Deafness is the most common form of disability in France, affecting 8% of the population (5 million people). Deaf people mainly communicate using sign language and therefore use different syntax which makes it difficult to use tools that are not adapted for them.
Die Bereitschaft, Menschen mit einer Behinderung zu beschäftigen, ist vielerorts noch immer nicht besonders stark ausgeprägt. Zwei Projekte aus der Modebranche gehen mit guten Beispiel voran und bieten Perspektiven für Menschen mit einer Behinderung.
After seven years in the making and two postponements, the 42 organisations from 14 Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states have come to a conclusion for the women of Southern Africa. At a summit held over the weekend of August 16th, a long-delayed gender protocol was signed that calls for 50% representation by women […]
Although the Olympic games in Beijing ended almost a month ago, the Paralympics drew to a close just last week with great success. With almost 4000 athletics from 150 different countries, the Paralympics were a show of astounding athletic abilities and attracted millions of viewers.
Despite the global financial crisis and the perspective of lower revenues, software giant Microsoft is still committing 5 million Euros for diversity and sustainability. The company revealed that both financial and software resources would be delivered to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across Europe, which would be focused on community skills training projects.
Total is now providing assistance at its gas stations to customers with mobility restrictions. At over 1000 gas stations, signs are available with a number for telephone assistance for all customers requiring assistance. The initiative, with the slogan “We’re glad to help” is available throughout Germany.
TOTAL verschafft Kunden mit Mobilitätseinschränkungen Hilfe an seinen Tankstellen. An den über 1000 Zapfsäulen des Unternehmens werden Plaketten mit Telefonnummern angebracht, unter denen Menschen mit Behinderungen Unterstützung beim Tanken anfordern können. Die Aktion läuft unter dem Motto „Wir helfen gern“. Karin Evers-Meyer, Beauftragte der Bundesre-gierung für die Belange behinderter Menschen, brachte die erste Plakette an […]
Die Stadt Köln veranstaltet in diesem Jahr zum ersten Mal den Wettbewerb „Vielfalt gewinnt“. Unternehmen, die die Vielfalt ihrer MitarbeiterInnen auf vorbildliche Art fördern und nutzen, werden mit einem Preis ausgezeichnet und öffentlichkeitswirksam präsentiert.
In his quite thorough book, Scott Page opens up the term ‘diversity’ into concepts and perspectives and interprets them through the eyes of modern society, human philosophy and history. This book began as an effort to explain to members of academia, major corporations, and whomever else was reading, that
The BBC has launched a new recruitment drive to increase diversity in its newsrooms across the UK. Working journalists with disabilities and from different social and ethnic backgrounds will be targeted by the initiative, which aims to create a talent pool of potential recruits for the corporation.
