The city of Cologne, Germany, has voted to allow the construction of one of the largest mosques in Germany, a project which has prompted a rash of disputes among Cologne city leaders and inhabitants. With Cologne’s history as a capital of Christendom during the Holy Roman Empire, extreme right-winged parties, xenophobes and individuals have attempted […]
After seven years in the making and two postponements, the 42 organisations from 14 Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states have come to a conclusion for the women of Southern Africa. At a summit held over the weekend of August 16th, a long-delayed gender protocol was signed that calls for 50% representation by women […]
With an understanding that creating an inclusive workplace is central to winning the war for talent, LGBT programs such as Ernst & Young’s are the latest frontier in diversity policies. Their international LGBT network, called ‘bEYond’, holds regular get-togethers, represents the firm at outside events focusing on the LGBT community and matches up LGBT employees […]
The government of Malta in collaboration with Microsoft Malta Ltd, is offering the women of Malta an offer that they can not refuse. With a calculated six of every 10 Maltese women being inactive, the Smart Women programme provides free training in ICT at different levels and in different specialisations.
The Labour Force Survey 2007 has reported an increase in employment rate within the EU27. Between 2000 and 2007, studies show that employment rates have risen across all demographic groups. Within the 3.3% employment rate increase for people aged 15-64, 58.3% of women in the EU are now working, compared to
This month in Brussels, the first ever Roma Summit gathered in the light of the controversial approval of Italy’s Roma fingerprinting scheme. The often overlooked Roma community now represents one of the largest ethnic minorities in the EU and faces persistent discrimination through stereotypes and prejudices.
Personal opinions on Diversity at work can now be publicly addressed on the company website. Companies like Accenture and PricewaterhouseCoopers have integrated corporate blogging portals that cover subjects such as ‘The Gender Agenda’ and ‘Work/Life Balance’.
On September 15th, Goldman Sachs announced their continued $100 million commitment to CSR. Over the next 5 years, the $100 million will be utilized for 10,000 Women, a program to support partnerships between universities and development organizations to provide women in underserved areas around the world with a business and management education.
Although the Olympic games in Beijing ended almost a month ago, the Paralympics drew to a close just last week with great success. With almost 4000 athletics from 150 different countries, the Paralympics were a show of astounding athletic abilities and attracted millions of viewers.
Since January 2008, over 1,500 pupils and teachers from 24 European countries worked in intercultural, cross-border teams to create joint projects. Partnerships from Slovenia to Malta, Lithuania to Finland and Czech Republic to Luxemburg, produced stories, poems, dictionaries, films, and performances to present in a two-day programme in May held in Graz, Austria.
