Grüne on equality and diversity

The Greens want to counter discrimination starting in daycare and school. Teachers and school staff are to learn about discrimination in their studies and in further training. Lessons are also to cover hate speech, fake news and violence against women and queer people.

Some children are treated unfairly at school. This is called discrimination. The Greens want teachers to learn more about it. Lessons should cover hate on the internet and fake news. Violence against women and girls should also be a topic.

According to the program, discrimination makes children reluctant to attend school and harms their educational chances. University courses and further training are planned. Teaching concepts are to convey not just history but above all the value and workings of the democratic rule of law, also to prevent radicalization. Education about violence against women, girls and inter*, non-binary and trans* people is to enter curricula, and peer counseling projects are to be supported.

The Greens want schools and youth work to be safe places for queer young people. Gender identity and sexual orientation are to be addressed across subjects, not only in sex education. The program says many queer youths do not come out for fear of discrimination.

Queer young people love or live differently from most others. Many hide this at school out of fear. The Greens want schools to be safe places for them. Many subjects should talk about diversity. Teachers should get training on this.

Cooperation with independent organizations is to become standard across the state step by step. Physical education is to have fewer gender-separated and more mixed offerings; all-gender restrooms as lockable single stalls are given as an example. Teaching materials are to include diversity, and the topic is to enter the training of school staff. Volunteer-based queer anti-discrimination projects are to receive institutional funding. Schools are to be prepared for intersex children, and an independent counseling center for parents and students is planned.

The Greens want to make women and inter, non-binary and trans people more visible in academia and call for quotas for professorships and leadership posts. A statewide coordination office for diversity is to be created. The party rejects a ban on full-face veils at universities.

The Greens want more women in top jobs at universities. They want quotas for this. A quota is a fixed share. Trans, inter and non-binary people should also get more protection and more say. The Greens reject a ban on face veils.

Gaps in the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) for students and scholarship holders are to be closed, and universities without a complaints office could be required to set one up through target agreements. The plans include all-gender restrooms and protected changing rooms, as well as the use of self-chosen names and pronouns even before a legal change. Selection procedures for top positions are to become more transparent, and family, teaching and research are to be easier to combine. The Greens want more diversity among teaching staff and encourage universities to include sexual and gender diversity in curricula. They reject the veil ban because, in their view, it shuts women out of university.

The Greens want to repeal Section 218 of the Criminal Code, which makes abortion a criminal offense. Those affected should have easily accessible options for an abortion close to home. In addition, there is to be help for treating female genital mutilation.

A law makes abortion a crime. The Greens want to remove this law. Women should be able to get an abortion near where they live. Women with genital injuries should also get help.

The Greens welcome the federal government's repeal of the information ban in Section 219a. Counseling services are to be funded according to need, and the state's care mandate under the Schwangerschaftskonfliktgesetz (Pregnancy Conflict Act) is to be spelled out. Data on practices that offer abortions is to improve. For treating female genital mutilation, the platform plans education, professional training, referral counseling, and a fund for treatment and travel costs.

The Greens want to include people with disabilities in all relevant political processes in the state and remove barriers. Binding rules are to secure accessible participation. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the basis, and inclusion is to be considered in every policy area.

People with disabilities should help make political decisions. There should be fixed rules for this. Information should be easy for everyone to understand. People who need support should get it.

Information is to be available in accessible formats, event formats are to be agreed with self-advocacy bodies, and assistance needs are to be asked about and met. The state is to support full-time commissioners for people with disabilities in municipalities. The state action plan on the UN convention is to be updated with the participation of those affected, and municipalities are to get incentives to implement it. In addition, the state disability equality law is to be developed further and digital services made accessible.

The Greens want a statewide plan to protect women with disabilities from violence. Protection and support services are to be accessible, easy to reach and close to home. The platform cites this group's high risk of experiencing sexual, physical and psychological violence.

Women and girls with disabilities often face violence. The Greens want a statewide plan to protect them. There should be advice centers close to home. These centers should be free of barriers.

Alongside reducing structural discrimination, contact persons and counseling centers are to be available close to home. Together with the universities and the teacher training institute IQSH, differentiated teaching materials for inclusive classes are to be developed. Medical and nursing staff are to be made more aware of how to work with people with disabilities, with self-advocacy bodies more involved in training. The party expects facility operators to provide equality officers and residents' councils with their own budgets; support for women and for inter*, non-binary and trans* people with disabilities is to be expanded.

The Greens want to recognize sign language as a minority language so that it can be protected and supported. Public administrations are to keep promoting Leichte Sprache (easy-to-read German) and multilingualism. This is meant to give everyone access to important information.

Deaf people speak with their hands. This is called sign language. The Greens want to give this language special protection. Public offices should write more in easy language.

Sessions of the state parliament are to become more accessible, for example through sign language interpreting, as is information on parliamentary decisions. For refugees with disabilities, including those with complex trauma, integration assistance is to be revised in federal law. In individual cases it is to take native-language, cultural and trauma-sensitive needs into account.

The Greens want to make March 8 a public holiday and significantly raise the share of women in local politics. They also want to tackle different prices for women and men for the same products.

The Greens want a new holiday on March 8. That is Women's Day. More women should take part in local politics. Women should not pay more than men for the same products.

According to the program, women hold about 25 percent of local political offices. Women are to be specifically encouraged to seek top posts such as mayor or county administrator. The state as an employer is to set an example on equal opportunity and use campaigns to raise women's visibility in working life. The party justifies this by saying that, in its view, women are still disadvantaged and do most of the unpaid care work.

The Greens want to expand women's shelters and counseling centers across the state, especially in rural areas, and fund them long-term. Violence against women is to be treated as a matter of internal security and tackled with a dedicated strategy.

The Greens want to protect women better from violence. There should be more women's shelters and counseling centers. Rural areas especially lack such places. They should get lasting funding.

The program points to increased demand at helplines and counseling centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A strategy is to be developed together with women's shelters, women's counseling centers, the police and men's counseling centers. A statewide competence center against gender-based violence is to pool expertise and offer training and advice to institutions. Counseling is to be diverse and easy to access and open to those affected regardless of gender identity. Prevention is to be expanded and counseling work accompanied by research.

The Greens want to give targeted support to women and girls in career choice, education and professional advancement, especially in technical fields and in starting businesses. Gender budgeting is to be extended in the state budget, and the party wants a federal ban on sexist advertising.

The Greens want to support women and girls at work. More women should study technology and computer science. Women who start a company should get help. Ads that put women down should be banned.

Programs for women and girls in computer science, technology and digitalization are to grow. Women are also to be strengthened in the independent arts scene and in artistic leadership positions. The party supports professorships in gender studies within engineering so that technology is developed without discrimination. Gender budgeting means reviewing budget funds for their effects on the genders; its extension is to be accompanied by research, and the findings shared with other public administrations.

The Greens want to create a state-level office for queer issues to coordinate the state government's queer policy. Counseling for queer people is to be expanded together with municipalities, especially on gender diversity and in rural areas.

The Greens want a commissioner for queer issues. Queer means, for example, lesbian, gay or trans. There should be more counseling for queer people. This applies especially in rural areas.

Queer policy is to be anchored as a cross-cutting task in all policy areas. According to the program, qualified counseling is lacking especially for trans, intersex and non-binary people; specialized centers are to be created and other counseling services made more aware. A statewide training program is to prepare educational staff in schools and other institutions for the strains queer young people face. Together with associations, a guide is to be drawn up for dealing with trans, intersex and non-binary students and for supporting people during transition.

The Greens want health and nursing care that responds to the needs of queer people. Facilities would be able to earn a quality seal, staff would receive training, and counseling services would be expanded.

The Greens want better health care for queer people. Queer means, for example, gay, lesbian or trans. Good clinics should get a quality seal. Staff should learn more about this. There should be more counseling.

The program proposes a quality seal for facilities and providers with special diversity skills. A competence and care network is to be built, and health and nursing staff are to get further training. Counseling and testing for sexual health would be expanded, along with regional, easy-to-access services for trans, inter and non-binary people that minors can also reach more easily. Queer-competent psychotherapists would get a special license to close a gap in care. Awareness programs at schools and universities are meant to make gender-specific treatment the standard.

The Greens want to expand the state action plan "Echte Vielfalt" (Real Diversity) into a version 2.0, working with queer organizations. Queer education, counseling and youth work would get professional structures reachable across the state.

The state has a plan for queer people. It is called "Echte Vielfalt" (Real Diversity). The Greens want to make this plan bigger. It should get more money. Counseling and youth work should get paid staff.

The action plan is to grow in content, structure and funding and include a package of measures for further areas. It would be carried out together with queer self-organized groups, and volunteer work would be supported. Its effect would be reviewed later, for example through a new edition of the 2019 study. The Greens want to check whether recurring project grants can become permanent funding, freeing project money for new initiatives. Education, counseling, youth work and topics such as queer refugees and disability are to get professional structures.

The Greens want to reach a state agreement with Muslim communities and conclude treaties with other religious communities as well. Jewish life is to become more visible, and the state's law on church-state relations is to be updated to reflect today's diversity.

People of many religions live in the state. The Greens want an agreement with Muslims. Jews and Alevis already have one. Jewish life should be easier to see. The rules for religions should become more modern.

The platform stresses that Jewish and Muslim life are part of Schleswig-Holstein. Congregations and projects that make Jewish life visible would get support, and educational offerings on the subject would grow. As long as state treaties with churches exist, other religious communities based in the state should get treaties too. Interfaith formats would be supported. Prisons should offer chaplaincy from all faiths statewide, plus services for people with no religion. The platform points to the growing number of people without a religious affiliation.

The Greens want to make March 8, International Women's Day, a public holiday in Schleswig-Holstein. If further holidays are added later, they will push for January 27 and May 8.

March 8 is International Women's Day. The Greens want this day to be a holiday. Later, two more holidays could follow. These are January 27 and May 8.

The new holiday would be added to the existing ones, which are mostly Christian. The platform links this to a more diverse society with more people who have no religious affiliation. If more holidays are introduced in the future, the Greens would propose Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 and May 8 as the Day of Liberation.

The Greens want to draw more women and inter*, non-binary and trans* people into IT jobs and fill IT positions on a parity basis. The platform argues that the digital world has so far been shaped mostly by men and that issues like digital violence get too little attention.

The Greens want more women in IT jobs. This also applies to inter, non-binary and trans people. IT jobs should be shared equally. Girls should get early support in math, technology and science.

A public campaign for more equality in the IT sector is to be launched together with businesses. Girls and FINT* people (women, inter, non-binary and trans) are to receive early and stronger support in STEM subjects. Parity would also apply to professorships and teaching posts in IT degree programs. Women and FINT* people are to get more say in digital policy bodies, in gender-related technology assessment, in budget decisions and in the awarding of public funds. The platform cites the state government's equality report, which it says points to gaps on digital violence and discrimination by algorithms.

The Greens want dedicated funding for IT projects run by women and FINT* people. Hackathons exclusively for these groups are also to be supported.

The Greens want to give money to IT projects by women. This also applies to FINT* people. These are women, inter, non-binary and trans people. There should also be coding events only for them.

The funding is meant for participants with and without an IT background. Hackathons are events where people develop software together in a short time. The existing program "Women in digital areas" is to continue.

The Greens want the state administration to reflect the diversity of society. They plan a recruitment campaign, easier conditions for trans*, inter* and non-binary employees, and gender-balanced dual leadership.

More young people and more women should work in public offices. People from different backgrounds should work there too. Hiring should be easier for trans people. Two people should be able to lead an office together.

An intercultural campaign is to reach people who have not seen the administration as an employer so far. Diversity-sensitive communication is to be strengthened in training and through supervision. Hiring barriers for trans*, inter* and non-binary people are to be removed; a statewide transition guideline is planned, and name and pronouns are to be freely chosen even before the legal change. Agencies could be led by two equal heads with no pay gap, and diversity is to carry more weight in filling leadership posts.

The Greens want to introduce a state law against discrimination that strengthens people who are treated unfairly by public authorities. Those affected would be able to claim damages from the state. Civil society organizations are to receive permanent funding.

The Greens want a law against discrimination. Discrimination means someone is treated unfairly, for example because of their origin. People treated unfairly by an authority should be able to claim money from the state. Associations should be allowed to sue for them.

The law is to build on the state action plans "Echte Vielfalt" (Real Diversity) and against racism. A right for associations to sue is meant to make it easier to enforce claims. Civil society and self-organized groups would get permanent structural funding, including for empowerment work with people who experience racism or anti-queer hostility. The state would also sign the declaration on non-discriminatory treatment of HIV-positive people at work and encourage counties and municipalities to do the same.

The Greens call for an in-depth reckoning with structural and institutional racism, which they regard as a violation of the constitution's equality guarantee. People with a migration background are to be better represented in important positions.

The Greens want to do more against racism. They want to study everyday racism in towns and cities. People from immigrant families should have more say. A federal law should make this happen.

At the federal level, the Greens want to push for a participation law. Across the state, municipal monitoring with academic support is to record everyday racism. The platform cites racial profiling and unequal treatment of job applicants wearing a headscarf as examples of structural racism. Anti-Muslim, anti-Asian and anti-Slavic racism, anti-Black racism and antiziganism are seen as distinct forms that need different responses. The state action plan against racism is described as a first step.

The Greens want to act against racism directed at Muslims and to work with Muslim associations and civil society to do so. Measures against racism toward Black people and against antiziganism are also to be supported at the state level.

The Greens want to fight racism against Muslims. They want to work with Muslim groups. People without a religion should join the talks too. The Greens also want better protection for Black people and Roma.

The platform justifies the plan by saying that Muslims frequently face hatred, attacks and discrimination. The Greens want to build partnerships with Muslim associations and civil society groups. Dialogue projects should not focus only on Islam but should also include people without religious belief. The federal coalition's plans against racism are supported. These include the UN Decade for People of African Descent, with support for Black self-organized groups, and the EU Roma strategy, with monitoring of antiziganist incidents.

The Greens want to fight antisemitism in every part of society and provide comprehensive protection for Jewish institutions. The documentation center LIDA and the office of the state commissioner are to be strengthened, and events featuring antisemitic speakers are to receive no state money.

The Greens want to fight hatred of Jews. Jewish people should be safe in the state. One office should record incidents better. Groups that spread hatred of Jews should get no state money. Teachers should get more training.

The definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is to serve as the standard. The statewide information and documentation center on antisemitism (LIDA) and the state commissioner for Jewish life are to be strengthened; the commissioner's office is to move from the education ministry to the state parliament. Cultural events featuring people or organizations that make antisemitic statements, and institutions that promote antisemitism, are to get no public funding. Projects and research critical of antisemitism are to be funded, and teacher training expanded. The Greens support cooperation with Israel and the Yad Vashem memorial as well as student exchanges and study trips.

The Greens want a binding quota of at least 50 percent women in the top management levels of companies in which the state holds a stake. Additional measures are to take inter, trans and non-binary people into account.

The state owns shares in some companies. At least half of the bosses there should be women. This should be required. Inter, trans and non-binary people should also be included.

The quota would apply to managing directors and executive management. It covers the first and second management levels. It affects companies in which the state holds a stake. Further measures are meant to ensure that inter, trans and non-binary people are also included.

The Greens want equal support for the state's three national minorities: Sinti and Roma, Frisians and the Danish minority. Their languages are to be supported in German schools as well, and centers would inform the public about the minorities.

Three national minorities live in Schleswig-Holstein. They are Sinti and Roma, Frisians and the Danish minority. The Greens want to support all three equally. Their languages should also be taught in German schools. New centers should inform people about the minorities.

The party wants to fight discrimination against Sinti and Roma together with their representative bodies and civil society alliances; existing education projects would be strengthened and joined by new ones. Danish, Frisian and Romani would be promoted in German schools too, along with knowledge about the minorities. Equal funding would apply to areas such as schools and culture. Together with the minorities' own organizations, centers for minorities and ethnic groups would be set up or funded in several places. The party will examine how minorities not yet recognized could be included.