AfD on equality and diversity

The AfD wants to strictly enforce Berlin's Neutralitätsgesetz (neutrality law) for police and the judiciary and to again allow an unrestricted headscarf ban for teachers in schools. Girls under 14 would not be allowed to wear a headscarf at school. The platform warns that a weak neutrality law leads to creeping Islamization and undermines trust in the state.

The AfD wants teachers not to wear a headscarf at school. Girls under 14 should not wear a headscarf at school either. The ban on religious symbols should stay for police and courts. The AfD wants to ban visible prayer on school grounds.

Violations of the neutrality requirement would lead to disciplinary action, up to removal from service. For the headscarf ban for girls under 14, the AfD announces a law modeled on other European countries. Full-face veils would be banned in Berlin schools. The demonstrative practice of religious rites on school grounds, such as visible prayer, would be prohibited; school church services and religious education are exempt. Taking part in religious events at public schools is always to remain voluntary.

The AfD wants to eliminate commissioner posts, such as those for gender equality and anti-discrimination, and rejects quotas. The money saved would go to family support. The party favors equal opportunity over equal outcomes.

Berlin has officers for gender equality. The AfD wants to end these posts. It also wants no quotas. A quota sets how many women or men get a position. The money saved should go to families.

The program argues that these officers cost a lot of tax money, encourage politics for special interest groups, and create red tape. The savings would cover the posts themselves, their staff, and their material budgets. The AfD stresses that there are two sexes that complement each other and opposes what it calls trans ideology. Every person should have the same opportunities based on performance and talent.