Despite some reservations, French trade unions have signed a new agreement on equality between men and women in the public services in France. This is the concrete outcome of cornerstones, which were discussed during a major conference with all key stakeholders in July 2012. The new framework agreement is a breakthrough for 5 million employees […]
Talent shortages are having a high impact on a company’s ability to meet their clients’ needs. One out of five employers in the EMEA region that are in need of additional talent agree with this statement. This is one of the eye-opening results from the 2013 Talent Shortage Survey conducted by the Manpower Group. Especially […]
Several studies by the headhunting giant Korn/Ferry looked into success factors and strengths of senior executive men and women. One finding may almost sound as an insult, when they say that women ‘are as qualified as men to lead an organization in top executive roles’. Their reports make up for this by showing how women […]
For years, Sweden was considered to be a role model of a social state from a Diversity perspective. The government not only provided immense aids for families or young people, it also had a reputation for a very welcoming immigration policy. However,
Hotelbuchungen im Internet werden immer verbreiteter – auch bei älteren InternetnutzerInnen, wie aktuelle Auswertungen zeigen. Mittlerweile buchen rund 30% der älteren Internetnutzer ihren Urlaub online, und sind – wie andere UrlauberInnen – für Indikatoren dankbar, die im Dschungel der Angebote zu zielgruppe-spezifisch geeigneten Anbietern führen. Das Hotelportal HRS hat gemeinsam mit der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Senioren-Organisationen […]
When the Human Rights Watch published their World Report 2013 drawing on events from the end of 2011 through November 2012, they detected great injustice and violent procedures, that were still undermining people’s rights. Improving fundamental rights and living conditions of ethnic and religious minorities is still an issue, for instance in Somalia or Iraq […]
In the city of Herat, Western Afghanistan, the International Women’s Day 2013 was celebrated by a film festival with films from female directors or with gender themes. The film festival continued for 2 days (7th to 9th of March) during which 30 films were shown. The topics of the films also covered
More than 100 people from all over Europe will participate in the conference “Free Kick For Equality! Moving to the next step in Combating racism and homophobia in sports together” to be held in Bratislava, 26-28 of April. The conference is part of the framework of the European Commission’s co-funded project “Football for Equality”.
The introduction of the digital TV led to problems for partially sighted and blind people as this technical revolution made watching TV impossible for them: While in the past a combination of hearing, residual sight, and audio description (AD) was used to describe what was shown on-screen, this information nowadays is written on the screen […]
This year, the Italian bank Unicredit was awarded four top recognitions, two second and three third ranks in the Italian “AIFIn Cerchio d’Oro dell’innovazione finanziaria”, an award organized by the Italian Financial Innovation Association with the aim to promote the role of innovation in banking, financial sectors, and insurance). Due to the fact that UniCredit […]
