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.
This campaign is promoting a Europe-wide petition for a new European Directive to outlaw discrimination. The main aim of this directive is to ban discrimination in access to goods and services on grounds of disability, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief – areas not currently covered in the EU anti-discrimination directives of many EU […]
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 […]
A recent survey conducted by the Ethnic Minority Foundation found out that almost nine in 10 recent university graduates have experienced some kind of discrimination at work. The findings of the report were also supported by another survey, this time conducted by Milkround.com, which interviewed 200 graduates and found that 86% had faced some form […]
More than half the women in the world live in countries that have made no progress in gender equity in recent years. This is the main conclusion of the Social Watch 2008 Gender Equity Index (GEI) which, for the first time, shows recent evolution and trends in bridging the gap between men and women in […]
In 2008, the ‘For Diversity. Against Discrimination’ campaign will continue to raise awareness of discrimination and the legislation which exists to combat it, as well as to promote the benefits of Diversity across the EU. The popular ‘For Diversity. Against Discrimination’ Truck returns in 2008. The tour, set to launch in June, will visit ten […]
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 […]
The Hampshire police force is committed to welcoming and supporting employees from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. It was awarded for its gay friendly policies and procedures as well as staff support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) police officers and staff by the Hampshire LGBT Resource Group (LGBTRG) which includes […]
Saudi retail banks have set up segregated branches „Ladies‘ banks“ only women can enter in order to circumvent the “unwritten” law which prevents women from making business with unrelated men. The facilities give women the possibility to manage their finances independently of interfering fathers, brothers or husbands.
Diversity-Experts, Managers, CEOs and people who are interested in Diversity met each other at the 8th European Work-Life & Diversity Conference in Budapest. The Conference, organised by the Conference Board, was held from 8th to 9th May 2008. It made an issue of “Doing Better Business with a Mobile, Multicultural Workforce. A Focus on Talent […]
