Grüne on equality and diversity

The Greens want more women in professorships and want to set appointment quotas using a cascade model. Equality and anti-discrimination offices are to be strengthened, and academic work is to become easier to combine with family.

There are too few women professors. So the Greens want quotas for new professorships. The quota depends on the share of women at the level below. Offices that fight unfair treatment should get more money and powers. Study and research should fit better with family life.

The program sees too few women especially in W3 professorships with their own chair. Equality offices and anti-discrimination officers are to receive sufficient powers and funds. Having a child or caring for sick parents should no longer end an academic career. Part-time study and studying with a family are to become considerably easier. The party argues that no talent should be lost because of discrimination.

The Greens want to close the pay gap between women and men and ensure equal pay for work of equal value. People working in social professions would get more money and better working conditions.

Women often earn less than men. The Greens want to change that. Women should get the same pay for work of equal value. People in social jobs should be paid better. This includes nursing care and daycare.

The platform calls the pay difference unfair and discriminatory. Equal pay is also meant to counter poverty in old age, which according to the platform mainly affects women. The platform describes work in social professions, from birth care and daycare to nursing, as indispensable to society.

The Greens want an action plan and a special investment program to remove physical, social and communication barriers. In the platform's view, the state goal “Bayern barrierefrei 2023” (barrier-free Bavaria by 2023) was clearly missed. Municipalities and districts would receive money for inclusion, and the administration would provide information in plain language.

The Greens want to remove barriers for people with disabilities. There should be a plan and extra money for this. Buses, shops and doctors' offices should be reachable for everyone. People with disabilities should have a say in planning. Public offices should use plain language.

Municipalities would get funding to set up an inclusion check, and administrative staff, police and emergency services would be trained. People with disabilities would be involved from the planning stage. Outpatient support services would be funded together with the districts; on request, people would receive a personal budget with advice, and residents of care facilities would get independent complaint handling. The administration would offer websites, flyers and forms in plain language, provide money and a timetable for this, and train its staff. Especially inclusive organizations would receive a state award.

The Greens want equal pay for work of equal value, more women in leadership and a better balance between family and work. The platform calls for binding quotas in the public sphere, equality conditions for public contracts and subsidies, and the goal of making all companies family-friendly by 2035.

Women and men should earn the same for work of equal value. More women should become bosses. The state and its companies should have fixed quotas. Companies with state contracts must do something for equality. By 2035, all companies should be family-friendly.

A procurement law would require firms accepting public contracts to take equality measures; gender fairness would also become a condition for state subsidies. Binding criteria would be created for certifying family-friendly companies, going beyond the "Familienpakt Bayern" (Bavarian family pact). The state budget would include gender budgeting. School curricula and teaching materials would be revised and career guidance made gender-sensitive, backed by a public campaign against gender constraints. Good childcare in cities and rural areas and flexible working-time models are also planned.

The Greens want to change electoral law so that women are entitled to half of the seats in parliament. A "half the power" law would achieve this through two-member constituency duos and an equal allocation of list seats.

The Greens want a new election law. Half of the seats in the state parliament should go to women. Each voting district should elect a duo. Seats from party lists should also be shared equally.

The goal is equal representation of the genders in all parliaments. For Bavaria, the platform proposes constituency duos, meaning two members per constituency, and a fifty-fifty allocation of list seats. The party argues that parliament should reflect the reality of society.

The Greens want to fund women's shelters, hotlines and counseling centers better and create more places in order to implement the Istanbul Convention. The platform argues that more and more victims are seeking help and that these facilities' situation threatens their existence.

The Greens want to protect women better from violence. Women's shelters and counseling centers should get more money and more places. After a rape, there should be good emergency care. Evidence should be collected without giving a name.

The plan includes more prevention and counseling, low-barrier places, and awareness campaigns aimed specifically at potential perpetrators and bystanders. Support for victims of sexual violence, stalking and cyberbullying would grow. After rapes, the state would guarantee qualified emergency care with anonymous evidence collection and emergency contraception. Sex workers would get counseling, help and workplace protection statewide; trained police would act in a coordinated way against forced prostitution and human trafficking.

The Greens want to advance full equality for LGBTIQ* people and rainbow families. Bavaria is to get an action plan for sexual and gender diversity, and the state government is to appoint a queer commissioner. The platform points out that Bavaria is the only German state without such a plan.

The Greens want to protect queer people better. Queer means, for example, lesbian, gay or trans. Bavaria should get an action plan for this. One person in the government should take care of the issue. There should be more counseling, also in rural areas.

The action plan is to cover areas such as security, education, health, asylum, sports, the civil service and remembrance culture, and is to be reviewed regularly and funded reliably. Planned are easy-to-reach counseling services for queer young people, adults and rainbow families, especially in rural areas, plus steady funding for existing, often volunteer-run organizations. The police are to get fixed contact persons for victims of anti-queer crimes. For queer refugees, the Greens want to stop current deportation practice and set up a state coordination office. Care homes seeking the “Lebensort Vielfalt” (diversity-friendly home) certification are to receive funding.

The Greens want an anti-discrimination law for Bavaria and a central state office that people affected can turn to. In addition, there is to be an action plan against racism, antisemitism and group-focused hostility.

The Greens want a law against discrimination in Bavaria. Discrimination means someone is treated unfairly, for example because of where they come from. A new office would advise people affected. There would also be a plan against racism and hatred of Jews.

The new office would link state institutions and the public and include an ombuds office offering legal assessment and advice. A "Coordination Office for Democracy" would raise awareness of anti-democratic movements in the administration, and a funding program would strengthen civil society. The party wants to promote Jewish life and culture. Funding is also planned for civic education, media literacy and outreach youth work, along with counseling centers for affected people in every part of Bavaria.