An exploratory study commissioned by the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) found an increasing rate of patents granted to women from 1975 to 2010. The most recent trend was marked by an incredible 35% increase from 2009 to 2010. In 2008, a total of 16,321 patents had been granted to women growing to 17,061 in […]
Work organisations are a result of the division of labour. Nevertheless, many stakeholders have difficulties getting the heads around part-time work, especially in management. Job sharing might therefore be a smooth inroad to introduce effective work models for the future workforce, the future economy and the future as a whole.
Several GLBT rankings in various world regions or countries celebrate new or rotating leaders in their field every year. But do the top lists mean that gay men and lesbians have achieved equal opportunities and that they are considered a valuable part of everyday business reality? A new Harvard study puts some dark clouds next […]
If the law mandated companies to provide day care, fathers and mothers might find it easier to bridge gaps in their childcare arrangements or to worry about regular care at all. An example from the Middle East shows that legal regulations are not enough and what grass root efforts can contribute to make it happen […]
Tools to support the navigation of work and private life have become household components in international D&I over the past two decades. Large surveys (e.g. WLPS), however, clearly showed a gap in the utilisation rates by gender, with men consistently showing less interest in work/life-programmes than women. This seems paradoxical as recent studies reveal an […]
Stand-alone Diversity initiatives have become difficult to justify in recent years. Instead, business was expected to own D&I, to lead the change process and to mainstream Diversity and Inclusiveness into their way of doing business. But what could Diversity practitioners offer to the business to assist the ‘embedding’ approach? Depending on their involvement, managers will […]
After 15 years of European Diversity models, many wonder what organisations have achieved in D&I and where they are heading. With the significant expansion of the number of diversity programmes, the immense renewed public attention and also with many new stakeholders involved, the dynamics in the field have changed significantly. The multitude of influences and […]
A report in Saudi Arabia has warned that if Saudi women were given the right to drive, it would spell the end of virginity in the country. The report contains graphic warnings that letting women drive would increase prostitution, pornography, homosexuality and divorce.
France and Spain rank best in the latest Corporate Women Directors International study of women directors in Fortune Global 200 companies, the biggest in the world, regarding the progress on female top managers. The new report, presented in November 2011 at the Worldbank, ranks France first for the fastest rate of increase, as it moved […]
Germanys blue chips presented their self-commited objectives for increasing the share of women in management at a summit meeting of the DAX 30 with the federal ministers Kristina Schröder, Ursula von der Leyen, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and Philipp Rösler. As expected, the individual ambitions vary greatly. However, the Media were barely interested in the public commitments.
