globality internationality
12. June 2008 || by News Desk || Diversity in the Media, Newsletter ||
Although it is not a new book, we feel the readers of EMEA DiversityNews should know about it. Globalisation is probably one of the most important drivers of Diversity from a corporate (business) perspective. At the same time, it is a concept that is understood differently by different people, and provokes a variety of feelings […]
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, globality internationality, inclusion
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12. June 2008 || by News Desk || Diversity in the Media, Newsletter ||
The first prize in this year’s ‘For Diversity. Against Discrimination’ Journalist Award has been awarded to a Portuguese journalist writing about the discrimination faced by migrant workers in the Netherlands. The European Commission honoured those journalists who helped foster, through their writing, a better understanding of the benefits of diversity and who encouraged readers to […]
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12. June 2008 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Politics ||
How can TV professionals better reflect cultural diversity on screen? This is the key question behind a âDiversity Toolkit for factual programmes in public service televisionâ, published by FRA, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. The Toolkit seeks to equip TV professionals to promote the principles of cultural diversity across their services.
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12. June 2008 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Politics ||
Europe is becoming more culturally diverse. The enlargement of the European Union, deregulation of employment laws and globalisation have increased the multicultural character of many countries. To celebrate this diversity and to foster intercultural dialogue the EU has launched the âEuropean Year of Intercultural Dialogue (EYID) 2008â. It is supposed to encourage all those living […]
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, globality internationality, inclusion, religion beliefs
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12. June 2008 || by News Desk || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
Over 1,000 Czech police officers have been trained against discrimination by various NGO activists. The seminars were to narrow the gap between the world of the police and residents of socially excluded localities such as Romas. The anti-discrimination seminars have been held at all regional police offices in the Czech Republic since February 2007.
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27. May 2008 || by News Desk || Diversity in the Media, Newsletter ||
The 2008 Global Summit of Women explores two of the major forces that will impact the 21st century global marketplace â 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.
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27. May 2008 || by News Desk || Diversity in the Media, Newsletter ||
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 […]
Tags: english, globality internationality, lgbtqi*, mixed abilities, religion beliefs
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27. May 2008 || by News Desk || Diversity in the Media, Newsletter ||
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 […]
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27. May 2008 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
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 […]
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27. May 2008 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
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 […]
Tags: english, gender, globality internationality, mixed abilities
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