{"id":394,"date":"2015-01-02T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icongreece.gr\/?p=394"},"modified":"2023-12-27T19:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T19:56:09","slug":"diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icongreece.gr\/?p=394","title":{"rendered":"What is Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> The term <strong>\u2018diversity\u2019<\/strong> refers to the non-homogeneity among the members of a society (individuals and\/or groups) from a cultural, social, political, economic, or any other perspective. As a consequence, the definition of diversity can vary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/icongreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/integration-2031395-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icongreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/integration-2031395-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/icongreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/integration-2031395-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/icongreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/integration-2031395-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/icongreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/integration-2031395-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/icongreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/integration-2031395-1534x1536.png 1534w, https:\/\/icongreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/integration-2031395-465x465.png 465w, https:\/\/icongreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/integration-2031395-499x500.png 499w, https:\/\/icongreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/integration-2031395.png 1918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>From a strictly legal point of view, diversity in Europe mainly takes gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs and disabilities (Focus Consultancy, n.d.) into account. For example, \u2018cultural diversity\u2019 \u2013 often used interchangeably with \u2018ethnic diversity\u2019 \u2013 usually refers to language, customs and traditions, while \u2018religious diversity\u2019 concerns discrimination that occurs on the grounds of peoples\u2019 faith and is often featured as a separate identity that may override ethnic\/cultural affiliations (Maussen et al., 2012). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diversity has three main dimensions: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 The internal dimension refers to characteristics as personality, age, sex, gender, race, culture, language, religion, belonging, physical\/mental capacities and characteristics; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 The external dimension is usually defined by society on the basis of norms, conventionally agreed similarities and rules, or by personal experience;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u2022 The organisational dimension is the one connected with institutional affil iation , membership , management status, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Handbook on Teaching in Diversity Teach-D project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term \u2018diversity\u2019 refers to the non-homogeneity among the members of a society (individuals and\/or groups) from a cultural, social, political, economic, or any other perspective. 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