It was the first municipal election in 36 years in Hebron, and this is not the only remarkable fact. For the first time ever, a list of eleven women, with a number of different backgrounds including journalism, engineering or business ran for the City Parliament of the Western Bank Town.
The French government will present legislation on the legalisation of gay marriage these days, the office of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault proclaimed. According to a spokesman the bill on ‘marriage for all’ would change the definition of marriage in the civil code from the union of ‘a man and a woman’ to the union of […]
A new anti-discrimination practices database will be launched in November 2012 by the Dutch knowledge centre on discrimination Art.1. The new tool, which was realised in co-operation with MOVISIE, offers an overview and concise information on various anti-discrimination practices in the Netherlands aimed at combating discrimination and/or the promotion of equal treatment. The practices have […]
In the UK the coalition government introduced two important measures to fight ageism. The Default Retirement Age (DRA) will be scrapped from October 2011 so that no forced retirements will be able to take place after 5 October 2012 (at the very latest).
Over the last years people with a disability have experienced many improvements in their everyday life and regarding their inclusion. Maybe surprisingly, they have to cope, however, with almost unnoticed barriers in a fast-developing hi-tech area: social networking.
The attention on ‘women in management’ never decreased since Norway had introduced female quota for supervisory boards. Two current publications look at the issue but not from a pure numbers perspective: The public opinion of European Union citizens and an empirical analysis of gender-specific barriers for women to be selected for director positions.
Due to the ongoing violation of human rights, Turkey’s potential accession to the EU continues to be controversially discussed across Europe. In the meantime, the European Parliament has therefore recently urged the country to continue its efforts in securing gender equality and women’s rights.
The Interior Ministry of Spain has set an example against the indiscriminate stopping of ‘foreign-looking people’. The ministry sent an internal appeal to law enforcement bodies stating that random people who seem to have foreign origins should not be suspected of being illegal immigrants. In the past,
Beyond the micro-economic business case for mixed teams, an increasing amount of studies have looked into the macro-economic effects of Diversity and equality on a country’s welfare. The new Global Talent Index shows that leading on diversity may well also mean a country leads on talent.
Reacting to the announcement that Robert Zoellick is stepping down as World Bank President, a global coalition of campaigners has called for an open and merit-based process to elect the next World Bank leader, and for developing countries to determine the selection. Diversity aspects have been included in the discussion, which may or may not […]
