Grüne on equality and diversity

The Greens want a statewide gender equality strategy and a public-law equality foundation. They support a parity law so that women are equally represented in politics. Unequal pay is to be reduced through information and pay audits.

The Greens want equal chances for all genders. There should be a plan for all of Saxony. A new foundation should support equality work. A law should bring equal numbers of women and men into politics. Women and men should earn the same.

The strategy is meant to cover urban and rural areas alike. Gender-sensitive and anti-discrimination content is to be anchored early in education, with extra support for school social workers and counseling teachers. Pay audits would be based on the EU Pay Transparency Directive. Care work at home is to count more financially and in social insurance law. Structural change in transition regions should pay attention to good jobs for women, and public administration should communicate in gender-inclusive language. The platform also backs a professorship for gender equality.

The Greens want a state law that sets uniform rules for protection from violence across Saxony. The support system against domestic violence, stalking and gender-based violence is to be expanded in line with the Istanbul Convention and be open to all genders.

The Greens want a new law to protect people from violence. The same rules should apply all over Saxony. Victims should get more help and protection. This applies to all genders. Children should also be safe in schools and care homes.

Protection plans are to become mandatory in schools and in all youth welfare and integration assistance facilities. Dedicated services are to improve for groups such as migrants, sex workers, minors, queer people and people with disabilities. Professionals who deal with victims or perpetrators are to receive mandatory training. The platform also wants to expand counseling and psychosocial help for people who commit violence.

The Greens want more counseling and contact points for queer people, especially for young people and in rural areas. Schools should be safe places to learn for all children, and the "Schule der Vielfalt" (School of Diversity) project is to grow. The state action plan on diversity is to be carried out by all ministries.

The Greens want more help for queer people. Queer means, for example, lesbian, gay or trans. There should be more counseling, also in rural areas. Schools should be safe for all children. Police and courts should build more trust.

Counseling is also to be expanded for parents of queer children and for queer parents. Queer topics are to be part of the training of teachers and other educators. The contact person at the Leipzig public prosecutor's office and cooperation with the police are to become permanent structures so that people are more willing to turn to the authorities. The platform sees acceptance of diversity as a task for the whole state government.

The Greens want an anti-discrimination law for Saxony and a state commissioner for anti-discrimination. People who experience racism or discrimination in public offices or other institutions should be able to file complaints with bodies that operate across regions.

The Greens want a law against discrimination in Saxony. Discrimination means someone is treated unfairly, for example because of where they come from. A commissioner should take care of this issue. People should be able to complain about public offices.

The platform justifies the plan by saying many people in Saxony experience racism and discrimination and that integration must also offer safety. It points to the permanent institutional funding already achieved for anti-discrimination offices. The new complaint procedures are meant to cover incidents in public offices and other institutions.

The Greens want Saxony to conclude a state treaty with the body representing Saxony's Sinti and Roma. It is meant to make support for the minority, its culture and its history binding and permanent.

Sinti and Roma have lived in Saxony for centuries. The Greens want a firm treaty with their representatives. The treaty should secure support for this group. Schools should also teach more about their history.

The regional association of Sinti and Roma would receive permanent institutional funding. The reporting and information office on antigypsyism would be run by the state in the future, so that incidents are recorded and prevention is improved. The platform also names remembrance work and coming to terms with the past as tasks. The minority's history and culture would get more room in school curricula.

The Greens want to strengthen Jewish life in Saxony, make it more visible and expand the protection of Jewish institutions. They commit to defending Israel's right to exist and want to oppose antisemitic positions.

The Greens want to protect Jewish life in Saxony. Jewish institutions should get more protection. The party stands against hatred of Jews. There should be more Jewish religion classes where needed.

Jewish religious education as a regular school subject would be expanded according to need and in coordination with the communities. The office of the state government's commissioner for Jewish life and against antisemitism would be strengthened institutionally and structurally. The platform treats teaching Jewish history, including persecution under National Socialism, as a task of historical education. In the Greens' view, the extent of antisemitism has been underestimated so far.

The Greens want to open the cultural sector equally to people with and without an immigrant background and plan a state concept for this. Cultural offerings are to become accessible, and state committees, juries, and advisory boards are to be half women.

The Greens want more diversity in culture. Immigrants should be able to take part equally. People with disabilities should have access everywhere and help decide. Juries and advisory boards should have as many women as men.

Festivals and cultural offerings by and with immigrants, and networking among transcultural initiatives, are to be funded. For accessibility, the plan calls for advisory services and investment, and people with disabilities are to hold decision-making positions. A state women's culture office is to combine networking, advice, and advocacy. Scholarships are to make it easier to combine artistic work and family. The platform names closing the gender pay gap as a goal, and cultural exchange with the Czech Republic and Poland is to continue.

The Greens back a reform of maternity protection as demanded by women entrepreneurs and tradeswomen. The skilled trades are to get a stand-in service like the one in agriculture, with state money if needed. The goal is a labor market where women can carry out their plans.

The Greens want to help self-employed women. Maternity protection should get better for them. The skilled trades should get a stand-in service for the business. The state of Saxony should pay part of it. Women and men should earn the same.

The Betriebshilfe (business stand-in service) is meant to provide cover when a tradeswoman is absent. The Greens say they are willing to use state funds for it. The plan also includes equal opportunities in the training and job markets and equal pay between the sexes. Raising children and caring for relatives should be easier to combine with a job, especially for single parents.

The Greens want to strengthen Sorbian institutions, bring responsibility together in one ministry and fund the Foundation for the Sorbian People reliably. In the long run there is to be a debate about a democratically elected Sorbian representative body.

The Sorbs are a minority in Saxony. The Greens want to strengthen their rights. One ministry should handle all Sorbian matters. The Sorbian foundation should get enough money. Town signs should show both languages in the same size.

The umbrella organization Domowina is to get the right to bring lawsuits as an association. The foundation's funding is to rise regularly to offset wage increases, inflation and growing needs, with talks planned with the federal government. The office of the commissioner for Sorbian affairs is to be upgraded and a post attached to the minister's office. Direct election of the Sorbian council, as in Brandenburg, is seen as a possible first step. In the Sorbian settlement area, place names are to appear in both languages in equal size and also in official documents. The Greens want to oppose far-right hostility toward Sorbs.