The 2008 Global Summit of Women explores two of the major forces that will impact the 21st century global marketplace – Women and the Asia-Pacific economies. What women can do to access those markets and what we can learn from the women business leaders from the region will form the frame of this global gathering.
LabforCulture develops innovative approaches, tools and technologies to strengthen, stimulate and facilitate cultural collaboration across geographic, cultural and imaginative borders. The platform is an autonomous project and hosted by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) in Amsterdam. Evidence showed that information on cultural cooperation across borders was difficult to access. Research carried out by the European […]
The main objective of this project (which recently received several best practice awards for its equality project KLARA) is to develop a European society of equal chances for both genders, using a network of 42 member associations. The project investigates on how women perceive the EU, in particular in the fields of gender equality and […]
Competitive advantage is gained by accessing diverse customers through a diverse workforce, according to Procter & Gamble’s UK and Ireland HR director, Madalyn Brooks. The reason behind the success of its product choices are down to “diversity driving those insights that help us to get to where the consumers are”.
In May, the TRIGOS exceptional award on “Equal Opportunities in the 21st Century” which is funded by Microsoft Austria was assigned for the 1st time. This year winner was TNT Express Austria GmbH. The award was dedicated to the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue with a special focus on migration and integration. With its comprehensive […]
Das Problem ist bekannt: Deutschland hat im internationalen Vergleich zu wenig hochqualifizierte Beschäftigte. Einen – bisher noch nicht gehörten – Lösungsvorschlag haben ForscherInnen der Fachhochschule für Oekonomie & Management jetzt artikuliert: „Mit alternativen Studienformen, wie beispielsweise dem berufsbegleitenden Studium, kann dieses Problem behoben werden“, sagt Dr. Matthias Klumpp, Professor an der FOM.
Türkische AkademikerInnen und Studierende stellen eine wichtige Schlüsselgruppe für den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland dar – und trotzdem wird ihr Potenzial noch unzureichend wahrgenommen, erkannt und genutzt. Zu dieser Feststellung kommt das Forscherteam des Futureorg Instituts in einer aktuellen Untersuchung. Die ForscherInnen haben die Lage von jungen sowie erfahrenen Wissenschaftlern unter die Lupe genommen.
The upcoming European annual thematic conference on anti-discrimination will take place in Belfast on the 5-6 June 2008. The conference, organised by the European Commission, will be dedicated to the theme of communication and awareness-raising in the anti-discrimination and equality field. It will bring together current national projects on awareness-raising and successful projects from the […]
A recent survey “One Step Ahead of 2011: A New Horizon for Working Women” conducted by Accenture provides an overview of how tomorrow’s workforce feels about the changes to business that will accompany the increasing levelling of economic power globally. 4,100 professionals (both gender were equally represented) from medium to large organizations in 17 countries […]
A recent research published by The Economic Journal titled “The Price of Reconciliation: Part-Time Work, Families and Women’s Satisfaction” shows again how women in business are forced to waste their talents to find jobs that allow them to balance their professional and family life. According to the authors of the research a third of female […]
