From 30 September to 7 October 2007 around 300 young people came together to join the University on Youth and Development in Malaga, Spain. The University takes place once a year bringing together representatives of youth organisations and youth movement from all over the world who gather to discuss, train and be trained as well […]
Many people have negative perceptions about ageing. To dispel negativity around ageing and to emphasis the positive aspects that ageing holds for older people, the positive ageing week was celebrated in Ireland at the beginning of this month. This year over 400 events took place across the country and spread even into Northern Ireland trough […]
Recent activities of far-Right groups targeting the building of mosques in the UK mirror events elsewhere in Europe. At the beginning of 2007, the European extreme Right formed a new bloc in the European parliament called Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty (ITS) to protect ‚Christian values‘ and ‚Europe’s traditional heritage‘.
This year, The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) launched a new annual awards programme. The awards ceremony, in October 2007, highlighted the innovative ways employers are tackling age discrimination in the workplace. In the six months since the award programme was launched, over 45 different policies and age initiatives were entered.
Ein Abend im Theater mit opulenten Bühnenbild, überzeugenden Charaktermimen und überra-schenden Handlungen – das ist nichts für erblindete Menschen? Weit gefehlt. Dank des Hörthea-ters München gibt es bereits seit November 2004 spezielle Audiobeschreibungen von Theater-aufführungen aus dem Spielplan deutschsprachiger Bühnen für Sehbehinderte und Blinde.
A Jewish food entrepreneur from Manchester designed an advent-style calendar for this month Ramadan, which has started on the 13th September and will last until 12th October. Under each of the 30 wickets, lies a halal chocolate and a question on the Islam. 15% from the sale will go to Islamic Relief. Mr. Finlay, the […]
The International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives (AFRA) is taking the European Year for Equal Opportunities for All as a challenge to organise the 1. Black European Women’s Congress from September 27-29 2007 in Vienna Austria.
Argentina will be the host country of the 2007 Lesbian-Gay World Soccer Championship from September 23rd until September 30th . Gay and lesbian teams began to pop up almost three decades ago and the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association was formed to act as a governing body for the sport.
For the first time in history, the group of people over 65 (almost 500 million) outnumbers the number of children under the age of five. The report, Why Population Aging Matters: A Global Perspective, predicts: “Societal aging may affect economic growth, the sustainability of families, the ability of states and communities to provide resources for […]
Studie: In Anzeigen dominieren weiterhin traditionelle Rollenbilder von Männern und Frauen Traditionelle Frauen- und Männerbilder dominieren die Werbung in Deutschland – auch klischeehafte Darstellungen sind verbreitet. Dennoch setzt sich der Trend zu modernen Rollenbildern fort. Dies ergab eine Analyse von 686 Printanzeigen in auflagenstarken deutschen Nachrichtenmagazinen. Frauen werden der Untersuchung zufolge zu 36 Prozent in […]
