Die “Charta der Vielfalt” gewinnt in Deutschland immer mehr Liebhaber. Das Dokument wurde erstmals im Dezember 2006 von DaimlerChrysler, der Deutschen Bank, der Deutschen BP und der Deutschen Telekom gemeinsam mit Staatsministerin Maria Böhmer unterzeichnet.
Ein müdes Lüftchen blies durch den deutschen Blätterwald, als der “European Diversity Truck” in Litauen von geballter Intoleranz gestoppt wurde. Um die litauische Hauptstadt Vilnius wird die EU-Kampagne wohl einen Bogen machen müssen. Einstimmig verweigerte der Stadtrat der für den 25. Mai geplanten Veranstaltung die Genehmigung. In deutschen Kurzmeldungen war zu lesen, dass der mögliche […]
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 […]
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 University of Vienna is hosting the First International Diversity Summer School in July. The five-day event will feature a panel of speakers and issues that touch Diversity experts. Topics are: Diversity in the Context, Diverse Cultures – Diverse Languages, Standards and Quality Assurance of Diversity Management, Diverse Cities/Enterprisese/Project. For more information on the programme […]
Politicians, academics, NGOs and sport federations alike are sounding the alarm over the increase in violence and racism linked with sport events. “In recent years we have seen too much violence, too many manifestations of intolerance and racist and xenophobic acts surrounding football matches. All this is changing one of the most loved and watched […]
In a survey conducted by Personnel Today, workplaces are becoming increasingly ‘lookist’. The growing importance of physical attractiveness has led UK workers to being teased about hair colour, fashion sense and regional accents. Society seems to deem this acceptable behaviour. The survey asked to
Some European members of Parliament have submitted a draft declaration to the European Parliament requiring ISPs to take action against online hate speech. It calls on ISPs to better monitor the content of the sites they host in order to keep hate speech off the web.
