The European Commission reports each year on developments towards gender equality in the EU Member States and presents future challenges and priorities. This year, there is a positive trend towards a more gender-equal society and labour market, yet gender inequalities persist, mainly to the disadvantage of women. The current economic crisis has raised
Deutsche Telekom has recently set a 30% female management quota, spurring a national and international debate over the most effective approaches to get more women into the executive suite and thus making the most of gender diversity in an organisation. The supporters of this move argue that
Deloitte’s award-winning Women’s Initiative (WIN) has been recognised for innovative, effective and measurable initiatives to advance women in the workplace. ‘Living the Lattice’ represents the innovation of Deloitte’s WIN programme, and includes Mass Career Customization, a model that enables all Deloitte professionals to dial up and dial down their careers to fit their needs at […]
April 22nd marked Girls Day 2010 in various European countries and over 150,000 placements were offered to young women to spend a day in the workplaces of non-stereotypical female jobs. In the Netherlands, over 2600 girls and 100 companies participated this year. Companies such as Shell, Corus, IBM, Philips, Merck, Unilever, and the Royal Navy […]
Women who choose to adopt their husbands’ surnames may be penalized in the job market, a new study from the Netherlands suggests. The authors did several experiments involving university students’ perceptions of hypothetical women — imaginary women who were described identically, except for their marital status and decision to keep or change their surnames. Results […]
Unternehmensvertreter und ExpertInnen tauschten sich auf der Veranstaltung „Betriebswirtschaftlicher Nutzen kultureller Vielfalt“ über das Potenzial von Arbeitskräften mit Migrationshintergrund für den Absatz- und Arbeitsmarkt aus. Geladen hatten die Projektvertreter von „BIRKE“ und „ILT“ im Namen der Handwerkskammer der Region Aachen. In den Geschäftsräumen der Vereinigten Unternehmensverbände referierte Unternehmensberater Michael Stuber am 27. April 2010 über […]
From March 11th-12th 2010, the WLDS-EU High Level International Summit was held in Vienna, Austria. The WDLS-EU is bringing together global diversity thought leaders, policymakers, corporate practitioners, NGOs, and civil society players to share their experiences, research findings, strategies and best practices on global diversity and inclusion by the year 2020.
Many disabilities are not immediately apparent. For example, 10 million people are covered by the UK’s Disability Discrimination Act, but fewer than 5,000 blind and partially sighted British people own guide dogs. The line manager guide ‘Non-visible disabilities’, enables managers to make reasonable adjustments for employees whose disabilities are not immediately apparent. It helps managers […]
The first findings from Eurofound’s European Company Survey (ECS) have been released with the publication of a résumé, The European Company Survey – First Findings, in Stockholm on 15 December. The survey finds that 56% of companies in the EU27 – substantially more than was the case four years ago –
The Women’s Leadership Fund, created by Naissance Capital, invests in companies having a greater than average number of women in key roles, which research has shown to generally outperform in the market. The eight-member board of the new fund encompasses seven top career women from around the world, including Cherie Blair, prominent lawyer and wife […]
