Grüne on equality and diversity

The Greens want to implement the Gewalthilfegesetz (federal law on help for victims of violence) and fund women's shelters reliably. Residents should no longer pay a personal contribution, so that protection does not depend on income. Shelter places, counseling and work with perpetrators are to be expanded in all regions.

The Greens want more money for women's shelters. Women should no longer have to pay anything themselves there. There should be enough places everywhere in the state. Counseling and work with offenders should also grow.

A funding program is to make women's shelters accessible, and mobile and outpatient services are to be strengthened statewide. Counseling should be multilingual and inclusive and open regardless of residence status. A state office is to coordinate protection from violence for women and girls with disabilities and link the support system, integration assistance and care. Centers for work with perpetrators are to be funded outside Halle and Magdeburg as well, including digital or mobile formats. Education programs against antifeminism and what the program calls toxic masculinity are to be expanded in schools, clubs and adult education.

The Greens want to turn the Frauenfördergesetz (law on the advancement of women) into an equality law and advocate a parity law that complies with the constitution. It is meant to secure women's representation in parliaments. State laws would in future have to be checked for their effects on the genders.

The Greens want a new equality law. A parity law should bring more women into parliaments. Parity means that women and men are represented equally. New laws should be checked for how they affect women and men.

The state program for gender equality is to get fixed targets, binding indicators and a yearly review. A gender mainstreaming check is to become mandatory for state laws. The parity law is to be compatible with the constitution. The program regards equal pay, equal chances of promotion and equal say as rights.

The Greens want to review the state action plan on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and add further measures. Public spaces, state facilities, doctors' offices and hospitals should become more accessible.

The Greens want fewer barriers for people with disabilities. This applies to buildings, public places and doctors' offices. State offices should also give information in easy language. People with disabilities should have a say in plans from the start.

Five years after the action plan was adopted, the Greens want to check what has been done and where needs remain. The program calls this a policy of removing barriers rather than managing disability. Self-advocacy bodies and the state disability commissioner should be involved proactively, and inclusion measures developed together with them and the municipalities. Funding for accessible medical practices and hospitals would be increased, following talks with insurers and the physicians' association.

The Greens want a state anti-discrimination law that prevents discrimination by public bodies and allows those affected to obtain compensation. Binding statewide inclusion standards would apply to agencies and public spaces.

The Greens want a new law against unfair treatment by state offices. People affected should be able to fight back and get compensation. The same inclusion rules should apply to offices across the state. Inclusion means everyone can take part.

The law is meant to give affected people a legal hearing. Statewide standards should secure equal access to public services and facilities. Barriers to voting, serving on committees and political engagement should be reduced for people with disabilities or a migration background. Policy projects should take into account that discrimination based on gender, origin, disability, sexual orientation or social situation can overlap.

The Greens want long-term funding for projects against racism, antisemitism, hostility toward Muslims and hostility toward LGBTIQ* people, which they see as a state duty to protect democracy. Counseling centers for victims of violence and migrant associations are to receive more support.

The Greens want to strengthen projects against racism and hate. These projects should get money for the long term. Counseling centers help people after violence. They should get more support too. Groups run by immigrants should also get more help.

In the platform's view, work against discrimination is not an optional extra and must be funded professionally and reliably. Counseling centers for victims of far-right, racist, antisemitic or antifeminist violence are to be strengthened, as is the state counseling network; the service office for child and youth protection is to grow. Migrant-run organizations are to get more support, be able to build more professional structures and be recognized as democratic actors.