrimination in employment. Before the decision, Latvia was, according to ILGA-Europe, the only member state of the European Union which failed to comply with provisions of the 2000 EU employment equality directive requiring EU member states to […]
