the arab spring began in 2011. people stood up against corrupt rulers and dictatorship. to live through more security more freedom more dignity have their hopes been fulfilled. 10 years ago after the arab spring. rebellion starts june 7th on g.w. . what does it take to make it in the world of business is it all just a game basically coming down to either luck or skill well of course. a bit of both

of those and much more rightly or wrongly various factors dictate who wins the race to the top where we come from perspectives and even agenda could all make or break korea equal opportunity for all that's the theme for this edition of made leader we use business magazine. how many companies claim to be an equal opportunity employer but so rarely is that actually true lots of things dictate your chances of landing a job including all too often you'll race however since the killing of george floyd by a white police officer in the united states many corporations have taken a stand on racial prejudice the very 1st time it'll be used to ponder who asks whether we're witnessing a game changer. in a game every player begins at the same starting point they all get the same number of chances the rules are clear so whether you win or lose depends more on strategy

and luck. i. would like to think that's also true of the labor market that anyone's hard work can pay off. but that's not the case especially for some groups like people of color. it's not in doing so if you don't know in germany we still ask the question where are you from far too often people aren't asking who are you and where do you want your career to take you. along where you come from still plays a role in our discourse and our attitudes. mentioned in women and in hiring too it's a problem that mostly affects ethnic minorities and they often face similar barriers in the workplace that's also why blacks and people of color a more likely to end up in lower skilled and lower paid careers. the picture is

very different at the top. corporate boardrooms in germany much like in france the u.k. and the u.s. don't reflect the society they come from. at this level of leadership does little by way of racial diversity and yet the words race ethnicity and racism i'm missing from discussions about diversity in corporate germany. is used i don't think it's definitely the case that most companies and most employers avoid using the word racism they think that's a dangerous word. and it expresses something that doesn't apply to them. so there's still a lot of education to be done you know between and germany. he is not alone in that but european network against racism says ethnic minorities and migrants of color especially face significant discrimination across europe. and

what is the common type of exclusion that you seen from the labor market and europe what we see is that racial as groups racialists individuals might have a very high level of experience and qualifications but they are actually in low level. low qualified jobs and those will say this risk of exploitation for certain groups when you get into the more corporate sectors you see that there is wage disparities according to different rich racialized groups where white people may earn more money doing the same work and unemployment rates are also higher for people of color and ethnic minorities you can see that there is a difference between the national unemployment rate and the unemployment rate for migrants with the unemployment rate for migrants being higher c.e.c.

in different countries the ethnic minorities might be experiencing exclusion from the labor market based on various different reasons whether that's juice of the population in that specific country or the history of colonialism and the history of slavery that we know exists in in europe. the global discussion on racism has shifted since the killing of george floyd and may 20 twentieth's in the u.s. triggered a wave of black lives matter protests which reverberated across the globe. thousands gathered in solidarity in cities across europe. also calling for racial justice at home. the protests have changed how many u.s. companies are responding to social justice movements several american brands issued statements supporting the calls for racial justice from the black lives matter

movement by august 2020 corporate america reportedly pledged more than $7000000000.00 to support efforts to fight racism leaders recognize they were in a position of influence but also that there was a demand if they wanted to eat their consumer is happy with their products and services corporations are really the most powerful entity and society has a mench influence over all we're seeing or work. over a host of issues that our society wrestles with. chris miller works for ice cream maker ben and jerrys heading the company's social justice campaigns the company took a stand on racial justice years ago it began supporting the black lives matter movement in 2016 still they vents of last year changed everything.

the murder of george florida and the resulting protests showed was that there was increasing expectation and perhaps a redefinition around what it means to be a corporate citizen and that corporation. we're being looked to to be a part of the dialogue that's happening within society ben and jerry's has launched a podcast on the history of racism in the us and consulting firm mckenzie established the institute for black economic mobility which advances research on racial equity those are just 2 examples of how u.s. corporations are signaling their desire to take part in the ongoing dialogue on racial justice. we cannot address the underlying racism that exists the systemic and structural nature of it in unless we

can admit that racism exists whether it's the you know the movement around the rights and dignity or seekers and refugees in europe or for that matter the work that we're doing around climate justice in australia corporate america is advertising its efforts to grapple with racism and to engage with society on questions of racial justice in europe things are a bit more complicated many researchers and i racism activist and diversity experts say that european companies still haven't engaged with the reality of racism the lack of data in many european countries to show that the effects and impact of racial discrimination helps corporates avoids this issue in europe the biggest opportunity is cash sharing. all the information that's out there are around if an ethnic groups racial groups. and with that

valuable data or information companies can do wonders in the sense of recognizing where where their challenge. to solve this we have to create very transparent hiring situations there needs to be that mutual respect. well i'm not winning today i'm definitely moving but at least i know what the rules are but that's not what it's like with racism or any form of discrimination it's like playing a game where the walls are always changing and you end up being excluded without knowing what the will rules are. now every so often a stark reminder comes along of how far we still have to go with equal opportunity

for all one of those came not that long ago when russia made dozens of jobs available to women sometimes the very 1st time believe it or not women have been barred from driving metro trains and really showing reports on bond drivers long wait to get behind the wheel. women are finally in the driving seat and are pushing full speed ahead on gender equality in the russian capital. started working for the moscow metro almost 18 years ago at the time women were not allowed to operate subway trains in russia but arenas says for her it was worth the wait. this is my childhood dream i used to play with model ships and airplanes with the boys my father was a pilot so why the metro somehow it drew me in the fact that it's underground i guess it's like flying under the ground. before every shift irina gives

the metro train she'll be driving a once over here you know was a station guard on the platform for years helping out passengers since january she's a driver now she tries to get a sense of each individual metro train. treat each train like a person and i think each train has a soul to the feeling of driving the metro is like pure happiness i'm happy when i'm driving. irina is proud to be one of the 1st 12 metro drivers after all the moscow subway is legendary the soviet government started building it in the 1930 s. calling it a palace for the people for commuting workers in the 1980 s. the government decided women had no place driving these trains they said the metro is too deep underground too loud and too dark for women and the vibration from the trains could damage their so-called childbearing function even now women drivers

are only being deployed on the most modern trains and only operate one lined runs partially overground despite the fact that they get the exact same training as their male counterparts he has her dream job and the next group of women will start training to become drivers soon but outside of these metro tunnels gender equality is still a long way off. gender inequality is still a major issue in workplaces the world where men are less likely to rise to the top of organizations and on the way i can expect to be paid less than men doing the same job plus the gender pay gap is not the only inequality that leaves women out of pocket and women and men enjoy the same rights and opportunities right not by a long shot consider getting a bank loan to buy a home for example how things turn out often depends on the applicant's gender and

where they live. in india i mean was turned down by several banks because she's an unmarried woman in 117 countries creditors are not prohibited from denying bones on the basis of gender what's more in most economies women are over represented amongst those without a bank account women and men enjoy the same rights and opportunities hardly take the world of work women are much more likely to do unimpeded work than men on family farms in family businesses and in particular caring for others those that do get paid often earn a lot less than their male counterparts the gender pay gap varies from country to country that has to do with politics and tradition women are also sorely under represented in top jobs among germany's 30 leading blue chip companies there is just one female c.e.o.

named gary ho at merck and she was only appointed this year same rights and same opportunities at least before the law nope in more than 100 countries certain occupations are reserved for men in russia for example female ship captain spent years fighting for the right to helm of the essel 100 jobs are still off limits to women in russia what about maternity leave and pay in more than $50.00 countries employers alone are responsible for maternity pay there is no state support that's a significant disincentive for hiring women because it could get expensive equal rights and opportunities for all what can be done to achieve that making laws fair would be a good start. even the most well meaning recruit can be influenced by their own biases be they conscious or otherwise that's why bosses are increasingly turning to

artificial intelligence to help them objective choose the best candidate but does taking the human to human resources actually work elizabeth layman. mit report. these people all have at least one thing in common they're considered attractive by conventional standards. 'd in a beauty contest held by the mobile beauty ai the finalists were chosen by an all robot jury the results guaranteed to be objective. over 6000 selfies were submitted from all over the world. but surprisingly nearly all of the winners were white. it turns out the artificial intelligence was trained using data from central europe and wasn't good at assessing faces from elsewhere. joy is one of the leading ai researchers. she's sounding the alarm about serious

discrimination. we really have to think about widespread mysterious and destructive algorithms that are increasingly being used to make decisions that impact more aspects of our lives so who gets hired or fired you get that loan do you get insurance or you admitted into the college that you wanted to get into. recruiting new staff a number of firms in germany used a i software that analyzes the applicants voice body language and word usage. companies like hire of you claim this makes recruiting more objective promoting diversity and gender equality but experts like lorraine. are skeptical she analyzed 38 recruitment tools on behalf of the german government. a lot of this technology based on theories that are disputed by sociologists and psychologists. and some of the theories were actually done too long ago

and. i'm talking about concepts like the big 5. the. big one. the big 5 personality traits are openness conscientiousness extroversion agreeableness and emotional stability the ai software puts candidates in these boxes and draws conclusions about their capabilities agreeableness for example is seen as inconsistent with management skills the software includes empathy in that box women in particular may be very empathetic so the software assumes they're unsuitable for management positions plus the big 5 traits are based on european and north american societies in asia on the other hand diligence is valued more highly the software disregards that. the european union uses one such tool cameo for korean staff but for now it's leaving the ai function deactivated.

yet. i think we 1st need to take a broader look at the use of software that's designed to evaluate people. and ask ourselves whether that's even possible that this technology had. a lot of them are essentially unethical and unscientific. and they shouldn't even be on the market you know. i'm just kind of shocked and mocked and hear more and more software is being used worldwide. we can start thinking about how we create more inclusive code and employ inclusive coding practices it really starts with people are we creating spectrum teams with diverse individuals who can check each other's blind spots on the technical side are we factoring in fairness as we're developing systems we now have the opportunity to unlock even greater equality if

we make social change a priority and not an afterthought. but evaluating people more fairly clearly involve a much more complex process and that would cost the ai developers more money. now with or without talent official intelligence employees are going to have to face up to the diversity that comprises modern societies and to their credit many of them are making a real effort to better reflect the differences in the wider world within their organizations take. itself while we have over 60 different countries represented but is that true all i have. women and men young and old people of various ethnic backgrounds with different religions and worldviews different sexual orientations with and without disabilities the don't

develop team in berlin is a colorful mix. i wanted to know how does it work at other companies how big a variety is there and how do the bosses deal with it. as i'm on this t.v. commercial for germany's 2nd biggest mail order group is also making a statement about openness and tolerance. it's a vision of a corporate culture that excepts people for who they are. that may be every day life for workers at auto these days. but it wasn't always like that. with sports. even in germany in 2020 far from uncontroversial that we run ads featuring homosexuals and we get hateful comments online sometimes really disgusting hurtful remarks we just have to accept it and we make

a conscious decision to do that and i think it's important that we do accept it because sometimes showing this attitude can help you endure. go back tom could never work in a company where he has to keep his sexuality a secret. he set up an l.g. b t q network where employees can exchange ideas and find support many people are afraid to come out according to a recent study every 3rd. person in germany experiences discrimination at work. let's say i'm not out and a colleague asks me about it then i only have 2 options i can lie or i can be forced to reveal my sexuality as a. that's why it's so important for a company regardless of its diversity management policy to create a corporate culture that promotes openness and diversity. we leave through all the catalogs from the seventy's to the ninety's. a time when

you couldn't order fashion on line. almost all female and male models are white caucasians. if you look here all of these models are one type of person they're basically all white women of the i don't know about you but when i look at it from today's perspective it's a distorted picture of the world. things look very different today and a company trying to sell products to the general public has to take social diversity into account. it's often difficult for homosexuals or transsexual men or women to find work but more and more companies are hiring at special john fairs like sticks and stones in berlin. and stuart cameron was one of the fair organizers he knows from personal experience what discrimination feels like the

o.e.c.d. estimates that a candidates chances drop by 50 percent if it states in their papers. that discrimination is mostly very in direct for example you don't get invited to certain meetings or you don't get the promotion you're in line for you don't even get invited in the 1st place. it was the same with me when it came out that i was gay and it was really remarkable to see how colleagues at me started to become more distant like carson he got scratched in the company parking lot. so it was very important for me to find out which companies out there really don't care who backed me if i have a problem who can i turn to and do i truly believe that this company believes in this is you have to do it. using his experience he started his own

business and now advises companies on how they can better address diversity issues . in germany as a.p. is considered a model company on matters of diversity there are workers from 118 countries at the software company's headquarters. different cultures where he says thinking and styles of communication meet here. diversity needs to be managed or otherwise there could be problems. ahead of personnel was forced to flee afghanistan for germany as a 14 year old on his own. today he's responsible for over 20000 workers. the 1st. few 1000 from the company's point of view openness to diversity means locating the best talent for the respective jobs in the respective team we have these talents everywhere there not only white or german but could be indian male homosexuals

except if you only look at the specific requirements of a job a diverse team automatically emerges with. large companies can benefit from an open corporate culture mixed teams often achieve better results precisely because they have a harder time together. i think we have to do it because it's the right thing to do because the world has different says they will have to accept. we've also noticed that teams are more innovative when they don't all come from the same pot metaphorically speaking. in about a dozen other austin blyton. but of course this also applies in recruitment if we're more open as employers and we are more attractive option right that's why it's not just an end in itself but it's also a good fit and has quantifiable advantages for corporate success even.

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this is the debris news life from thailand facebook's over. site board of the company's decision to suspend donald trump accounts they say facebook is justified in banning the former us president after he encouraged by its. definite. mr trump's accounts were suspended for months ago also on the program. that his health

system the country now accounts for nearly half of the world's new cases. and working around the clock on hospitals and stuff overwhelms the w. joints on his 27 hour shift. german chancellor angela merkel announces plans for more ambitious cuts to carbon emissions but is it a serious effort to combat climate change or shrewd political maneuvering. welcome to the program facebook's oversight board has upheld the social media giants decision to suspend donald trump's account but it said the company it was wrong to suspend the former presidents account indefinitely and has given them 6 months to determine what it called a proportional response to facebook and twitter have previously argued that mr trump has been banned for violating their bones after making

a years of exceptions because his comments were deemed newsworthy facebook suspended mr trump 4 months ago for inciting the violence that led to the deadly january 6th. the w.'s chief technology correspondent youngish attended the virtual a press conference with the facebook board welcome a youngish so why are they deciding to keep him off the plane full well you know essentially what they're doing today is they're putting the ball back in facebook's court if you will they're telling facebook ok that is a decision you have to bake what they said today in their ruling and their decision is that facebook was right to suspend trump after what happened on january 6th for a while but facebook's position to then turn that ban into a permanent ban and just kind of outsource the decision to the facebook oversight board is wrong and that's why they're saying and for example one of the members of

the board the former danish prime minister helle a turning schmidt told journalists earlier the oversight board is clearly telling facebook that they can't just invent new underwritten rules when it suits them so who is this this oversight board with where they come from where they do but it's a board that was. sort of like. brought to life a year ago by facebook it's funded by facebook it's 20 technology experts from around the world it includes former politicians it includes journalists a lot of lawyers academics and it's funded by facebook but the idea for it is to be independent and to assess you know very prominent cases of content moderation. so the board sends a decision back to facebook says yes you can do it with a new rules but you have to put a time limit on it facebook then comes back and says ok i will put this time limit on is that then the end of it all does donald trump get to say no i still object

well i don't think donald trump really has a say in that the question is going to be what is facebook going to decide in 6 months from now because that is sort of the recommendation that this board game. facebook the decision to uphold the ban is binding but. the recommendation to look into this again and reassess it in 6 months is nonbinding so we will have to see what facebook is going to do but facebook will have to make a decision but then the next 6 months what to do about donald trump's account although i don't understand the what's known by i think you said the facebook of the border sent this back to facebook and said and made a non-binding ruling that you have to get back to us in 6 months so if a school doesn't get back to them in 6 months of a non-binding ruling then who has what to say about what that is a very good question you know there is nobody to enforce this and so what it doesn't have to get back in 6 months no it doesn't have to go back but then this whole sort of like idea of an facebook oversight board which is supposed to be

something like a supreme court of facebook if you will you know would be sort of like well it's going to be put to a test no knows for sure there is a thing there are thousands hundreds plenty of social media sites out there so why is this decision by facebook or their board significant well it is significant because a facebook is still the largest social media platform in the world plus facebook owns instagram so in donald trump's case we're talking about almost 60000000 followers that he can communicate directly with and who knows you know donald trump might you know decides to run again for office at some point and it's going to be a very decisive question whether he will have those channels to communicate with his followers ok to talk to you thank you for that chief technology correspondent youngish delco. well though trump has now responded to the board's decision to uphold his suspension by issuing a statement in which he describes social media bounds as an absolute disgrace and

an embarrassment to the country. a commie deaths in india have surged to another record daily high nearly 3800 as the burden on the country's health care sector becomes increasingly unsustainable the situation is so bad that many patients have to turn to volunteers for oxygen because they can't get into hospital meanwhile the situation inside medical facilities is deteriorating because of overwhelming patient numbers and shortages of staff and supplies so much so that medical students have been brought in to help. running low on sleep junior doctor. dresses and protective gear to begin a 27 hour long shift. he's only 26 years old and hasn't even finished his medical training. we had a friend is. this the desired record. to receive the marchese of the year margaret

but we're live in the. dark at this point of we're being told to do this if you are good if you're not there and i just want to be. there is a severe shortage of oxygen and ventilators at this hospital and others across delhi. many people come looking for a bed for a sick relative but these are also in very short supply patients and relatives crowd every available space in some cases people lying close enough for patients to touch. one man is in a storage room surrounded by bins of medical waste real hans's the sounds of his workplace haunt his sleep. so all this because you know you can read yes you think that he'd be the be the guy you want to know if. that continues to be good enough if you know the everyday read. patients rush from hospital to hospital

hoping to find someone who will admit them many are turned away left to die on the street. oxygen supplies are transported by armed guard and crematoriums work around the clock. and maybe even people have to be. before they're going to go say this if they can make it if you would if they did a wonderful. after 27 hours in the e.r. ruined our gov our says he could sleep for 2 days but a friend with the sick father calls. to greece to help knowing that in reality there's not much he can do. is take a look at some more stories making headlines around the world india's entire delegation to the chinese 7 foreign ministers meeting in london is self isolating

after 2 members tested positive for corona virus the group of leading nations is discussing the distribution of vaccines as they end 3 days of talks in just foreign minister will attend via video link. israel's president rubin rivlin has met with 2 opposition leaders as he holds consultations on who should be asked to form a new government minister benjamin netanyahu failed to assemble a coalition to head off an overnight deadline. south africa's governing a n c party has suspended its secretary general ace and magazine magazine really who is facing corruption charges the moves in line with the party's tough anti corruption statute which gives members charged with corruption 30 days to step aside or face suspension. of the german government says it is setting a new more ambitious every duction targets for c o 2 emissions the announcement comes a week after a landmark court ruling that its current climate change legislation is insufficient

the new plan is to cut emissions to 35 percent of 1990 levels that's you to happen by 2030 the government also aims to be nearly carbon neutral by 20455 years ahead of the original target climate is one of the leading issues ahead of september's general election with the greens ahead in several homes. but it's a close look at this announcement with the d.w.p. chief political editor mckayla cook for a welcome michela so this change in german climate policy this is all about this court ruling. it was triggered by the school learning but it's not all about us it's because although this was quite clearly illegal dressing down of the previous plans to phase out carbon emissions by 2050 and basically moving in line with the green deal at the same time it was a departing sought for the election campaign where the greens are doing pretty well

in the polls and what climate through that cool ruling was suddenly and boosted to near the top of the list of the issues that everybody's talking about so the government is very keen the governing coalition very keen to demonstrate that they can improve that's what it's doing right now and it's basically cutting 5 years off that target of reaching as c.e.o. to neutrality here to 2045 but the big question mark is how they will do this in detail which department which part of an industry also private consumers will have to limit themselves in which areas and we expect much of those details to be shifted past the 26th of september when we expect general elections here and me ok so a cynical person would look at and sorry will this is this is a flag saying here are green credentials the green party seems to be doing.

well so is this a green issues going to be a big part of this september's election. well stopping souls of being cynical it's just part of the political game the greens were the 1st party to actually have their election manifesto ready they have their climate targets ready and it so happens that now the other parties particularly those in government angela merkel c.d.u. but also the social democrats and now being pushed by the courts to be a lot tighter on their climate goals and a lot more specific so yes this is clearly electioneering this is an election campaign getting into full swing already while in government yet at the same time asking the question how much of a pacemaker germany will actually prove to be when once its new government is in place the presumption is often that going green is expensive and of course the german economy is already suffering because of the pandemic is business likely to

react to be synonymous means. well they won't love it but depends on which business areas you speak to if you speak to big industry we saw none other than the conservative candidate for tonsil described a coal power plant in germany as a contribution to basically the climate because they are cleaner here than elsewhere and there's a lot of vested interests here and the big question now also the conservatives recognize will be whether it's possible to bring economic interests together with those interests in pursuit of climate neutrality of actually tackling the climate that is an issue that goes beyond me but that is now being seen as a central issue for every party to tackle in this election campaign germany used to be held up as a role model on climate change gave that statement. never really quite

lived up to its partly thanks to the pandemic that actually germany managed to reach its climate goals and the bigger question will be quite clearly if the poles anything to go by the greens will be part of the next government and then the big question will be whether the time he actually becomes a driver within the e.u. again so a lot hinges on that election day hantam me chief political at it's a pathetic cofa thank you. quit lot of sports of manchester city have reached the champions league final for the 1st time beating. tune no man of the match was riad maurice who hit the net twice for the english premiership side to complete a 4 won i can get a victory so it will face either chelsea old bell madrid in the final or the 29th of may this is d.w. news life from his reminder of our top story of facebook's oversight board has upheld the company's suspension of donald trump's accounts the former us president

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