Der Westdeutsche Rundfunk verstärkt seine Bemühungen um Vielfalt im Unternehmen – seit Monaten sucht der WDR in großformatigen Zeitungsanzeigen ausdrücklich nach freien Mitarbeitern mit Migrationshintergrund. Auf diese Weise soll die WDR-Belegschaft bunter und vielfältiger werden. Das Angebot ist eine Chance an freie Journalisten, denn der WDR gilt üblicherweise als äußerst kompliziert bei der Aufnahme von […]
Die 68er erobern das Netz: Auf Iquarius.de gestaltet die Generation „FünfzigPlus” ihren Ruhestand und findet beispielsweise Freizeitpartner für Sport und Kultur. Sogar Mitbewohner für die Wohngemeinschaft im Alter können über das soziale Online-Netzwerk gesucht werden. Die Community ist einem Mehrgenerationenhaus nachempfunden, in dem die Bewohner gemeinsame Aktivitäten wie Freizeittreffs, Sportgruppen oder Reisen planen.
Stockholm’s most prestigious department store, Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), has had to remove a set of black ragdolls from Christmas window display after receiving a number of complaints from concerned customers. A visit to NK’s Christmas displays has been a part of Stockholmers’ staple holiday traditions ever since 1915. This year’s theme was “A dream Christmas”.
The British Council, in partnership with ORC Worldwide, is planning a one-day conference addressing the challenges of mainstreaming diversity in a global environment. This special event will bring together leaders and practitioners from organisations around the world to discuss the challenges impacting the equality and diversity agenda in international organizations.
Seven years after the first meeting of heads of state and government from the European Union and Africa, in Cairo, the II EU-Africa Summit was held in Lisbon on 8 and 9 December, where representatives from the 80 countries that comprise this partnership, as well as heads of the regional institutions from both continents were […]
“The Conference Board” organised a WebCast about “Aligning Diversity and Business Strategy” on December 5th 2007. Michael Stuber, founder of European Diversity Research & Consulting presented how to design international Diversity strategies.
From 30 September to 7 October 2007 around 300 young people came together to join the University on Youth and Development in Malaga, Spain. The University takes place once a year bringing together representatives of youth organisations and youth movement from all over the world who gather to discuss, train and be trained as well […]
Many people have negative perceptions about ageing. To dispel negativity around ageing and to emphasis the positive aspects that ageing holds for older people, the positive ageing week was celebrated in Ireland at the beginning of this month. This year over 400 events took place across the country and spread even into Northern Ireland trough […]
Recent activities of far-Right groups targeting the building of mosques in the UK mirror events elsewhere in Europe. At the beginning of 2007, the European extreme Right formed a new bloc in the European parliament called Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty (ITS) to protect ‘Christian values’ and ‘Europe’s traditional heritage’.
This year, The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) launched a new annual awards programme. The awards ceremony, in October 2007, highlighted the innovative ways employers are tackling age discrimination in the workplace. In the six months since the award programme was launched, over 45 different policies and age initiatives were entered.
