Viele innovative Konzepte zur besseren Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Berufsleben konnten am 29. Mai bestaunt werden. Bundesfamilienministerin Ursula von der Leyen zeichnete die Gewinner und Gewinnerinnen des Unternehmenswettbewerbs „Erfolgsfaktor Familie 2008“ in Berlin aus. Über 500 Unternehmen und Institutionen hatten sich beteiligt.
Deutsche Universitäten wollen exzellent sein und wettbewerbsfähig bleiben – dass dafür unterschiedliche und vielfältige Beschäftigte nötig sind, hat die Rheinisch-Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Aaachen erkannt. Die RWTH Aachen hat im Rahmen der Exzellenz-Maßnahme „Mobilising People“ nun eine Stabsstelle „Integration Team – Human Resources, Gender and Diversity Management“ eingerichtet, die ein Personal- und Organisationsentwicklungskonzept umsetzen soll, das Gender […]
Wer mit dem Druckerhersteller Hewlett-Packard (HP) Geschäfte machen will, sollte den Begriff „Soziale und ökologische Verantwortung“ nicht als Fremdwörter abtun. Denn der Konzern will verbindliche Kriterien von seinen Zulieferern einfordern. Und die unternehmerische Verantwortung für Soziales und die Umwelt zählt dazu.Eine Absprache mit den externen Zuliefern ist nötig: Mehr als 95 Prozent der Materialien, aus […]
In May, several Roma settlements near Naples were attacked and set on fire by residents from neighbouring communities following reports of a Roma teenager allegedly having attempted to kidnap a child. Hundreds of Roma are reported to have fled their settlements for fear of further attacks or have been relocated by the authorities for security […]
The 2008 Global Summit of Women explores two of the major forces that will impact the 21st century global marketplace – 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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In 2008, the ‘For Diversity. Against Discrimination’ campaign will continue to raise awareness of discrimination and the legislation which exists to combat it, as well as to promote the benefits of Diversity across the EU. The popular ‘For Diversity. Against Discrimination’ Truck returns in 2008. The tour, set to launch in June, will visit ten […]
