Die Kampagne „Vielfalt als Chance“ hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, das Bewusstsein für das wirt-schaftliche Potential kultureller Vielfalt in Deutschland zu stärken. Dass die Mehrheit der Men-schen mit Zuwanderungshintergrund weitaus erfolgreicher ist als allgemein angenommen wird, zeigte die Kampagne in den letzten Wochen mit über 9.000 ausgestrahlten TV und Radio-Spots.
Die Fachhochschule Brandenburg erhielt am 4. November 2008 den Sonderpreis „Diversity“. Der mit 10.000 Euro dotierte Preis wurde im Rahmen des Deutschen Arbeitgeberpreises Bildung 2008 vergeben. Margret Suckale, Personalvorstand der Deutschen Bahn AG, bezeichnete die FH Brandenburg und die weiteren Preisträger als „Leuchttürme in der deutschen Bildungsland-schaft“.
In der Wissenschaft tätige Mütter fühlen sich beruflich oft benachteiligt und ausgeschlossen. Dies ergab eine Befragung unter 8.700 Forscherinnen des Kompetenzzentrums Frauen in Wis-senschaft und Forschung (CEWS) in Bonn. Die im Auftrag der Robert Bosch Stiftung erstellte Studie kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass bei 70 Prozent der kinderlosen Akademikerinnen ein Kin-derwunsch vorhanden ist.
After seven years in the making and two postponements, the 42 organisations from 14 Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states have come to a conclusion for the women of Southern Africa. At a summit held over the weekend of August 16th, a long-delayed gender protocol was signed that calls for 50% representation by women […]
With an understanding that creating an inclusive workplace is central to winning the war for talent, LGBT programs such as Ernst & Young’s are the latest frontier in diversity policies. Their international LGBT network, called ‘bEYond’, holds regular get-togethers, represents the firm at outside events focusing on the LGBT community and matches up LGBT employees […]
The government of Malta in collaboration with Microsoft Malta Ltd, is offering the women of Malta an offer that they can not refuse. With a calculated six of every 10 Maltese women being inactive, the Smart Women programme provides free training in ICT at different levels and in different specialisations.
The Labour Force Survey 2007 has reported an increase in employment rate within the EU27. Between 2000 and 2007, studies show that employment rates have risen across all demographic groups. Within the 3.3% employment rate increase for people aged 15-64, 58.3% of women in the EU are now working, compared to
Personal opinions on Diversity at work can now be publicly addressed on the company website. Companies like Accenture and PricewaterhouseCoopers have integrated corporate blogging portals that cover subjects such as ‘The Gender Agenda’ and ‘Work/Life Balance’.
Since January 2008, over 1,500 pupils and teachers from 24 European countries worked in intercultural, cross-border teams to create joint projects. Partnerships from Slovenia to Malta, Lithuania to Finland and Czech Republic to Luxemburg, produced stories, poems, dictionaries, films, and performances to present in a two-day programme in May held in Graz, Austria.
More than 2,000 entries were received in response to an invitation from the EU to visually portray the meaning of the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. The competition, launched last March, invited anyone with a camera and a sense of curiosity to submit their own vision of cultures meeting and mixing in their neighbourhood. […]
