A large number of business leaders will only appoint a woman into a very senior post in times of crisis and poor performance, according to a new report. Women face a “hidden form of discrimination”, which sees them more readily appointed to tough jobs where they are more likely to fail, according to Women in […]
In 2007, the European Year on Equal Opportunities for All, gaps between women and men persist in most categories of human political, economic, social and cultural activity. The gaps between women and men in inter alia pay, pensions, working time, time spent caring for others, poverty, persist because the economy, the labour market and society […]
Creating an open culture and complying with the law are equally important to employers when it comes to diversity training, according to research. One in three employers said they offered diversity training to improve the working environment and another third cited legal compliance as their primary reason.
Integrating new location-aware computer networks with old-fashioned human networks, researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed an innovative solution to the problem of isolation that faces women in the academic science and engineering workforce.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has officially been adopted by the UN General Assembly. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities represents a historical moment for the European disability movement.
A December Eurobarometer survey shows attitudes towards homosexuality vary widely across EU Member States. An average of 44% of EU citizens believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. Acceptance levels range from 82% in The Netherlands to 12% in Latvia. Marriage – or a similar legal union – is currently possible in the […]
Disziplin, Ausdauer, Charme sowie die Bereitschaft und Fähigkeit, sich auf andere Menschen einzu-stellen – diese Eigenschaften stellen wichtiges Handwerkszeug zum Erfolg dar für eine Tätigkeit im Direktvertrieb dar. Weil diese Attribute besonders häufig auf Frauen zutreffen, bemühen sich Personalvermittler ver-stärkt um die Verpflichtung von „Vertriebsfachfrauen“.
Eine Zeitlang war es erstaunlich ruhig und sachlich in Deutschland um das Thema “Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie“ bestellt: wir wollen (und müssen) insbesondere hochqualifizierte und mo-tivierte Frauen und Männer in technischen Berufen halten, diese sollen – schon aus betriebs- und volkswirtschaftlichen Gründen – ihren Beruf und ihr Privatleben vereinbaren können.
Gays in Poland revealed a plan to build a monument in the centre of the capital city of Warsaw that will be a permanent reminder of the „Pink Triangle“ gays who were killed in Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War.
The composition of the recently elected Austrian government shows the country’s efforts towards equal treatment of men and women. Eight of the twenty top positions in the Austrian government are filled by women – this means an average of 40 percent of ministresses and state secretaries. Additionally,
