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Europe’s first LGBT nursing home opens in Berlin

In January this year Europe’s first gay nursing home opened in Berlin. The groundbreaking project culminates years of planning, fund-raising and public campaigning. Berlin’s mayor, Klaus Wowereit, has backed the project from its beginnings. The four-floor facility is built to accommodate 28 residents in its high-tech rooms with private bathrooms.

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European petition for a new European Directive to outlaw discrimination

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 […]

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LGBT Resource Group at Hampshire police force

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 […]

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Black woman sues landlord after housing discrimination

Natasha Kelly a 34-year-old black German woman is suing her former landlord. In December 2007 he evicted her from an apartment in Osnabrueck/Western Germany because she was black and a single mother. In his eviction notice he wrote: “Some of the other tenants are unhappy about your background and skin colour and your personal situation […]

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BUNTE BELEGSCHAFTEN BIETEN BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFTLICHE BENEFITS

Metastudie zeigt wirtschaftliche Effekte von Diversity auf Diversity hat sich in Deutschland mittlerweile fest als Managementansatz etabliert. Hatten im Jahr 2000 erst zwei DAX-30 Unternehmen einen oder mehrere Diversity Manager, sind es heute bereits mehr als die Hälfte. Aber was bringt Diversity Management konkret? Welche empirisch messbaren Erfolge erzielen heterogene Teams und wie wirkt sich […]

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Gender Marketing – Werbung durch die Geschlechterbrille

Finanzstarke Karrierefrau oder metrosexueller Topkonsument – wer kauft was, warum, wie oft, wo und wann? Firmen, die ihr Marktpotenzial erhöhen wollen, müssen ihre Marktforschung und Produktentwicklung gezielt auf die Geschlechter ausrichten. So lautet die Kernthese von Eva Kreienkamp in ihrem aktuell erschienenen Buch „Gender- Marketing“. Die Autorin sensibilisiert für Geschlechterunterschiede und gibt Anregungen für eine […]

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Discrimination case in Sweden: Lesbian was refused the purchase of a dog

A Stockholm court ruling decided that homosexual citizens cannot be prevented from purchasing dogs in Sweden. The court confirmed an earlier district verdict in favour of a lesbian who had sought damages from a dog breeder who refused to sell her a puppy because of her sexual preference. The dog owner has to pay the […]

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Judgment: LGBT individuals are eligible to adopt children in the EU

The European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgement in a case of a lesbian woman v. France and said that exclusion of individuals from the application process for adoption of children simply because of their sexual orientation is discriminatory and is in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights. Ms. E.B., a lesbian […]

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Lebensabend ohne Diskriminierung: Seniorenheim für Lesben und Schwule eröffnet

Egal, ob in Spanien, den Niederlanden oder Brasilien – das Medieninteresse am ersten Pflegeheim für Lesben und Schwule ist ungebrochen. Die Einrichtung wurde Anfang des Jahres im Berliner Stadtteil Pankow eröffnet. Das „Haus Asta Nielsen“ umfasst Platz für 28 Patienten, hauptsächlich in Einzelzimmern. „In der Pflege ist der Mensch so schwach wie sonst nie“, erklärt […]

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Denmark’s only company prize for Diversity in the workplace opens this December

From December onwards Danish companies can compete to win Denmark’s only company prize for diversity in the workplace. In 2003 The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) launched The MIA-prize. MIA is the Danish acronym for “Diversity in the workplace”. The annual prize celebrates Danish private and public companies that through company policies and management […]

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