Four out of five UK employers believe in employing disabled people as a part of their diversity goals, recognizing the talents and skills they bring to the workplace. But many are scared off by politically correct “language of disability.” In a survey recently released by Remploy, researchers have highlighted that there is misunderstanding regarding the […]
A survey conducted by Now Consulting Diva has discovered that approximately half of lesbian and gay workers in the UK do not feel able to reveal their sexuality to all those they work with. The research also found that one in eight lesbians and one in ten gay men are harassed at work.
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 […]
The Yogyakarta Principles on the ‘Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’ were released this month by a group of 29 international human rights experts. Groundbreaking international legal principles on sexual orientation, gender identity, and international law chart a way forward for both the United Nations and governments […]
Singapore and Malaysia. After a couple of days in the city-state of Singapore, the financial metropolis of South East Asia and migrant hub for peoples from neighbouring states as well as a large number of Europeans, we are now on our way north to Malaysia. “Malaysia truly Asia” is this country’s marketing slogan and it […]
The freedom of an estimated one million Sikhs in Europe to visibly practice their faith is a major concern for Sikhs throughout the world. Sikh and human rights representatives from over a dozen countries across the globe took part in a conference to highlight the problem of religious freedoms.
Across Europe racist incidents among young people are on the rise. According to Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, school is the place to make or break our efforts to stop this trend. The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has published a Recommendation comprising a list of measures which are […]
Traditionally bullying and harassment have been associated with disability, race and gender, among others. However the setting of unreasonable and unrealistic targets can also be construed as bullying or harassment; the abuse of power at the expense of an individual.
A Danish study, supported by the Integration Ministry, has found that many immigrants in the workplace have problems interpreting the less concrete communication forms used by their Danish colleagues. Danish workplace culture is often difficult for employees of foreign background to understand, and their unknowing failure to follow accepted behaviours can discourage them. The study […]
With the support of China, Russia and Cuba, Moslem and Arab states pushed through a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council urging a global prohibition on the public defamation of religion. The Council expresses “deep concern at attempts to identify Islam with terrorism, violence and human rights violations.
