In the beginning of December, gays and lesbians in the United Kingdom celebrated the first anniversary of the „Civil Partnership Act“. For one year, same-sex couples in the U.K. have rights and responsibilities identical to those granted in any civil marriage. They have a range of property rights, the same exemption as married couples on […]
Felix Wittig, head of communications at Ungleich Besser Diversity Consulting, is experiencing the world’s diversity for himself during a six-month around-the-world sabbatical. Every month, he shares his experiences with EMEA Diversity readers.
Al Jazeera, a well-known Arabic-language news network operating from Doha (Quatar), has started an English-speaking programme in mid-November. The news channel first gained international attention after the September 11 terrorist attacks because they broadcasted videos of Osama bin Laden.
Ireland, often described as the most globalised country in the world, now has it’s own magazine concerning Irish Migration, Race and Social Transformation Review. The journal, named „translocations“, has gone online at <http://www.imrstr.dcu.ie/firstissue/> The journal aims to provide a platform through which to develop research and discussion on migration, it also informs about ‚race‘, integration […]
Homosexual inhabitants of the Faroe Islands have organised an online petition to create a law that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation. The petition expresses discontent that “homophobia is made “perfectly legal” because the government does nothing against it”, online news service “pinknews.co.uk” reported.
Glod is a quiet and poor village in the Carpatian mountains. This year, the Romanian village became the set for British Comedian Sasha Baron Cohen, also known as „Borat“, who starts his „Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan“ in the fictional village of „Kuczek“. His home is portrayed as being […]
Er poltert, pöbelt, polemisiert gegen Frauen und hält den jüdischen Bevölkerungsanteil für das größte Problem seines Landes: Borat Sagdiyev, kasachischer Fernsehjournalist und höchstoffizieller Botschafter seines Landes für die Vereinigten Staaten.
Immer wieder hat „DIE ZEIT“ die Themen Work-Life und Diversity zum Gegenstand ausführli-cher Berichterstattung genutzt. Überschriften wie „Diversity Management: Auf den Unterschied kommt es an“ fanden die LeserInnen der deutschen Wochenzeitung immer wieder bei ihrer Lektüre. Besonders zu erwähnen ist das jüngste Dossier der Hamburger Eliteredakteure über den Islam in Deutschland (DIE ZEIT vom 21. […]
A British Airways employee who was banned from openly wearing a small Christian cross fought for her job at a meeting with airline management.Nadia Eweida, 55, a check-in worker, spoke of her dismay after managers insisted she remove or cover up her small cross. When Ms Eweida refused she was sent home on unpaid leave.
Lawyers are preparing to sue the internet giant Yahoo over the imprisonment in China of Shi Tao, a journalist convicted of ‚illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities‘ after he sent an email to a pro-democracy website. In 2004 Shi Tao sent an email to an American pro-democracy site about the anniversary of the 1989 […]
