GDF September 2011 Meeting Materials

Submitted by katarzyna.gorska on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 16:20

Refering Agenda:

GDF Agenda - 22 September 2010

List of Resources:

Disability:

World report on disability, World Health Organization, 2011 - first ever world report on disability
Autistic and seeking a place in an adult world, New York Times, 17 Sept 2011 - article on transitioning adults with autism into the workplace

Gender:

2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development, The World Bank, 19 Sept 2011
Women and Business: Drivers of Development, IFC, Sept 2011
Mercer’s Women’s Leadership Development Survey, Mercer, October 2010

Russia:

Diversity management and concepts of multiculturalism in Russia, Victoria Antonova, Central European University Center for Policy Studies, 2007
Working With Russia: An Intercultural Perspective. The RW³ Culture Wizard tool will be available to Forum members for another week. Please use the following steps to access the site:

Go to HTTP://cw3.culturewizard.com and click on the “Register” button on the right side of the page.
Fill out the requested information and create your account, using mercerdiversity for the “Access Code”
From the home page, select the Culture Calculator from the “Tools” menu in the top navigation bar.
Follow the instructions and complete your personal profile. When you’ve done it, you will be able to contrast it to the Russia profile as well as your home country profile. You may peruse the entire site, especially the Country Profiles, where you’ll find a very detailed set of articles about Russia and more than 140 other countries.

Next Global Diversity Forum meetings:

4 October 2011 - Global Diversity Update Webcast
Deirdre Golden and Liz MacGillivray will provide a one-hour update of new and emerging trends, legislative and policy developments impacting D&I in Europe and other world regions, including a brief re-cap of key issues discussed on 23 Sept. Call information will be sent out separately, and the webcast will be recorded so you can listen at a later date if you cannot dial in on the day.

16 November 2011 Webcast - Diversity and Inclusion in Asia
An update and discussion of trends and developments in D&I in Asia, as well as corporate strategy and practice.

Tentative dates for 2012:
We are tentatively planning the following dates for next year’s in-person meetings.

9 February 2012 in New York – hosted by Chartis
11 May 2012 in Paris
13 September 2012 in New York
9 November 2012 in London

If you have questions about the presentations, meeting materials, upcoming meetings or webcasts, please contact us. We hope you can join us on 4th October and 16th November for our next virtual meetings, and that we will see you at the in-person meeting on 9th February in New York.

Presentations: