In Hamburg müssen homosexuelle Eisenbahnfreunde ab sofort einen großen Bogen um das „Arcadia Hotel Belmondo“ machen. Die Unterkunft untersagte kürzlich der Vereinigung „Schwule Eisenbahnerfreunde“ die Nutzung eines bis dahin ihnen zur Verfügung stehenden Raumes. Vorausgegangen war ein Eigentümerwechsel des Hauses. Die neue Geschäftsführerin ließ die Gruppe des Raumes verweisen.
Two men were detained in Rome for kissing in front of the world famous Colosseum. In protest, hundreds of gay couples staged a mass kiss-in at the Colosseum to voice their continued displeasure with a reticent Italian government and society to grant them greater rights.
In a poll conducted by Monster, 62 percent of UK businesses were either not diverse or unaware if they were. According to a local Scottish government white paper, minority groups and disabled people are still missing out on job opportunities.
Executives at BBC have decided to forgo their bonuses because the broadcaster failed to meet their diversity targets it had set for itself in 2004. According to the corporation, the BBC Direction Group had “collectively decided” not to take bonuses valued at about £350,000.
Die „Charta der Vielfalt“ gewinnt in Deutschland immer mehr Liebhaber. Das Dokument wurde erstmals im Dezember 2006 von DaimlerChrysler, der Deutschen Bank, der Deutschen BP und der Deutschen Telekom gemeinsam mit Staatsministerin Maria Böhmer unterzeichnet.
Ein müdes Lüftchen blies durch den deutschen Blätterwald, als der „European Diversity Truck“ in Litauen von geballter Intoleranz gestoppt wurde. Um die litauische Hauptstadt Vilnius wird die EU-Kampagne wohl einen Bogen machen müssen. Einstimmig verweigerte der Stadtrat der für den 25. Mai geplanten Veranstaltung die Genehmigung. In deutschen Kurzmeldungen war zu lesen, dass der mögliche […]
A new book surveying emerging national identities in four African cities has recently been published by African Minds, entitled, “Identity in Four African Cities.” The publication underlines that while individual identities have been preserved, these also serve to strengthen the collective identities of burgeoning states on their path to becoming nations.
Since 1990, the annual Global Summit of Women has brought together women leaders in business and government from around the world. This year, the gathering held in Berlin focused on “The Global Marketplace: Opportunities and Challenges” which explored the business opportunities offered women by the global marketplace alongside the challenges it presents to women as […]
Together with the Hungarian Equality Authority, the campaign, “For Diversity. Against Discrimination,” organised a workshop to help fight discrimination in the country. In a full day training course, participants from NGOs were taught new methods for auditing recruitment practices of Hungarian companies.
A London Metropolitan University professor is developing a test intended to reveal negative associations that potential employees could have toward ethnic groups. In the test, applicants have to put images of black and white faces into positive and negative categories by quickly using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
