In the beginning of December, gays and lesbians in the United Kingdom celebrated the first anniversary of the “Civil Partnership Act”. For one year, same-sex couples in the U.K. have rights and responsibilities identical to those granted in any civil marriage. They have a range of property rights, the same exemption as married couples on […]
The European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) has presented its Annual Report 2006. The report looked at racial discrimination and racist crime data and found out that migrants and ethnic minorities remain discriminated against across the EU in employment, education and housing. However,
Felix Wittig, head of communications at Ungleich Besser Diversity Consulting, is experiencing the world’s diversity for himself during a six-month around-the-world sabbatical. Every month, he shares his experiences with EMEA Diversity readers.
Al Jazeera, a well-known Arabic-language news network operating from Doha (Quatar), has started an English-speaking programme in mid-November. The news channel first gained international attention after the September 11 terrorist attacks because they broadcasted videos of Osama bin Laden.
Ireland, often described as the most globalised country in the world, now has it’s own magazine concerning Irish Migration, Race and Social Transformation Review. The journal, named “translocations”, has gone online at <http://www.imrstr.dcu.ie/firstissue/> The journal aims to provide a platform through which to develop research and discussion on migration, it also informs about ‘race’, integration […]
According to a recent newspaper article, immigrants play a major role in boosting the Greece’s economic growth. Statistics from the Bank of Greece revealed that the migrants’ collective annual consumption exceeds 2 billion Euros which is about the same as for native Greeks. Furthermore, immigrants account for 12 percent of contributors to the country’s largest […]
According to a recent study by The World Economic Forum, men and women are less equal in Switzerland, France and Italy than in countries like Jamaica, Sri Lanka or South Africa. Focussing on female chances in economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment and health, the WEF ranked Switzerland 25th, France 70th and Italy […]
Sweden democrat leaders in the city council of Malmö have proposed to pay immigrants if they leave the country. The party has proposed a range of policies to clamp down on immigrants in the Skåne region, including a total ban on immigration and a stop to publicly funded integration programmes.
After former British foreign secretary Jack Straw revealed that he asked female constituents to remove the niqab during interviews with him, a heated debate was started in Great Britain about a possible ban of the veil in public – a similar law has been created by the Dutch Government before.
ClientLogic, a leading global business process outsourcing (BPO) provider in the customer care and back office processing industries, has been awarded with the “Frost & Sullivan Customer Service Leadership Award” for having developed its own EMEA Resource Optimisation Centre (EROC) and for its ability to expand customer and employee relationships beyond conventional industry norms.
