In the city of Herat, Western Afghanistan, the International Womenâs Day 2013 was celebrated by a film festival with films from female directors or with gender themes. The film festival continued for 2 days (7th to 9th of March) during which 30 films were shown. The topics of the films also covered
More than 100 people from all over Europe will participate in the conference âFree Kick For Equality! Moving to the next step in Combating racism and homophobia in sports togetherâ to be held in Bratislava, 26-28 of April. The conference is part of the framework of the European Commissionâs co-funded project âFootball for Equalityâ.
Recent developments in West Bank are quite alarming. After a series of complaints by Jewish settlers about Palestinians being a security risk while using public transportation such as buses, the Transportation Ministry bowed to the pressure of the Mayor of Ariel, Ron Nahman: Since 4th of March 2013 the Afkim bus company has started to […]
Despite strong moves on LGBT equality in society and politics (c.f. above) homosexuality is still a taboo in the corporate world. Especially in management positions, a strong culture of heterosexual assumption prevails and is actively maintained through implicit dynamics. Gay executives choose not to come out of the closet as they fear of loss of […]
Das neue MĂ€nnerbild des Alleskönners: betont lĂ€ssig und dabei ĂŒberlegen, latent ungepflegt und dabei sexy, maskuliner Vollbart und dabei emanzipiert. Auch Wodka, der bekanntlich nur etwas fĂŒr âechte Kerleâ ist, muss â oder möchte â den Spagat machen. Die Marke âThreeSixtyâ bringt das neue Sowohl-als-auch in PlakatgröĂe auf Punkt.
A new anti-discrimination practices database will be launched in November 2012 by the Dutch knowledge centre on discrimination Art.1. The new tool, which was realised in co-operation with MOVISIE, offers an overview and concise information on various anti-discrimination practices in the Netherlands aimed at combating discrimination and/or the promotion of equal treatment. The practices have […]
Why is there only one woman who won the Palme dâOr in the entire history of the Cannes film festival? Is it because men are simply âbetterâ in making movies? Probably not. So what could be the reason? Due to an open letter written by a group of French female filmmakers commenting the fact that […]
Due to the ongoing violation of human rights, Turkeyâs potential accession to the EU continues to be controversially discussed across Europe. In the meantime, the European Parliament has therefore recently urged the country to continue its efforts in securing gender equality and womenâs rights.
The ageing of many Western society and the partly related skill shortages have resulted in renewed attention on age diversity, and on older employees more specifically. In this context, lifelong learning for employees of all ages has become a household concept for talent management and personnel development.
In early 2012 a new platform called Artistas Diversos â Diverse Artists â was launched by the European Institute for Managing Diversity. The objective of the platform is to exhibit without any bias, art coming from artists with a disability.
