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Best Progress on Women Directors in France and Spain – Due to Quota Laws?

France and Spain rank best in the latest Corporate Women Directors International study of women directors in Fortune Global 200 companies, the biggest in the world, regarding the progress on female top managers. The new report, presented in November 2011 at the Worldbank, ranks France first for the fastest rate of increase, as it moved […]

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Poll: Majority of Finns See Finland as Racist Country

An overwhelming majority of Finns say that Finland is at the very least a fairly racist country. Two thirds of the nation feel that there is a large or at least a moderate amount of racism in Finland. In spite of this, only 2% recognise or admit to being very racist, and 12% say that […]

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Studien: Chancen für Ältere auf dem Arbeitsmarkt

Ältere haben es nach wie vor schwer eine Beschäftigung zu finden, besonders wenn sie eher niedrig qualifiziert sind. Insgesamt hat sich die Situation jedoch in den letzten Jahren verbessert, da vor allem der Anteil älterer Frauen in der Erwerbstätigkeit deutlich gestiegen ist und die geburtsstarken Jahrgänge mittlerweile zur älteren Beschäftigtengruppe gezählt werden. Zu diesen zentralen […]

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Performance braucht Diversity. Vielfalt in Sport und Gesellschaft als Zukunftsthema

Fit und in Bewegung bleiben ist für den Sport genauso Motto wie für Diversity. Deswegen trifft es sich gut, dass die Sporthochschule Köln und das Gleichstellungsbüro/ Institut für Sportsoziologie gemeinsam eine Veranstaltung organsierten. Die Veranstaltung „Performance braucht Diversity. Vielfalt in Sport und Gesellschaft als Zukunftsthema“ fand am 20. Oktober 2011 an der Hochschule statt, Michael […]

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Male Bashing and Gender Stereotyping in the Media

While The Washington Post informs its readers about “What men can learn from women about leadership in the 21st century”, the International Herald Tribune published a special report about “German women boxed out of work”. With colourful pictures of traditional family models and detailed information about what goes wrong in Germany so that the share […]

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Fostering Innovation through Diversity

The latest survey by Forbes Insight “Global Diversity and Inclusion – Fostering Innovation through a Diverse Workforce” proved once more, that Diversity is a key driver of innovation and crucial for global success. 85 percent of the about 320 surveyed executives from the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA agreed that a diverse and inclusive workforce is […]

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The BBC Announces their New Global Diversity Strategy

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has announced their diversity strategy for the next four years to come. The new strategy extends to all groups presented in society and its main aim is to develop the organisation to mirror that of its consumers, which entails creating more diversity in its workforce and in its programming. The […]

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