SPD on equality and diversity

The SPD wants to keep implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and improve opportunities for people with disabilities in education, housing and work. Deafblind and deaf people are to receive a regularly adjusted cash allowance to offset disadvantages. Integration assistance is to be improved.

People with disabilities should decide about their own lives. The SPD wants more homes without barriers. More people with disabilities should get regular jobs. Deafblind and deaf people should get money from the state. The money should rise with prices.

The flat-rate allowance for deafblind and deaf people is to follow the model of Berlin and Brandenburg. Integration assistance (Eingliederungshilfe) is to fit individual needs better, and extra and administrative costs are no longer to fall on municipalities. Sheltered workshops and training programs are to be reformed, and the budget for work and training is to be used more for regular employment outside workshops. The state administration is to meet the legal employment quota for people with severe disabilities again as soon as possible. Families with disabled children are to get respite services and enough short-term care places.

The SPD wants an action plan to eliminate the pay gap between women and men, which the program says is larger in Baden-Württemberg than in any other German state. More women are to reach leadership positions, supervisory boards and decision-making bodies. To that end, exemptions in the state's Equal Opportunities Act are to be removed.

Women in the state earn less than men. The SPD wants a plan to change this. Pay should be more open. More women should become bosses. The SPD will change the equal opportunities law for this.

The action plan covers steps on work-life balance, pay transparency and career paths free of discrimination. Migrant women are to find it easier to enter the labor market, and the "Frau und Beruf" (women and work) contact offices will be supported. The state's gender equality strategy is to be revised, given concrete measures for all policy areas, monitored and better resourced. The rights of municipal equality officers and equal opportunity officers are to be strengthened. The SPD intends to fill bodies it has influence over with equal numbers of women and men.

The SPD wants to implement women's legal right to protection from violence in the state and create more counseling centers, shelters and violence protection clinics. The Istanbul Convention is to be applied consistently. Offenses are to be prosecuted more strictly and electronic ankle monitors used consistently.

The SPD wants to protect women better from violence. There should be more women's shelters and counseling centers. Offenders should be prosecuted more strictly. Some offenders should wear an electronic ankle monitor. There should also be counseling for offenders.

The Violence Assistance Act (Gewalthilfegesetz) is to be adapted for Baden-Württemberg and also cover protection from human trafficking and forced prostitution, exit support and prevention of the so-called loverboy method. Every county is to have at least one shelter place per 10,000 residents. State coordination of specialist counseling on sexual violence against children and teenagers is to be strengthened. Schools are to teach about internet pornography and the gender roles it conveys. Counseling for perpetrators and people at risk of offending is to be expanded, and the SPD sees a need for more shelters for men and people of diverse gender.

The SPD wants to secure the state action plan for acceptance and equal rights through a state law and create a state-level commissioner for queer affairs. Schools are to become safer for queer children and teenagers. The party justifies this with growing threats from the right.

The SPD wants to support queer people. Queer means, for example, lesbian, gay or trans. A law should secure the action plan for equal rights. The state should get a commissioner for queer people. Schools should be safer for queer children.

The LSBTTIQ network is to receive permanent funding. Requirements in the school curriculum are to become more binding, and teachers are to get better initial and ongoing training. Plans include contact points in urban and rural areas, targeted funding for queer associations, especially youth groups, and services addressing multiple forms of discrimination. Pride demonstrations are to be able to take place safely and peacefully. In health care, the SPD wants to reduce discrimination, expand services and close research gaps; state funding for AIDS service organizations is to stay at its current level.

The SPD wants to introduce a state anti-discrimination law that protects people from unequal treatment by public bodies. Hate crime is also to be prosecuted and recorded more thoroughly. The platform argues that people are especially vulnerable when dealing with authorities and enforcement officers.

The SPD wants a new law against discrimination. Discrimination means someone is treated unfairly. The law should protect people when they deal with public offices. People should be able to get compensation. Victims of hate violence should be able to report it easily.

The law is to contain at least a ban on discrimination, a right to demand that it stop, and an effective compensation rule. Hate crime is to be covered regularly in the state's security report. Police officers would receive mandatory training in dealing sensitively with victims, including those facing multiple forms of discrimination. A statewide reporting tool for people affected by hate violence is planned.

The SPD wants to protect Jewish life in Baden-Württemberg and fight antisemitism through prosecution, education and victim counseling. It bases this on a historical and values-based responsibility of state and society. It wants to keep working closely with churches and religious communities.

The SPD wants to protect Jewish people in the state. Hatred of Jews should be punished. Schools should teach more about it. Victims should get counseling. The SPD wants to keep working with the churches.

Besides prosecution, the platform names measures in school and civic education and counseling for people affected by antisemitic attacks. The central contact point against antisemitism at the state center for school quality and teacher training is to be expanded. Positions for memorial site work at the state agency for civic education are to be made permanent. Together with churches and religious communities, the SPD wants to oppose violence and discrimination based on religion or belief.

The SPD wants transport planning to take greater account of the different mobility needs of women and men. In the platform's view, today's transport system treats these needs unequally.

Women and men often travel differently. The SPD wants transport planning to take this into account. More women should work and lead in the transport field. Money and staff are to be provided for this.

The platform cites differences in the length and complexity of trips, in the sense of safety in public spaces and in travel behavior. The state and municipalities are to get staff and funding for this. Gender equality and gender perspectives are to become part of training and continuing education in transport planning and road engineering. Women are to be recruited specifically for skilled jobs and leadership positions.