In a lawsuit a division of the largest cosmetic company in the world, L’Oréal, has been found guilty of racial discrimination after seeking to exclude non-white women from hostess jobs in 2000. L’Oréal’s subsidiary Garnier and the involved agency were sentenced to pay 30.000 Euro.
Ford GLOBE, das „Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees“ – Netzwerk der Ford-Werke GmbH ist mit dem Zivilcourage-Preis 2007 des Berliner Christopher Street Day ausgezeichnet worden. Die Laudatorin Claudia Roth, Bundesvorsitzende von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, lobte Ford GLOBE für seine Bemühungen zur Integration und Wertschätzung schwuler, lesbischer und bisexueller MitarbeiterInnen.
Immer mehr junge Väter nehmen Babypause. Die Zahl der Väter in Elternzeit hat sich seit Anfang des Jahres verdoppelt. „Es gibt einen Anstieg von 3,5 auf sieben Prozent der Väter“, sagte Bundesfamilienministerin Ursula von der Leyen (CDU). In den ersten drei Monaten seit Einrichtung des Elterngeldes sind laut Statistischem Bundesamt rund 60.000 Anträge auf Elterngeld […]
Since 1990, the annual Global Summit of Women has brought together women leaders in business and government from around the world. This year, the gathering held in Berlin focused on “The Global Marketplace: Opportunities and Challenges” which explored the business opportunities offered women by the global marketplace alongside the challenges it presents to women as […]
European women are less likely to hold legislative or managing positions than their North American and Latin American counterparts, according to a major new released by the International Labour Organization. In the Global Report on Equality at Work 2007 – women representation in these positions, throughout the world, increased to 28.3 percent from 25.5 in […]
Scottish ethnic minority women are at the top of their classes but a new report by Equal Opportunities Commission for Scotland says that the impact of “racism sexism, Islamophobia and stereotyping” discourages these women from applying for jobs and getting promotions.
The European Stability Initiative (ESI) launched a report on gender equality in Turkey last week. The report, “Sex and power in Turkey” claims that gender equality in Turkey is largely a popular myth. The country scores poorly in global league tables on gender equality.
While equality between genders is increasing in the gulf, some countries are recording setbacks. Last month legislation in the United Arab Emirates was paving the way for flexible working, precisely to allow women to pursue careers and retain their traditionally family roles.
The Law of Equality passed last year is not the sole motivator towards the trend of flexible working. An increasing amount of Spanish companies value this tool as a means of holding on to valuable staff. The list of initiatives is growing and they are becoming more sophisticated, from physiotherapy to gym memberships to help […]
From this year on Norwegian law requires publicly listed corporations to have at least 40 percent women on their boards of directors. The legislation was actually introduced in 2003, but gave companies five years to bring more women onto their boards with a January 1, 2008 deadline. According to the law, companies that failed to […]
