A joint report from the CBI employer’s organisation and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) found out that firms that take steps to improve Diversity in the workplace earn real business benefits. Companies who look beyond the “usual suspects” for staff and employ people on the basis of their abilities and potential, regardless of their sex, […]
More than half a million Roma of working age live in Spain, however the number entering the labour market remains low. 55% of Roma people report that they have experienced some sort of discrimination when being on the job search. The Spanish organisation, Fundación Secretariado Gitano, has initiated an awareness-raising campaign, featuring TV advertisements, posters […]
The European Women’s Lobby’s (EWL) prepared a resource kit that presents information about existing public institutions dealing with equality between women and men at international, European and national level. It aims at supporting NGOs and other interested stakeholders to evaluate and influence international and European institutions as well as their national governments.
From May to October, 38 Allianz employees from various countries will participate in „Diversity@ Sea”, a global Diversity Initiative by the Allianz Group. The program will team them up for a week with disabled participants to sail tall ships off the coasts of Britain and France. Each week, they will share living quarters and learn […]
In Asia-Pacific and Japan Hewlett-Packard is making efforts to attract qualified female employees in order to have a workforce profile that reflects the diverse one billion people using HP products worldwide. HP is planning to triple the number of female managers in the next two years. For that purpose HP plans to set up a […]
The European Commission awarded its Gold Prize for Learning to CEJI (“A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe”) for its Religious Diversity and Anti-Discrimination Training program. Recognising CEJI’s work on religious Diversity and intercultural education in Europe, the prize is a part of the European Awards for Lifelong Learning.
The L’Oréal – Unesco Awards aim to recognize, each year, five outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress. These exceptional women scientists serve as role models for the next generation, encouraging young women around the world to follow in their footsteps. Almost two thousand eminent members of the scientific community propose candidates for […]
Peter Löscher sorgte mit einem überraschenden Bekenntnis für Furore: Der Siemens-Chef findet sein Unternehmen zu deutsch. „In der Führungsetage sitzen nur weiße Männer“, sagte Löscher der „Financial Times Deutschland“. Unter den 600 Spitzenmanagern des Großkonzerns seien nur wenige Frauen und Ausländer zu finden. Die deutsche Wirtschaft müsse insgesamt internationaler werden. Sonst drohe die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des […]
Although it is not a new book, we feel the readers of EMEA DiversityNews should know about it. Globalisation is probably one of the most important drivers of Diversity from a corporate (business) perspective. At the same time, it is a concept that is understood differently by different people, and provokes a variety of feelings […]
The first prize in this year’s ‚For Diversity. Against Discrimination‘ Journalist Award has been awarded to a Portuguese journalist writing about the discrimination faced by migrant workers in the Netherlands. The European Commission honoured those journalists who helped foster, through their writing, a better understanding of the benefits of diversity and who encouraged readers to […]
