In January this year Europe’s first gay nursing home opened in Berlin. The groundbreaking project culminates years of planning, fund-raising and public campaigning. Berlin’s mayor, Klaus Wowereit, has backed the project from its beginnings. The four-floor facility is built to accommodate 28 residents in its high-tech rooms with private bathrooms.
Manchmal reichen auch einfachste Mittel aus, um eine innovative Botschaft sympathisch zu transportieren – aktuelles Beispiel: Die Kampagne der Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft VER.DI für Vätermonate. Um die familiäre Auszeit für Väter darzustellen, ließ die Gewerkschaft einen kleinen Comicfilm zeichnen. Darin tritt ein gestresster Mann mit Krawatte ins Bild. Erst, als die Tür hinter ihm zufällt, ist der […]
Deutsche Universitäten wollen exzellent sein und wettbewerbsfähig bleiben – dass dafür unterschiedliche und vielfältige Beschäftigte nötig sind, hat die Rheinisch-Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Aaachen erkannt. Die RWTH Aachen hat im Rahmen der Exzellenz-Maßnahme „Mobilising People“ nun eine Stabsstelle „Integration Team – Human Resources, Gender and Diversity Management“ eingerichtet, die ein Personal- und Organisationsentwicklungskonzept umsetzen soll, das Gender […]
“Es taugen doch nur Männer als echte Symbole“er kann die Massen erreichen und motivieren? Wer taugt als Vorbild, oder gar als (unerreichbares) Idol? Da in Deutschland Eliten verpönt sind, hält Hilde B. aus W. Ausschau nach volksnahen Ersatzikonen.Fündig wird sie in der Volksmusik, imVolkssport, auf Volksbühnen und neuerdings in Volks-TV-Shows.
The 2008 Global Summit of Women explores two of the major forces that will impact the 21st century global marketplace – Women and the Asia-Pacific economies. What women can do to access those markets and what we can learn from the women business leaders from the region will form the frame of this global gathering.
A recent survey conducted by the Ethnic Minority Foundation found out that almost nine in 10 recent university graduates have experienced some kind of discrimination at work. The findings of the report were also supported by another survey, this time conducted by Milkround.com, which interviewed 200 graduates and found that 86% had faced some form […]
More than half the women in the world live in countries that have made no progress in gender equity in recent years. This is the main conclusion of the Social Watch 2008 Gender Equity Index (GEI) which, for the first time, shows recent evolution and trends in bridging the gap between men and women in […]
The main objective of this project (which recently received several best practice awards for its equality project KLARA) is to develop a European society of equal chances for both genders, using a network of 42 member associations. The project investigates on how women perceive the EU, in particular in the fields of gender equality and […]
The Hampshire police force is committed to welcoming and supporting employees from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. It was awarded for its gay friendly policies and procedures as well as staff support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) police officers and staff by the Hampshire LGBT Resource Group (LGBTRG) which includes […]
Saudi retail banks have set up segregated branches “Ladies’ banks” only women can enter in order to circumvent the “unwritten” law which prevents women from making business with unrelated men. The facilities give women the possibility to manage their finances independently of interfering fathers, brothers or husbands.
