Diversity in the Media

Gen Y1: A Communication Perspective

In the recent study ‘Millennials in the Workplace: A Communication Perspective on Millennials, Organisational Relationships and Perform-ance’, Professor Karen Myers and Kamyab Sadaghiani from the University of California, Santa Barbara investigate the impact of communicated values and expectations of Gen Y. Many ‘Millennials’ have distinctive characteristics that may make interacting with them different from with […]

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Diversity & Inclusion Seminar, Barcelona

The fourth annually Diversity Conference in Barcelona focused on Global culture and transformation and its meaning for new approaches of Diversity Consulting. From 23rd till 24th February a handful qualified speakers informed and discussed about the integration of Diversity into business as usual. “If the only thing required to increase Diversity were the business case […]

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EMOTIONAL, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

The recent heated discussions over quota reignited by EU Commission Internal Market & Services Member Barnier reveal the true nature of Diversity: It is an emotional, personal and political issue in any sense of the words. Forget about the former choice of ‘social’ or ‘economic’ approaches. We are (finally) down to the pure power play […]

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Report on the “Reality of Discrimination in Germany”

In order to research the social reality of discrimination in Germany, the Free University of Berlin undertook an empirical study, conducted by Prof. Dr. Hubert Rottleuthner and Prof. Dr. Matthias Mahlmann (Institute of Law at the University of ZĂŒrich), with the theme “Reality of Discrimination in Germany – Assumptions and Facts”. In order to gain […]

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French Gay-Lesbian Wage Gap Report Released

According to a survey conducted by the French organisation Liberation and the economists from the University of Evry, Thierry Laurent and Ferhat Mihoubi, being gay in the workplace has an effect on wages. In the first French study of its kind, the report shows that gay men earn 6.5% less than their heterosexual colleagues in […]

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New Global Gender Gap Report

The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2010 was released last month with overall encouraging news on equality between men and women in 134 countries, representing over 93% of the world’s population. The countries were assessed on how well they divide resources and opportunities amongst male and female populations, regardless of the overall levels […]

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European eLearning Tools

HALDE is now offering an Anti-discrimination eLearning tool (in French) for Employers and the general public. The Employer eLearning tool focuses on those highly involved in the success of Diversity work in a company, such as HR employees or directors who are in key positions on antidiscrimination work.

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Diversity Top 10 for Global Diversity

DiversityInc’s well-known ranking of the top companies for Diversity is now evaluating Global Diversity programmes. The 2010 and first round of global-diversity research involved 12 countries—Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and the United Kingdom—focusing on what demographics were measured and what best practices were utilized.

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Female Leadership: African Development Bank

Three women have been selected to fill senior-level positions at the African Development Bank, AfDB president Donald Kaberuka announced last month. Cecilia Akintomide will serve as the first-ever female Secretary-General of the bank, while Hela Cheikhrouhou will head the New Energy, Environment and Climate Change department. Gemina Archer-Davies will direct the Corporate Human Resources Management […]

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