A report by National Savings and Investment, says that one fourth of women in the UK are expected to be the household’s breadwinner by the year 2030. For the moment, it found that women are increasingly contributing towards the household income and taking control of financial decisions, a dramatic shift from the 1950s.
Air travel will have gotten easier for disabled passengers in the EU with a passing of a new law to protect their rights. It is now categorically illegal to deny an elderly or disabled passenger to fly anywhere within the EU. Next year the law will expand to ensure passengers with reduced mobility not be […]
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) has released a report showing that ethnic and religious minorities face discrimination and disadvantage across European education systems, concluding that the goals of the Lisbon strategy of making the EU more competitive with greater social cohesion and in preparing its citizens for a more diverse Europe are not being […]
The Flemish minister for integration, Marino Keulen, is drafting a “diversity charter” for the catering industry which asks hotels, restaurants and cafĂ©s to openly support a hospitable and diverse society. Establishments that sign the charter are then granted a logo, a label for quality.
Aviva plc (”Aviva”), the international savings, investments and insurance group, has launched its global diversity learning resource, the ”Respect Diversity Toolkit,” an extensive online resource for Aviva’s 1,000 HR managers around the world. The launch was held in association with Diverse Culture and NB Global Diversity Practice, who worked with Aviva to produce the toolkit.
The most effective campaigns to encourage ethical consumption are those that take place at a collective level rather than those that target individual behaviour, a new study finds. The research suggests that ethical consumption is best understood as a political phenomenon rather than simply a market response to consumer demand.
In a poll conducted by Monster, 62 percent of UK businesses were either not diverse or unaware if they were. According to a local Scottish government white paper, minority groups and disabled people are still missing out on job opportunities.
Weil ihr das Kopftuch verboten worden war, hat eine muslimische Sozialpädagogin eine BaskenmĂĽtze getragen. Ein deutsches Gericht hat ihr nun auch diese Kopfbedeckung verboten und eine Abmahnung fĂĽr rechtens erklärt. Das DĂĽsseldorfer Arbeitsgericht urteilte, dass eine BaskenmĂĽtze durchaus als Kopftuch getragen werden könne und deshalb unter das Kopftuchverbot fĂĽr Lehrkräfte falle –
Sobald er in den „Italian Whopper“ gebissen hat, wird aus dem hageren Milchbubi mit dem Poloshirt ein unwiderstehlicher Möchtegern-Gigolo. Energisch hastet er durch die StraĂźen, mit der Hand versucht er ständig, Passantinnen an den Po zu grabschen. „Gigolo wider Willen“ betitelt Burger King seine aktuelle Kampagne. Die Aufforderung am Schluss der Werbung: „Entdecke die italienischen […]
Im kleinen Alpen-Fürstentum „Liechtenstein“ macht die Raiffeisenbank mit einer gelungenen Idee zur Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie auf sich aufmerksam. Eine der Maßnahmen, der auf Diversity und Chancengleichheit spezialisierten internen Fachstelle „Profil“ sind, die Raiffeisen-Familienferienwochen, die dieses Jahr zum zweiten Mal durchgeführt werden.
