Ab September ermöglicht es das Auswärtige Amt Jugendlichen, einen kulturellen Freiwilligen-dienst im Ausland zu absolvieren. Interessenten zwischen 18 und 26 Jahren haben jetzt die Mög-lichkeit, sich für den sechs- oder zwölfmonatigen Aufenthalt zu bewerben. Die Kosten über-nimmt das Auswärtige Amt.
Ten students from Moerser Secondary School at Jungbornpark will be flying this June to Turkey. This is not a class vacation, but is an opportunity for these students to work together on the international project, „”Living with our and others‘ religions, together in diversity”. This large school project allows students the chance to be introduced […]
According to Catalyst’s newest report, ‘Building LGBT-Inclusive Workplaces: Engaging Organizations and Individuals in Change’, LGBT employees face workplace barriers that limit career advancement and, therefore, restrict potential contributions to organizational success. The study finds that a lack of awareness, which may cause other employees to rely on stereotypes, can lead to a hostile work environment […]
At Cisco France, Vice-president of European Markets & General Manager, Laurent Blanchard sets Gender Diversity as one of his top five management priorities. Advancing the number of women at senior levels and increasing the company’s ability to attract women candidates is necessary to grow Cisco’s business in the way that it needs he would like […]
In this comprehensive integration policy report, the current integration efforts in the United States and European Union are explored and compared to produce recommendations for effective cross-learning. How coming demographic changes are handled is hugely important. Poor integration comes with security implications. Preventing alienation, resentment, and potential backlash from socially excluded immigrant and minority groups […]
April 23 marked Girl’s Day this year in Germany. This day is set aside every year to encourage young women to explore technical and scientific jobs in the market place. This innovative, nation-wide scheme was set up in 2001 with German federal government support to stimulate the interest of girls in jobs normally dominated by […]
The new European Mentoring Programme at the McGraw Hill Companies is being spear-headed by a group of volunteers from the company’s Women’s Initiative for Networking and Success (WINS) Employee Resource Group. The programme pairs 22 talented female employees with 22 female leaders from within the McGraw-Hill Companies.
Intel has introduced a formal global supplier diversity program to increase global sourcing and to redefine diversity to include global suppliers. A number of efforts have been launched to identify international diverse suppliers. „We have spent the better part of 2007 positioning ourselves to identify our international supply base,
Speaking at a rally in Metoro, Mozambique on May 18th, Mozambican President Armando Guebuza argued that both cultural diversity and national unity are important weapons in the fight against poverty. Guebuza stated that Mozambique has many tribes, regions, and races,
Zeitgemäße Tradition – kann es das überhaupt geben? Oder gar fortschrittliche Tradition? Ganz ehrlich: Jede Tradition war zu Beginn neu oder gar revolutionär, meist aber zumindest unerhört. Erst ihre Beständig-keit macht sie sprichwörtlich althergebracht und je nach Sichtweise verstaubt, überholt oder rückwärtsgewandt. Dem Kölner Karneval erging es nicht besser: Anfangs selbst Provokation wurde er über […]
