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Diversity matters

KfW Stories is reporting about how diversity can be put into practice in the world of work and in society as a whole. Read here how an appreciating culture is implemented at KfW, how women support women in starting their own businesses and how people with disabilities have found meaningful employment at the Schlockerhof nursery.

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Agentur photothek.net, Deutsche Messe Hannover, Andreas Arnold, Jörg Böthling, Dominik Butzmann, Carsten Costard, Susanne Esche, Charlie Fawell, Rendel Freude, Torsten George, Gaby Gerster, David Greedy, Peter Himsel, Barbara Högner, Frank Homann, Fred Hoogervorst, Steffen Jagenburg (BRANSCH EUROPE), Thomas Klewar, Studio Kohlmeier , Florian Kopp, Georg Lopata, Jürgen Lösel, Kirsten Milhahn, Rüdiger Nehmzow, Rolf Obertreis, Rubén Arnaldo Farina Ortiz, Holger Peters, Joachim Röttgers, Mika Schmidt, Bernhard Schurian, Jens Steingässer, Pietro Sutera, Uwe Tölle, Jan Zappner.

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teamwork

“For us, inclusion is much more than just a ratio”

Diverse workforces enhance all companies, making them more sustainable and successful. This is backed up by several studies. In this interview Robert Szwedo, Head of the Human Resources Department at KfW, explains how diversity is put into practice at KfW and why the bank signed the Diversity Charter.

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Schlockerhof catmint

Dandelions in the cheesecake

450 people with disabilities are employed in the workshops of the Schlocker-Stiftung charitable trust in Hattersheim. The plant nursery cultivates local wild herbs in the Rhine-Main region with the support of KfW Stiftung.

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Equality march Kiew

“My job and my life”

In the Ukraine, if you are not a heterosexual, you risk being harassed. To help her country become more tolerant, Ruslana Panukhnyk is organising the Equality March. Our author attended the event in Kiev – and experienced both rage and courage first-hand.

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Paving the way to confidence

Thanks to Sinnova Communication and Innovation Centre (KIZ for short) in Offenbach, Germany, and the enterprise Social Business Women, large numbers of women are now making their professional dreams a reality. KfW Stiftung is supporting the project, which is run by women, for women.

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Women in management

More women in top management

The share of female executives in small and medium-sized enterprises has risen for the first time in four years, but it remains on a low level. A current KfW study provides updated figures. KfW economist Dr Jennifer Abel-Koch explains the reasons for the increase.

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Portrait Lenna Koszarny

”I am a rarity“

Private equity has traditionally been a male domain. Only one in ten leading positions in the industry worldwide is filled by a woman. Lenna Koszarny is one of them.

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Founders of start-up Daheim

Digital language café

Video telephone platform "Daheim" (“Home“) enables refugees in particular to learn German in a virtual environment. A profile of the start-up and its contribution to social participation among refugees.

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CodeDoor Team

Integration of refugees

Hundreds of thousands of refugees have arrived in Germany. German society is now tasked with helping the new arrivals to integrate. Five projects demonstrate just how this can work.

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Bridges concert

Musical bridges

In the last five years, over one million people have fled the crisis regions of the world to Germany, where they seek protection, safety and social support. A Frankfurt music initiative helps them – and has been honoured in 2018 with the Special Impact Award.

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The power of cinema

The two apps "Greta" and "Starks" make a trip to the movies a matter of course for the blind and deaf. Seneit Debese won not only the KfW Entrepreneurs' Award for these apps, but also captured the hearts of the audience.

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Zacharias Wittmann

Companion2Go

Dismantling barriers – Zacharias Wittmann, business founder of Companion2Go, connects people living with physical disabilities and those without.

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Jacqueline Grundner using make-up to transform a woman into a man

Instilling courage

Self-help groups and public relations work for gender diversity: Many people feel alien in their own bodies. Jacqueline Grundner wants to support them with her start-up business.

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