„Mit Vielfalt in die Zukunft! Wissenschaft und Diversity“ lautete das Motto des Netzwerktreffens der Audit Akademie am 23. April 2009 in Köln. Das Treffen behandelte die Grundlagen des Konzeptes „Diversity“ in Bezug auf den wissenschaftlichen Sektor.
In March, Ilse Junkermann of Stuttgart, Germany became the first woman bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM). After the third round of secret balloting, the church synod in Wittenberg elected the 51-year-old theologian by more than the required two-thirds majority.
Following the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Netherlands in 2001, a number of countries have followed suit with Belgium in 2003, Spain in 2005, Canada in 2005, South Africa in 2006.
For the ninth year, DiversityInc has released The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list. This year, 11 specialty lists are also provided including the Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention, Top 10 Companies for Supplier Diversity, Top 10 Companies for Executive Women and 25 Noteworthy Companies (companies that are close to earning spots […]
Am 23. Februar ist das Webradio multicult2.0 online gegangen. Nach der Einstellung von „Radio Multikulti“ durch die Rundfunksanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg, – wir berichteten im Newsletter 49 – entstand die Idee eines selbst verwalteten und finanzierten Online-Radios. Geboten wird ein tägliches Live-Programm, das multilingual, aktuell, kritisch und politisch ist. Besonderen Wert wird auf die Interaktion mit den […]
Laut einer Befragung von 3.600 weiblichen und männlichen Führungskräften mittlerer und grö-ßerer Unternehmen in 18 Ländern sind es insbesondere Frauen, die bereit sind, sich für ihre Kar-riere stärker einzusetzen. Die Studie „Untapped Potential: Stretching Toward the Future“ von Accenture geht den Motivationen und Hürden im Arbeitsalltag nach. 80 Prozent der Frauen sind bereit, anspruchsvollere Aufgaben […]
BT has announced its new, four-year title sponsorship of the BT Paralympic World Cup. The BT Paralympic World Cup is the largest annual international multi-sport competition in elite disability sport, and takes place from 20-25 May 2009 in Manchester. BT Group Marketing and Brand Director Suzi Williams said,
Although women may have difficulties breaking through the glass ceilings of big business, they are beginning to take charge in the Public Sector. Within the recent months alone, the first female Minister of Saudi Arabia and the first female and openly lesbian Prime Minister of Iceland were appointed. In the case of Saudi Arabia, appointing […]
In lieu of the UN’s Native Language Day, UNESCO has released a new “Atlas of the Languages of the World.” This compilation not only provides information on some 2500 languages, out of the more than 6,000 most linguists say exist, but also classifies those in terms of the risk they face over the next century.
Icon Events address the most pressing trends and issues that are on the minds of Diversity professionals today. This year, the conference had a strong emphasis on “Women in Leadership”. The specific subjects of these sessions were proposed and driven by participants. So the participants could gain insight from corporate Diversity leaders from companies like […]
