Knowing that the main focus of gender diversity within the workplace is on women, National Grid in partnership with Opportunity Now sponsored an event called ‘Focus on Fathers’. The aim is to make the workplace a diverse place that offers flexible/agile working with equal pay a core organisational offering, not just to women.
ILGA has, for the third year, provided a comprehensive overview of findings from a global survey of a state sponsored homophobia. With detailed descriptions of specific legislation for each country that does not allow same-sex rights, this report serves as a reference tool to understand the global opinions of same-sex relations. In the past 5 […]
Organisations are exploring the needs and perspectives of Generation Y to understand how they can be managed. This generation has grown up with technology, they are completely comfortable with technology and technology has shaped their interactional patterns. Another characteristic of this generation is constant reflection on the relationship between self, work and life. This reflective […]
Diversity can be an economic added value for companies and for cities too – if it is effetively organised. The potential principle of diversity offers a pragmatic system, by means of which organisations can consciously deploy differences as resources. This may, however, require radical rethinking on the part of those involved. read more
Ten students from Moerser Secondary School at Jungbornpark will be flying this June to Turkey. This is not a class vacation, but is an opportunity for these students to work together on the international project, “”Living with our and others’ religions, together in diversity”. This large school project allows students the chance to be introduced […]
According to Catalyst’s newest report, ‘Building LGBT-Inclusive Workplaces: Engaging Organizations and Individuals in Change’, LGBT employees face workplace barriers that limit career advancement and, therefore, restrict potential contributions to organizational success. The study finds that a lack of awareness, which may cause other employees to rely on stereotypes, can lead to a hostile work environment […]
At Cisco France, Vice-president of European Markets & General Manager, Laurent Blanchard sets Gender Diversity as one of his top five management priorities. Advancing the number of women at senior levels and increasing the company’s ability to attract women candidates is necessary to grow Cisco’s business in the way that it needs he would like […]
In this comprehensive integration policy report, the current integration efforts in the United States and European Union are explored and compared to produce recommendations for effective cross-learning. How coming demographic changes are handled is hugely important. Poor integration comes with security implications. Preventing alienation, resentment, and potential backlash from socially excluded immigrant and minority groups […]
April 23 marked Girl’s Day this year in Germany. This day is set aside every year to encourage young women to explore technical and scientific jobs in the market place. This innovative, nation-wide scheme was set up in 2001 with German federal government support to stimulate the interest of girls in jobs normally dominated by […]
The new European Mentoring Programme at the McGraw Hill Companies is being spear-headed by a group of volunteers from the company’s Women’s Initiative for Networking and Success (WINS) Employee Resource Group. The programme pairs 22 talented female employees with 22 female leaders from within the McGraw-Hill Companies.
