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2. October 2006 || by Michael Stuber || Editorial, HR ||
Erschienen in Newsletter „Gleichstellung Online“, Dashöfer 9/2006Ein groĂźer Teil der FĂĽhrungskräfte in der Privatwirtschaft lebt in partnerschaftlichen Familienfor-men, verheiratet oder unverheiratet. Diese Partnerschaften gestalten sich allerdings bei Frauen und Männern ganz unterschiedlich: Die Partnerinnen von Männern in FĂĽhrungspositionen sind mehr-heitlich nicht erwerbstätig oder haben eine Teilzeitbeschäftigung. Bisher gilt noch immer: Kinder stellen fĂĽr erwerbstätige MĂĽtter […]
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27. September 2006 || by News Desk || HR, Newsletter ||
Iranian women’s rights activists are initiating a wide campaign demanding an end to legal discrimination against women in Iranian law. The Campaign aims to collect one million signatures to demand changes to discriminatory laws against women and is a follow-up effort to the peaceful protest of the same aim, which took place a few weeks […]
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27. September 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
Ten years after reaching a cooperation agreement, IOM and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, have endorsed an updated agreement to address current global challenges on migration issues. The agreement particularly focuses on promoting the human rights of migrants and on combating sexual violence, with special emphasis on migrant girls and women.
Tags: age, english, ethnicity origin race, gender
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27. September 2006 || by News Desk || D&I in the Media, Newsletter ||
The Pakistani parliament will consider and likely approve a bill that would ease overly strict restrictions applied under Islamic law that make it nearly impossible to prove a woman has been raped. Under the Hadood Ordinance, developed by the former dictator Gen. Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq in 1979, rape victims are convicted of adultery unless they have […]
Tags: english, gender, religion beliefs
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27. September 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
On 16 August, a Czech district court started dealing with what is probably the first complaint of gender discrimination in the Czech labour market. Filed by economist Marie Causevicova, 51, against her employer, the Prazska teplarenska heating utility company. She accused the company of
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27. September 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
According to data released in late July by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women do 63 percent of household work. While women dedicate an average of almost 16 hours per week to household tasks such as cleaning and preparing food, men’s contributions add up to less than ten hours weekly.
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18. September 2006 || by News Desk || Marketing, Newsletter ||
Wenn man einem Spot des Telekommunikationsanbieters “O2” glauben darf, mĂĽssen Frauen die Genion-Flatrate lieben, so wie Veronica Ferres. Sie telefoniert morgens imBademantel nach dem Aufstehen, mittags in Freizeitkleidung und abends vorm Dinner im Ballkleid.
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24. August 2006 || by News Desk || D&I in the Media, Newsletter ||
Romano Prodi’s victory in the Italian elections a few moths ago is a positive step in the acceptance of Italian gay, lesbian, and transgender population. The Prodi-led centre-left coalition included five lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people elected as members of the Italian parliament. In this case,
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24. August 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
Addressing an audience of senior executives from all over Europe at the second annual “Women in Leadership” conference held this year in Geneva on 17 and 18 June, Niall Fitzgerald, KBE, Chairman of Unilever and Vice-Chairman of The Conference Board, referred to a study completed 25 years ago which listed several feminine qualities that served […]
Tags: english, gender, research
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24. August 2006 || by News Desk || HR, Newsletter ||
Age discrimination is not only widespread in the workplace, but is shot through with inconsistencies. That showed a survey of more than 2,600 managers and personnel professionals commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Six in ten managers reported being a victim of age discrimination
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