Even the new Pope has recently demonstrated awareness for the need to acknowledge the fact of different sexual orientations existing. But a few powerful anti-gay leaders feel confident enough to position themselves against open societies and equal rights for members of the LGBT community. After demonstrations against gay marriage in France, Putin’s Russia endorsed
It is nearly impossible to be informed about all kinds of anti-discrimination laws and relevant updates in more than 30 European countries at the same time. Thus a quality overview is not only helpful but essential to get a concise yet accurate overview of local specifics and regional similarities. The 16th bi-annual “European Anti-Discrimination Law […]
The work force is aging as baby boomers move toward retirement. By now, one in ten over-65 year olds are still wage-earners. This question has recently been revisited by the Office of National Statistics in the UK (ONS). When they released a report showing that the number of employees older than 65 have reached far […]
Talent shortages are having a high impact on a company’s ability to meet their clients’ needs. One out of five employers in the EMEA region that are in need of additional talent agree with this statement. This is one of the eye-opening results from the 2013 Talent Shortage Survey conducted by the Manpower Group. Especially […]
What do the management boards of the largest Swiss corporations look like – with regard to internationality and gender? Since 2006, this question is answered by the annual Schilling Report which evaluates the composition of executive boards and so-called administrative boards (supervisory boards) of the country’s blue chip firms and other large organisations. A similar […]
For years, Sweden was considered to be a role model of a social state from a Diversity perspective. The government not only provided immense aids for families or young people, it also had a reputation for a very welcoming immigration policy. However,
The “Disability Matters Europe” conference was held in Paris from 12th till 13th of June. The conference, organised by Springboard Consulting, features experts from corporations, academia, government and non-profit sector who share best practices with regard to successfully embarking on the special needs workforce.
In the city of Herat, Western Afghanistan, the International Women’s Day 2013 was celebrated by a film festival with films from female directors or with gender themes. The film festival continued for 2 days (7th to 9th of March) during which 30 films were shown. The topics of the films also covered
More than 100 people from all over Europe will participate in the conference “Free Kick For Equality! Moving to the next step in Combating racism and homophobia in sports together” to be held in Bratislava, 26-28 of April. The conference is part of the framework of the European Commission’s co-funded project “Football for Equality”.
The introduction of the digital TV led to problems for partially sighted and blind people as this technical revolution made watching TV impossible for them: While in the past a combination of hearing, residual sight, and audio description (AD) was used to describe what was shown on-screen, this information nowadays is written on the screen […]
