Wenn Jan Eric Hellbusch im Internet surft, ist die brabbelnde Blechstimme seines Computers immer mit dabei. Bewegt er den Cursor per Tastatur ĂĽber eine Grafik, stößt sein Rechner monotone Roboterlaute aus und erklärt, was sich hinter der Bilddatei verbirgt. Jeden Tastendruck erzählt die Stimme penibel genau nach. Wenn die Sprachgeschwindigkeit schnell eingestellt ist, hört sich […]
Wie fĂĽhlen sich Homosexuelle am Arbeitsplatz? Hat sich die Akzeptanz von Schwulen und Lesben in deutschen Unternehmen in den letzten zehn Jahren deutlich verändert? Wie ist es um den Industriestandort Deutschland bestellt, wenn es um Offenheit gegenĂĽber der sexuellen Orientierung der MitarbeiterInnen geht? Vom 1. September bis 31. Oktober 2006 hatte der Kölner Psychologiestudent Dominic […]
A report commissioned by Australian leading enterprises argues a strong business case for the country’s companies to help alleviate poverty in their Asia-Pacific neighbours. By helping overcome poverty in the world’s fastest-growing economic region could improve the long-term bottom line of Australian companies, as well as addressing humanitarian issues; a win-win situation.
A new book surveying emerging national identities in four African cities has recently been published by African Minds, entitled, “Identity in Four African Cities.” The publication underlines that while individual identities have been preserved, these also serve to strengthen the collective identities of burgeoning states on their path to becoming nations.
Since 1990, the annual Global Summit of Women has brought together women leaders in business and government from around the world. This year, the gathering held in Berlin focused on “The Global Marketplace: Opportunities and Challenges” which explored the business opportunities offered women by the global marketplace alongside the challenges it presents to women as […]
European women are less likely to hold legislative or managing positions than their North American and Latin American counterparts, according to a major new released by the International Labour Organization. In the Global Report on Equality at Work 2007 – women representation in these positions, throughout the world, increased to 28.3 percent from 25.5 in […]
Scottish ethnic minority women are at the top of their classes but a new report by Equal Opportunities Commission for Scotland says that the impact of “racism sexism, Islamophobia and stereotyping” discourages these women from applying for jobs and getting promotions.
Together with the Hungarian Equality Authority, the campaign, “For Diversity. Against Discrimination,” organised a workshop to help fight discrimination in the country. In a full day training course, participants from NGOs were taught new methods for auditing recruitment practices of Hungarian companies.
A London Metropolitan University professor is developing a test intended to reveal negative associations that potential employees could have toward ethnic groups. In the test, applicants have to put images of black and white faces into positive and negative categories by quickly using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
The European Stability Initiative (ESI) launched a report on gender equality in Turkey last week. The report, “Sex and power in Turkey” claims that gender equality in Turkey is largely a popular myth. The country scores poorly in global league tables on gender equality.
