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  • European Diversity: Gender Inclusiveness in the Workplace — Good for Society, Good for Business

    BRUSSELS – The same day that the United Nation celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW)– adopted by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 1979 and, to date, ratified by 186 countries–the European Commission releases its annual report ...
    Published on: 04.01.2010

  • How to commission for equality and diversity in the NHS

    Collecting ethnicity data and engaging with the range of communities will help the NHS address health inequalities and meet its statutory requirements, says Caroline White. Diversity tips - Commission for the greatest good for the greatest need, rather than the greatest good for the greatest number - Invest further in ...
    Published on: 26.08.2009

  • Women still face a steep climb to the top table

    Research commissioned by the Observer has revealed that UK boardrooms are still overwhelmingly male-dominated, despite the fact that more than nine out of 10 companies claim to have an equal opportunities policy in place. Women occupy only 242 out of 2,742 seats on the boards of FTSE 350 companies, according ...
    Published on: 25.08.2009

  • The Future of Affirmative Action - Promoting diversity in education and employment requires us to rethink testing and “meritocracy.”

    For more than two decades, affirmative action has been under sustained assault. In courts, legislatures, and the media, opponents have condemned it as an unprincipled program of racial and gender preferences that threatens fundamental American values of fairness, equality, and democratic opportunity. Such preferences, they say, are extraordinary departures from ...
    Published on: 21.07.2009

  • Is the Equality and Human Rights Commission working?

    The Equality and Human Rights Commission suffered a credibility gap, but its creation remains an important step forward As of October 2007, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been responsible for championing "equality and human rights for all", and for "working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human ...
    Published on: 21.07.2009

  • When it comes to colleges, some are more equal than others

    New Ofsted guidance that comes into force this September means that if a college's achievements on equality and diversity are seen to be lacking, the overall grade it gets could take a tumble. This might seem to be fair enough – after all, if a college's management isn't doing enough ...
    Published on: 21.07.2009

  • Black workers most hit by US layoffs

    Labor data showed that the Black unemployment rate rose from 11.9 percent last December to 12.6 percent in January, more than any other racial group, keeping Blacks as the largest percentage of unemployed people in the work force, the data shows.Latino unemployment rose from 9.2 percent to 9.7 percent and ...
    Published on: 30.03.2009