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.
Companies in France have begun scouring the country’s minority communities for untapped talent, as changing markets make a diverse work force a valuable asset. But beyond the business benefits, the effort could help ease the economic disparities that were a major factor in last year’s nationwide riots. Part of the problem is that affirmative action […]
Die Gemeinde der deutschen Unternehmen, die sich zu einer nachhaltigen Diversity-Strategie bekennen, wächst ständig. Am 21. März 2007 unterzeichnete unter anderem Kraft Foods in Berlin die “Charta der Vielfalt der Unternehmen in Deutschland”. Mit einer ganzen Reihe von Maßnahmen möchte das Unternehmen für Chancengleichheit und ein ausgewogenes Verhältnis zwischen Arbeit und Privatleben sorgen.
Wo hört die freie Entfaltung individueller Identität auf – und wann wirken sich gemeinsame kulturelle Werte als Verhaltensregeln oder-zwänge aus? Auf diese Grundsatz-frage musste sich die Kopftuch diskussion zuspitzen, weil sie jahrzehntelang verdrängt, ignoriert und somit nicht gelöst wurde.
Bildung bietet Chancen –solange man nicht gegen Vorurteile kämpfen muss. Der Artikel von Anne Haeming auf Spiegel Online zeigt, wie ein Kopftuch zur unangepassten Karrierebremse wird. Zum Artikel
A white woman who claims she was racially harassed by “jokes” insulting black people has won the right to take her case to an employment tribunal. Pat Gravell, 45, says that her former employer did nothing to stamp out the racist emails and text messages.
A Danish art group has put up old Nazi propaganda posters in Berlin — sort of. The posters are altered to suggest Germany get rid of the states where support for neo-Nazis is strongest. The Danish art group “Surrend” has launched a new campaign to protest against the election success of the far-right National Democratic […]
