In the past years, a significant move has been made towards having more women in management and on executive boards. Female CEOs or company presidents, however, are still a very rare exception. One of the few examples is the current president of SEB Group (Sweden), Annika Falkengren; she has been in this position since 2005. […]
While The Washington Post informs its readers about “What men can learn from women about leadership in the 21st century”, the International Herald Tribune published a special report about “German women boxed out of work”. With colourful pictures of traditional family models and detailed information about what goes wrong in Germany so that the share […]
There is progress in the area of work-life-integration, says a current study of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), but the distribution of an effective balance between work and private life remains unequal across the two genders. The pan-European research reveals that women continue to be the main stakeholders for raising children in most […]
The latest survey by Forbes Insight “Global Diversity and Inclusion – Fostering Innovation through a Diverse Workforce” proved once more, that Diversity is a key driver of innovation and crucial for global success. 85 percent of the about 320 surveyed executives from the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA agreed that a diverse and inclusive workforce is […]
After a long history of programs promoting diversity in the US, President Obama recently issued an executive order to increase workforce diversity in th Public Sector, thus sending another strong message about his commitment to Diversity. Government agencies are now required to develop plans for reaching specific goals aligned to the executive order. Although not […]
The improvement of equality between men and women has become a top priority for many governments around the world. To assess the situation of women in terms of discrimination in Portugal, the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights prepared a shadow report for the 42nd Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women […]
The ongoing and increasing war for top talents serves as one of the main impetuses for pro-active D&I programmes. While targeted campaigns for women have become common, more comprehensive approaches are yet to be developed.
Whenever a company starts to take its D&I activities outside its ‘home’ country, a number of new complexities are added to the already existing challenges. The recurring key question in that situation is: How much standards can the global corporate heaquarter set for international units, and how much freedom in adapting or tailoring should it […]
It is still a widespread assumption in some cultures – and quite a few companies – that a person’s sexual orientation does not matter at work and therefore shouldn’t be actively adressed by diversity programmes. Experts, however, know that this resistance typically refers only to non-straight identities as heterosexuality is being made visible and audible […]
Stereotypes and role models typically begin to be forged starting with early childhood. In their fight against gender stereotypes and traditional roles of men and women, the Sodermalm district of Stockholm has recently taken quite a radical new step: to foster the equality between the sexes, it funded the Egalia pre-school for children up to […]
