Since 1940, the electronic games industry has continued to shape our reality and our life. They have impacted our way of perceiving and interpreting things, especially that of our kids. Video games are generally the fruit of technological advancement and we are currently living in an era where using technological tools is an integral part of our daily lives.

A brief history timeline of video games

In the 40’s, computer scientists invented the first video game that debuted at the World’s Fair in New York. Edward U. Condon designed a computer that plays a game called “Nim” – a simple combinatory game with finite possibilities, involving the use of matchstick and the player who takes the last match loses – that attracted many people at that time. In 1967, Ralph Baer – a German and American inventor and game developer – conceived “the Brown Box”, a television video game allowing users to play tennis and other games on TV screen. The first home video game console was designed in 1972 and “The Magnavox Odyssey” was launched, always based on Baer’s “Brown Box”. That same year, the video game “Pong” developed by Atari, an American video game developer and home computer company, came out along with the first arcade video games.

The industry of electronic games has rapidly evolved despite some failures in video game market. In 1985, Nintendo – the Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company – released the “Nintendo Entertainment System” (NES), a home video game console. Since then, gaming meets the real world and the gaming market has not stopped to expand. With the Tech which kept on growing up, new innovations have also followed up. In 1994, the legend and famed “PlayStation” by Sony or Sony Interactive Entertainment (SEI) – a multinational video game and digital entertainment company – was born. The platform has brought shift in gaming and technology until the present day. Today, video games continue to pave the way of innovation through different entertainment hubs as well as of education and of other spheres.

The benefits of playing video games for kids

Many parents consider only video games as an entertainment like any other technological tool. As so, education has nothing to do with playing a video game, because it is only a source of distraction and that it is most likely to impact negatively the academic performances of kids. What some parents ignore is that playing video games may be beneficial for kids and help them develop mentally, emotionally, and academically. Here are how video games can help your kids.

• Video games boost kids’ reading skills. In most video games, there are instructions and rules to be taken into account before or throughout the game, which sometimes occurs in the form of text. So users are assigned to follow and read them to play. It is a fact that today’s kids are not so fond of reading, especially traditional books; but video games would definitely force them to read and improve their reading skills.
• Video games increase kids’ problem-solving skills. While playing, users may face challenges at the heart of the game, depending on the kind of game they choose to play. Sometimes, they need to use their brain and knowledge to solve an enigma or to provide solutions to complete or win the game. So, video games give them a hint to be able to take on good decisions and solve any problems they may face within the reality.
• Video games help kids become more creative. In fact, games encourage creative thinking and increase kids’ curiosity. This is because almost video games provide something new to discover and to learn. They do not run out of surprises and discoveries, which may help the kid become more interested in learning.

Sources: The Strong National Museum of Play/ Understood (understood.org)

Adolescence is a critical period for young people, since it is a transitional phase of growth demanding more awareness towards themselves and others. Maturity and great decisions are made throughout that stage of transition to adulthood.

It is the period when adolescents start building their own world according to their perception and vision of life, background and surroundings. It is also the period of time when they create their best selves, learn to increase self-esteem and self-confidence so as to live a decent and fulfilled life once they become grown-ups. However, this seems not to be the case for some adolescents nowadays, because due to several factors, either inward or outward, many are seen to suffer from a lack of self-confidence and lose that good self-image of themselves. In fact, self-confidence and self-esteem are the keys which unlock greatness and success.

Confident teens are more likely to be assertive, positive, engaged, enthusiastic and resilient. At the same time, they are also more likely to be successful in all their undertaking, whether it is in academic performance or with any other projects. Indeed, their confidence is related to their self-esteem. When they are more confident, they also feel good about themselves and feel that they are worthwhile persons. Furthermore, self-confidence is also linked to resilience or when a person has the ability to bounce back from difficult experiences. This said, by being resilient and learning to cope with tough times, teens are far more likely to develop a certain feeling of confidence in tackling other challenges and unpleasing situations in the future.

Self-esteem and self-confidence builders tips for teens

Parents play an important role in helping their adolescents manage confidence and they are the ones who can firmly encourage that self-confidence in their teens. Based upon the tips provided by psychologist Carl Pickhardt, here are three effective self-confidence builders for your teens:

• FAITH. Here, the word faith can refer to good belief. Parents need first to help their teens believe in themselves through reshaping their way of perceiving things, encouraging them to practice positive affirmations or to use positive self-talks. Through statements like “I can do it”, “I can work hard”, “I am skilled” made in repetitive ways, teens will turn negative thinking into positive one in a short time. As a result, they will believe in themselves and then end up having more confidence with who they are and what they do.
• EFFORT. To help teens maintain their self-esteem and self-confidence, parents should also let their children do things on their own and keep trying no matter what. This means, encouraging them to try new things and not to let down when hardships come up. Through that, parents teach their teens to be more resilient and stay focused on effort and accomplishments. Acting with resilience and focus would be then a great self-esteem booster for teens.
• OUTCOME. The mix of faith and effort brings up positive results. Indeed, outcomes can hardly affect self-confidence. When a teen has achieved some accomplishments, since he/she believed in himself or herself and always kept striving, he/she becomes fruitful and is more likely to adopt positive attitudes towards the positive outcomes, and eventually gets highly confident in himself/herself.

Source: Psychology Today

Africa has the youngest population in the world. Almost 60 percent of Africa’s population is under the age of 25, making it the world’s youngest continent. Moreover, according to some key statistics provided by UNICEF, Africa’s child population will reach one billion by 2055, making it the largest child population among all continents. By taking into account these statistics data, we may come to say that the number of school-age population would also increase, which has always been a major concern for some African countries. In 2015, over half of the world’s out-of-school children – about 33 million – lived in Africa.

Paving the way of education through Millennium Development Goal 2 (MDG) and Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4)

Despite some figures showing that many African children remain out of school, which are mostly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, since 2000, enormous progress in terms of education has been made towards achieving MDG’s. Indeed, remarkable successes have been met in fulfilling the target of universal primary education, especially in the poorest regions. This progress is mostly seen in terms of enrollment in primary education which has reached 91 percent. Since the MDG’s were established in any region of Sub-Saharan Africa, it has known the best record of improvement in primary education. Between 2000 and 2015, the region achieved a 20 percentage-point increase in the net enrollment rate, compared to a gain of eight percentage points between 1990 and 2000. As a matter of fact, this enrollment rate grew from 52 percent in 1990 to 80 percent in 2015. Between 1990 and 2012, the numbers of the region’s enrollment doubled – these went from 62 million children to 149 million. Through the MDG 2, Sub-Saharan Africa also achieved a large growth in youth literacy, despite some challenges the region faced including rapid growth of the primary-school-age population – which knew an increase of 86 percent between 1990 and 2015 – high-levels of poverty, armed conflicts, gender barriers and other emergencies.

In the region, girl schooling continues to be significantly lower than male schooling. Of 57 million of worldwide children of primary school age but out-of-school, 33 million are in Sub-Saharan Africa, and more than half are girls. However, thanks to MDG 2 the net primary enrollment rate for girls has risen from 48 percent to 77 percent between 1991 and 2015. Since then, more girls have been seen enrolled in and able to complete a full course of primary schooling. From the 2015 report of MDG’s, ten countries have been able to push their primary school enrollment rate up to 90 percent. The list includes seven Sub-Saharan African countries: Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Mauritius, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia, and three other African countries: Algeria, Cape Verde and Tunisia.

Millennium Development Goal 2 (MDG 2) “Achieve Universal Primary Education”  has been changed into Sustainable Development Goal 4 or SDG 4 which aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. For Sub-Saharan Africa, MDG 2 was a success since the goal on ensuring the enrollment of out-of-school children in primary education has appeared to be achieved. On the other hand, the implementation of SDG 4 through the Education 2030 Framework for Action seems also promising to Sub-Saharan Africa towards achieving quality education by 2030. Let’s hope for some more progress and success!

Sources: United Nations/ United Nations Development Programme/ UNESCO

Unlike other festive observances that have familiar narratives or other customs and symbols shared by several cultures and regions, Pentecost is a celebration that is somewhat difficult to relate as a story and to explain as holidays like Christmas and Easter, especially to children. However, like any festivity, Pentecost always instills people’s festive spirit to rejoice and to celebrate the day with family and relatives. Indeed, who does not like feasts?

The story of Pentecost and its celebration

Pentecost is essentially a Christian observance that was initially a major Jewish festival held 50 days after the Feast of Passover, marking the official end of the Easter season. During Pentecost festivities, thousands of people would travel to Jerusalem to bring the first fruits of their wheat harvests to be dedicated to the Temple, and it has remained a perpetrated tradition for many believers. In fact, it took its origin from the story of Jesus Christ and his disciples when they gathered in Jerusalem to wait for Jesus’ instructions for the coming of the Holy Ghost. Etymologically and biblically speaking, the term “Pentecost” means Shavu’ot in Hebrew – also known as the “Jewish Feast of Weeks” which reminds us of God’s revelation on Mont Sinai to Jewish people and the covenant He made to them. Based on the New Testament of the Bible, Pentecost today, also called Whit Sunday or Whitsunday is a festivity that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus-Christ and the birth of the Church.

Talking of celebration, people have their own ways to immortalize the day. In fact, Whit Sunday and Whit Monday – the day after Pentecost – are celebrated together. The two-day feast is mainly an occasion for people to share their perspectives about the meaning of Pentecost through gathering at churches for worship service or spending time together to foster cultural diversity and to enhance fellowship. In the United States, Whit Sunday and Monday are not public holidays. However, some churches organize prayer rallies which include prayers and street marches on the day after Pentecost. In some states, like in Pennsylvania, Whit Monday used to be one of the major annual holidays in Pennsylvania Dutch country and was referred to as the “Dutch Fourth of July” in Lancaster where Pennsylvanians gathered to enjoy time together while eating, drinking and having fun.

A few ideas to celebrate Whitsun week at home

Like other community-centered observances, Pentecost and Whit Monday feasts are also special occasions to be with family and get into the festive spirit. Some interesting ideas for Whitsun celebration may include teaching kids the Pentecost story, using Pentecost symbols which are those of the Holy Spirit – flames, wind and dove to make decorations. In fact, these symbols may spark all kinds of imagination and allow Pentecost to be celebrated with fun activities shared with family members. As it is a day dedicated to honor the birth of the Church, and as usual on birthdays, making birthday cakes would be a brilliant idea. These are simply suggestions for the events of Pentecost, but there are many other ways to celebrate it. Happy Whitsun all!

Sources: Time and Date/ Building Faith/ Women for Faith & Family

Lockdown and school disruption due to the pandemic have resulted in highly increased reliance of people, especially adolescents, on online technologies to connect and to interact with one another. However, such an overreliance may expose them more at a serious risk of online violence and abuse, such as stalking, harassment and non-consensual exposure of intimacy.

According to a 2018-survey data of Pew Research Center, 95 percent of teens own a smartphone and have access to it. 45 percent reported to be constantly active online. This percentage reveals the likelihood of an increased rate of cyberbullying and online abuse of teenagers.

Nowadays, many teen girls continue to be targeted of online abuse. This is the recent case of ten young female TikTokers who have undergone sexual harassment in their daily lives and searched for ways to share their stories on social media. It all started with a video that became a viral TikTok trend as the video has reached almost half a million of views and likes. The video was recorded with a sound effect or an audio appealing for a few questions which TikTokers need to respond to by using their fingers. They raise their ten fingers and put down one finger each time the speaker says or asks something likely to match their cases. In fact, it could be compared to the classic drinking game “Never Have I Ever”. It began trending on TikTok in January 2020. The video was uploaded by a young woman TikToker under the username @abbeyborden and was given the name “Put a finger down”.

It was in mid-March that a 19 year old girl named Emilee Grant made a video, the original one, in which she borrowed the game to speak out against sexual abuse and harassment and which has now been viewed over 10 million times. Since that day, many teen girls have been encouraged to record themselves relating their sexual harassment experiences using the “Put a finger down”challenge, also known as the “Put a finger down: Sexual harassment edition”. The video led girls and women to come out of their shell and speak out. It was spreading so quick that it has even become a sort of movement, recalling the legendary #MeToo movement of 2017. This year, the same video became the 2021 TikTok teen version of that #MeToo movement.

A brief historic of the #MeToo movement

The “Me Too” #MeToo Movement is a social movement that aims to fight against sexual abuse and harassment made towards girls and women by speaking out against any sexual violence and/or sex crimes. It was founded in 2006 by Tarana Burke, an American activist and survivor of sexual harassment. It was in 2017 that the movement had gained in popularity, with the #MeToo hashtag that went viral and reached a global community of survivors. Since then, it continues to support and to act as an advocate for many young people victims of sexual violence regardless of their race, gender, and sexual orientation. The goal of the #MeToo movement is that any form of sexual violence will be eradicated and that one day no one will say “me too” again.

Sources: The Conversation/ CNET/ me too

You may have already seen in college movies students partying or organizing events in the campuses with that popular student – boy or girl – who is at the head of a group of people. The group sometimes stands out from others because this one belongs to a supposedly prestigious organization with Greek names like Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Delta Chi or Delta Tau Lambda. They call each other brother or sister; and when a new student enters the organization, the leader whom others show more respect sets up integration rituals to welcome the new student. Those student organizations in colleges are called fraternities and sororities.

Most of US colleges and universities have these popular organizations, commonly known as Greek-Letter organizations (GLO’s) or “Greek life”. These are social organizations that have particular significances in American college life and play key roles in college students’ life. Historically, the first college fraternity in US history was established at the College of William & Mary in 1775 and was at that time a secret society named Phi Beta Kappa. This secret society was told to be involved in secret activities such as having dining clubs, elite literary societies and then it spread in other US colleges. Etymologically, the terms “fraternity and sorority” were taken from Latin frater and sorer which mean brother and sister and mostly refer to organizations of university students, but can also apply to other general forms of organization such as charitable or public ones. Fraternity is generally understood to be a social organization consisting of men, whereas sorority one of women. As far as the name “Greek life” is concerned, fraternities and sororities have been generally referred to as the “Greek system”. That is why these organizations usually name themselves after letters taken from Ancient Greek. As both social and University student organizations, fraternities and sororities’ purposes are to promote social and intellectual interests. At the same time, they aim to and are committed to help one another through developing character, literary and leadership ability.

In US colleges, fraternities and sororities have always acted as an integral part of American college life that continues to shape a student’s life, whether it is academic or personal. Although Greek life is not easy – since it is well-known that it is not everyone who could afford studies in American colleges or Universities – it may be a huge opportunity to create networks and develop great careers, especially for international students. Here a list of three famous American fraternities and sororities:

• Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African American men, founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University, New York by seven college men.
• Alpha Delta Chi, a Christian Greek-lettered sorority founded in 1925 at the University of California in Los Angeles by ten women.
• Delta Tau Lambda, a collegiate and professional Latina-based sorority founded by two women in 1994 at the University of Michigan.

Sources: Life in the USA/ Studyportals / Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity / Alpha Delta Chi/ Delta Tau Lambda Sorority.

With its natural diversity, Madagascar has unsurprisingly long fascinated explorers.

For ages, the fauna and flora of the 4th largest island have been recognized among the most unique in the world, but also among the most endangered. Nearly the vegetation zones that range from the primary lowland rainforest located in the east coast and the central highlands and mountains cover the uniqueness of Madagascar’s fauna and flora. Among this uniqueness is orchid flora, a flowering plant that is found almost in every vegetation areas of the island. As a matter of fact, Madagascar has a rich orchid flora of about 1,000 species. Over 90 percent of the existing orchid species found in Madagascar and nearly 20 percent of their genera are endemic. Endemicity of its orchids at both the species and generic level is higher than anywhere else in the world (Cribb &Hermans, 2007).

Madagascar’s orchids are so unique that it amazes orchid lovers and attract researchers to discover how such endemic species evolve in their habitat and how to conserve them, considering that orchids are highly threatened with extinction due to climate change as well as forest clearance. Madagascar’s orchids are qualified “Hanitriniala”, which literally means that they are considered as the fragrance of Madagascar’s forest. Some examples of orchid species seen and dispersed in the vegetation areas of Madagascar ranging from the eastern rainforest to the central plateau include:

 Cymbidiella, a genus of three species of epiphytic orchids that essentially grows on the surface of a plant. The three genera of orchid species are all endemic to Madagascar. One of them is the orchid named Cymbidiela flabellata, a flowering plant which is mostly present in the lowland rainforest. This is a species that ranges from 1 to 1.5 m in height. Its leaves are 20 to 50 cm long and 1.7 to 2 cm in width. The flowers of this orchid are quite charming, yet less desirable due to their smaller size. Regarding its efflorescence, it blooms from September to February.

 Angraecum, commonly known as comet orchid, is a genus in the orchid family that is made up of about 220 species. Angraecum sororium is one of those species. It is a breath-taking plant reaching up to one meter when it is in its full floral glory. This orchid is a terrestrial or lithophytic orchid and is referred to as a plant growing in rocks. It is essentially found in the central highlands in the region closest to the capital Antananarivo and grows fully exposed on boulders and granite outcrops. Its flowering season runs from January to March.

Recently, a new orchid called Gastrodia Agnicellus has been discovered in the southeast region of Madagascar. This is a peculiar species labeled the ugliest orchid in the world by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Sources: Phillipp Cribb &Johan Hermans (2007). “The conservation of Madagascar’s orchids. A model for an integrated for conservation project”; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / African Orchids

Our shift into a brand-new lifestyle happened so fast. In a glimpse of an eye, some of human’s common habits and undertaking have been disrupted. The traditional in-presence work experience seems to vanish little by little, giving in more places to casual and remote work experiences. The work environment has been one of the most affected fields, leading up to a change in the workforce as well as the shape of the workplace. Most people are now working remotely while others had to be laid off temporarily or to change job.

The future of job looks uncertain since many workers had to switch occupations. In fact, both individuals and companies suffer from these sudden changes and disruptions. They need to adopt a new approach on how they could adjust their work perspective and their skills towards that ever-changing shape of work.Taking into account cases of US employees, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) suggests that 17 million workers may need to change occupation by 2030. It has been shown that the trends accelerated by COVID-19 are more likely to cause greater changes in the mix of occupations, with little work growth in low-wage jobs. In the post-COVID-19 context, a likelihood of decrease in employment rate in sectors like customer service, food service and office work is expected, whereas transportation jobs as well as Healthcare and STEM occupations may grow more than before the pandemic.

An ever-increasing change in the workplace

Amid the pandemic, the nature of work has already known an impactful shift. Similarly, post pandemic is expected to shape the future of workplace. Formal employment may go informal, which sometimes involves precarious jobs. On the other hand, office workers, for instance, may juggle with temporary shift from in-office work to remote one. In fact, remote work has already become the new trend for many companies. In surveys conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in November and December 2020, 72 percent of executives state that their organizations have started adopting permanent remote-working models. Similarly, 70 percent of employees say that being able to work from home for a few days a week is a top criterion in selecting their next job. Some findings – always provided by PwC – have even revealed that remote work has been an overwhelming success for both employees and employers.

As the rollout of vaccines is going well, the situation is expected to return to normal, yet everything has changed. It is no longer possible to think that the future workplace will look like the same as two years ago, like in pre-COVID-19. A report from MGI estimates that even after vaccines are fully rolled out and workplaces return to the new normal, US jobs could be done remotely with 22 percent for 3 to 5 days a week, 17 percent for 1 to 3 days and the remaining 61 percent for one day or less a week.

This finding shows that the “in-presence” work experience may not be necessarily useful anymore after the pandemic and that the “new normal” at work is what to be rethought the most.

Sources: McKinsey Global Institute / PwC / The conversation

By the night of April 25, the 93rd annual Academy Awards also known as “Oscars” was held in Los Angeles, gathering Hollywood movie stars, actors and directors from America and other countries. During the ceremony, diversity and inclusion in the film industry have been highlighted since foreign movies have appeared to be awarded more prerogatives regarding the nominations.

Diversity in the film industry has so long been the main concerns of many movie players and producers and has always created controversy among moviegoers; but that night in Los Angeles, the 93rd Oscars annually presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences seemed to have astonished its audience worldwide since the unforgettable Oscar nominations of 2015 and 2016 leading to the inception of “Oscars so white” hashtag. This year, the Academy Awards have learnt a lot from these previous events. They have made diversity efforts through underlying representation and inclusion in the nominations.

Among nominees was “NOMADLAND”, the 2020 American movie drama, based on the book of Jessica Bruder, entitled “Nomadland: Surviving America in The Twenty-First Century”. This is a movie produced and directed by Chloé Zhao, a Chinese-born woman filmmaker. She relates the story of the protagonist Fern who decided to leave her hometown after her husband passed away. Later, she lost her job to live a nomad lifestyle while becoming houseless dwelling in a van and travelling throughout the United States. The movie has got six awards including Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Achievement in Film Editing and Best Achievement in Cinematography. In fact, the overall awards Nomadland movie has won so far are 230, along with 132 nominations between the intervals of a few months only since 2020. Earlier this year, Nomadland also won two Golden Globes, out of four nominations, the 2021 British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) for Best Film.

Back to the story of the Academy and its Oscars

Since few people have been able to create motion pictures and technological contents, making a film had been the logical follow-up of such a great ingenuity; hence the creation of a cinematography industry which then gave birth to the Academy in 1927 – which is today’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – initiated by the filmmaker and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio (M-G-M), Louis B. Mayer. The first Academy awards or Oscars was held in 1929 with a banquet at the Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom room with about 270 attendees. To honor and award film productions, movies had been put into category with their special features such as Film Editing, Music Scoring, and Song. These were added in 1935. The first Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress Academy Awards were presented for film performances in 1963. It was only in 1941 that the category of documentary appeared on the ballot.

In 1944, the Academy made a radical change. The Oscar Ceremony was held for the first time at the Chinese Theatre on Hollywood boulevard in Hollywood. Since that day, everything had been evolving until the Oscar went global in 1969. For the very first time, the Oscars were broadcast around the world and now the show has already reached movie fans in more than 200 countries.

Sources: oscars.org/ TIME/ USA Today / IMDb

In today’s globalized context, diversity is a concept that we can longer ignore in our community. We can talk about diversity in terms of culture, race and ethnicity, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, language background.

Let us focus on education. Diversity in classroom presents numerous benefits. In a classroom where the question of diversity is tackled, pupils are more likely to have empathy. As a matter of fact, they will not be seen making precipitous prejudices towards others concerning their beliefs and their cultural backgrounds. They will get to know one another and will understand others’ feelings.

If the teacher knows how to combine diversity in the curriculum, students will get better understanding of the lessons and the process of learning. They will be able to have a deeper outlook of the real world beyond what they learnt about the history and culture of their own country. In that way, they will be more unbiased.

At the same time, they will be more open to new thoughts and new ideas since they meet one another and get understood more increasingly. It is important that they learn to esteem others regardless their respective traditions. Then, they will be able to respect themselves.

To achieve that, they have to talk about others’ cultures with respectful and mature manners. The respect of diversity in classroom will help students to be secure.Taking into account others’ diversities will help kids become more independent and versatile. Moreover, it will help them facilitate their learning process through living different conditions and experiences and also allow them to use their own resources in order to make them able to deal with various subjects and to express their own point of view.

The consideration of others’ diversities will make students feel more relaxed as well when being at school. Indeed, they will be able to work together in order to achieve both personal and common goals. Obviously, this will guarantee a good communication skill that may then enable them to thrive in the workforce and build trust between coworkers when they grow up. To that point, they will get courage to talk about themselves, to talk about their culture and their beliefs and more importantly, they will make others more comfortable and open to diversity.

How to manage diversity outside the classroom?

Later, when the kids grow up, the first thing they would keep in mind is what they have learnt from school about diversity. To manage diversity in society, people have to learn first to know each other. In doing so, they have to avoid some subjective outlooks towards others while considering their background either cultural or social. This is why ice breaking is always important when beginning something new with different persons.

People also need to maintain good communication with others by showing respect. Indeed, showing respect to others’ culture, belief, identity and freedom can be useful in managing diversity. Showing respect may include not mocking their practices even these ones seem weird to you and taking time to know and learn about the reasons behind such practices.

In the corporate world, diversity can be managed through combining different cultures so as to get more varied, yet effective and productive results.
Since we live in a society that continues to evolve, we can conclude that, if we want to live peacefully, we need to embrace diversity.

Source: Drexel University School of Education (drexel.edu)