What do the parties in Hamburg say on equality and diversity?

The AfD wants to ban the Islamic full-face veil in all public spaces in Hamburg. In addition, a general headscarf ban is to apply in public institutions and the civil service. The program cites equality between women and men and what it sees as growing Islamization.

The AfD wants to ban full-face veils. This would apply in all public places. Headscarves should also be banned. This covers offices, schools, universities and state hospitals. The AfD points to France as a model.

The AfD rejects gender mainstreaming and tools such as gender studies, quotas for women and gender-neutral language. Family policy should be based on father, mother and children, and positions should be filled solely on qualifications and merit.

The AfD says there are two sexes. It is against gender policies. It is also against quotas for women and gender-neutral language. For the AfD, family means father, mother and children. Jobs should go to the most capable.

The AfD wants to ban gender transition procedures and puberty blockers for children and adolescents. In its view, such a serious decision should only be made in adulthood.

Some children want to change their gender. The AfD wants to ban this for children and teens. It is also against puberty blockers. These are drugs that stop puberty. Only adults should decide this.

The CDU wants to implement accessibility and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities across all policy fields. The goal is for people with disabilities to take part in life fully and on their own terms.

People with disabilities should be able to take part everywhere. The CDU wants to remove barriers for this. That applies to transport, buildings, work and school, for example. The people affected should have a say in the plans.

The CDU wants Hamburg's administration to write clearly and follow the official spelling rules. It rejects gender-inclusive language there because, in its view, that language is grammatically wrong and creates new barriers to understanding.

The administration should write in language everyone understands. It should follow the official spelling rules. The CDU does not want gender-inclusive language in the administration. This language uses, for example, asterisks inside words. The CDU says this makes texts harder to read.

The Greens want public spaces and housing designed so that people of all ages, with or without disabilities, can use them equally. To that end, barriers are to be removed, public restrooms improved, and the "Age-Friendly City" action plan firmly established.

Everyone should be able to use the city well. This goes for old people, young people, and people with disabilities. The Greens want to remove barriers. They also want better public restrooms.

The Greens want to set up an independent anti-discrimination commission for schools and a state-funded complaints office for racism. Every school would have trained, independent contact persons. In the program's view, racism is a problem at Hamburg's schools that calls for structural change.

Some children face racism at school. The Greens want an office for complaints. It should be independent. A commission should deal with discrimination. Every school should have a contact person.

The Greens want better medical care for women affected by genital mutilation. The issue is to be given more weight in asylum proceedings. Prevention, counseling, and empowerment of those affected are to be expanded.

Some women have suffered genital mutilation. The Greens want to help them better. Doctors should treat them better. It should count more in asylum cases. There should be more counseling.

The Greens want to agree on measures with universities to raise the share of women professors and close the pay gap between women and men. Support for dual-career couples is also to be expanded.

There should be more women professors at universities. Women and men should earn the same. The Greens want to agree on this with the universities. Partners of new staff should also find work more easily.

The Greens want better legal protection for parents against discrimination at work, adding "parenthood" as a protected characteristic in the General Equal Treatment Act. The party also stands by a 50 percent quota for women on the governing bodies of companies in which the state holds a stake.

Women and parents often face disadvantages at work. The Greens want to change that. A law should protect parents better from unfair treatment. Companies should think about child care when planning shifts. In city-owned companies, half of the leaders should be women.

The Greens demand that at least half of the places on electoral lists go to women. This goal is to be written into Hamburg's constitution; the platform justifies it with the equality mandate of the Basic Law.

At least half of the candidates on election lists should be women. The Greens want this to be required. This goal should be written into Hamburg's constitution. The Greens say Germany's Basic Law demands equal chances for women.

The Greens want to close the pay gap between women and men and reduce the unequal distribution of care work. At the federal level, they push for an equal pay law, an end to Ehegattensplitting (income splitting for married couples) and equal treatment of different family forms.

Women earn less than men on average. The Greens want to change that. They call for a law on equal pay. The tax break for married couples should end. This tax break is called Ehegattensplitting. All kinds of families should have equal rights.

The Greens want to anchor gender equality more firmly as a policy field of its own in Hamburg. An independent Senate coordinator for women's equality and an independent gender budgeting office are to be created.

The Greens want to strengthen equality for women in Hamburg. An independent coordinator at the Senate should take care of it. She should get her own office. A new unit should check whether the city spends money fairly for all genders. This is called gender budgeting.

The Greens want abortion to no longer be regulated in the criminal code. In Hamburg, access to care is to improve, and abortion is to become part of specialist medical training.

Abortion is in the criminal code today. The Greens want to change that. Women should decide about their own bodies. Hamburg should offer better abortion care. Doctors should learn it in their training. Counseling should also be strengthened.

The Greens want to expand protection from domestic violence and provide considerably more money for it. Women's shelters and counseling centers are to get more capacity, and safe housing is also to be created for men and non-binary people.

Many women experience violence from a partner. Women's shelters in Hamburg are overloaded. The Greens want more places and more counseling. There should be much more money for this. Men and non-binary people should also get safe housing.

The Greens want a state anti-discrimination law for Hamburg that also covers discrimination by public bodies. In their account, the federal General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) so far leaves this area unprotected.

A federal law protects people from unfair treatment. But it does not cover actions by the state. So the Greens want a separate law for Hamburg. It should also protect people from unfair treatment by public offices. Counseling centers should also become better known.

The Greens want an anti-discrimination office that brings all counseling and reporting services together in one place. It would advise on every ground covered by the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) and on additional ones such as social status. Existing strategies against specific forms of discrimination are to be carried out and reviewed.

The Greens want one central office against discrimination. Discrimination means people are treated worse, for example because of where they come from. All counseling services should be in one place. Everyone in Hamburg should be able to reach it easily.

The Greens want to supplement Hamburg's strategy against antigypsyism with a state treaty with Sinti and Roma self-organizations and associations. The aim is to fight antigypsyism structurally and secure equal participation.

The Greens want a treaty between Hamburg and the Sinti and Roma associations. The treaty should help against antigypsyism. Antigypsyism means hostility toward Sinti and Roma. Sinti and Roma should have equal chances.

The Greens want to act on the basis of the state strategy against antisemitism, focusing on education, youth exchange and counseling. The platform justifies this with the rise in antisemitic crimes and incitement since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

The Greens want to do more against antisemitism. Antisemitism is hatred of Jewish people. There should be more education and counseling. Teachers should learn more about the topic. All students should study the Israel-Palestine conflict in depth once.

The Greens want to move the rebuilding of the Bornplatz Synagogue forward quickly and help the Liberal Jewish Community get a place of its own. Hamburg is also to enter into a city partnership with Israel.

The Greens want to rebuild the Bornplatz Synagogue quickly. The Liberal Jewish Community should also get a good place. An old temple on Poolstraße should be restored. Hamburg should form a partnership with a city in Israel.

The Greens want to counter anti-queer hatred with trained police stations, a public campaign and more police presence at hotspots, among other steps. The platform notes that Hamburg's police counted about 75 percent more anti-queer crimes in 2023 than the year before.

Queer people are, for example, lesbian, gay or trans. There are more crimes against them. The Greens want to protect them better. There should be more police in certain places. The police should learn more about the topic.

The Greens want to carry out the more than 150 measures of the action plan "Hamburg l(i)ebt vielfältig" and support a shared place for the queer community. Existing counseling centers are to be financially secured, and services for trans, inter and non-binary people expanded.

The Greens want to support a shared house for queer groups. Counseling centers should keep getting money. There should be more counseling for trans and inter people. There should also be a center for rainbow families. These are families with queer parents.

The Greens want to expand dedicated counseling and youth housing for queer children and teenagers within youth welfare services. Teachers and daycare staff are to receive training, and awareness work in schools is to continue.

Some queer children and teenagers are excluded. The Greens want to offer them more counseling and their own housing. Teachers should get training on this. Daycare staff should also learn more about rainbow families.

The Greens want to push at the federal level for the Basic Law to explicitly ban discrimination based on sexual identity. They also seek a reform of parentage law and a compensation fund for trans people who were forced into sterilization or divorce under the former Transsexuals Act.

The Greens want to change the Basic Law, Germany's constitution. It should say: No one may be disadvantaged because of their sexual identity. Queer parents should be treated equally by the law. Trans people should get money for past injustice.

The Greens want more women in leadership positions in the justice system and will continue the mentoring program for women. They support a dedicated office for diversity and anti-discrimination at courts and prosecutors' offices. The justice system is to become as diverse as society.

More women should hold leading roles in the courts. The Greens will continue a mentoring program for this. In it, experienced people guide younger women. There should also be an office against discrimination at the courts.

The Greens want everyone to have equal access to the services and jobs of Hamburg's public administration regardless of origin. The civil service is to get a dedicated representative body for people with a migration background and people of color.

The Greens want a city government for all people. Where someone comes from should not matter. More young people with immigrant roots should work there. They should get their own representatives.

The Greens want more police presence at relevant hotspots and additional counseling services for queer people. A monument to sexual and gender diversity is to be built at the Binnenalster lake.

The Greens want to protect queer people better. Queer means for example: lesbian, gay or trans. There should be more police at certain places. There should be more counseling and help. A monument for diversity should stand at the Binnenalster lake.

The Greens want to strengthen the inclusion advisory councils in the districts by law. Their members are to receive expense allowances and easier access to assistance so that people with disabilities have more say.

The Greens want to strengthen the inclusion councils in the districts. There, people with disabilities have a say in politics. Members should get money for their effort. They should also get assistance more easily.

The Left wants to draw up a legal framework that decriminalizes and regulates sex work. According to the platform, the aim is to protect the safety, health, and rights of sex workers.

The Left wants new rules for sex work. Sex work should not be a crime. People in this job should be able to work safely and stay healthy. There should be special counseling for them.

The Left wants to create more places in women's shelters and secure long-term funding for support services dealing with domestic and sexual violence. The Istanbul Convention is to be fully implemented and femicides prevented through early intervention.

The Left wants more places in women's shelters. Women find protection from violence there. The platform says Hamburg is short about 200 places. Police and courts should get training. Queer people should also be better protected from violence.

The Left wants a statutory quota for political offices and bodies so that all genders are equally represented. It also wants a state anti-discrimination law and a dedicated state office to handle complaints.

The Left wants a quota for political offices. All genders should be equally represented there. Hamburg should get a law against discrimination. A new office should advise and represent people affected.

The Left wants to remove abortion from the criminal code and regulate it as a normal medical service. Mandatory counseling and the three-day waiting period would be dropped, and health insurers would cover the costs.

Abortion should no longer be a crime. It should become a normal medical treatment. Women should be able to get counseling but not be forced to. The three-day waiting period should end. Health insurance should pay.

The SPD wants to set up more safe apartments for women affected by violence and their children and to expand shelter places as needed. A dedicated service with crisis apartments is to be created for affected men.

Some women experience violence at home. The SPD wants more safe apartments for them and their children. After a women's shelter, they should get help finding a home. There should also be crisis apartments for men.

The SPD wants to advance gender equality, for instance through higher labor force participation of women and more women in leadership. Grant-based funding of social projects is to be reformed.

The SPD wants women and men to have equal chances. More women should become bosses, especially in city-owned companies. More women should be able to work. Funding for social projects should be more secure.

The SPD wants to push for adding sexual identity as a protected characteristic to Article 3 of the Basic Law. In Hamburg, queer meeting places are to be preserved and expanded and hate crime prosecuted consistently.

The German constitution bans unfair treatment. The SPD wants sexual identity to be named there too. This should protect queer people better. Meeting places for queer people should stay and grow. Hate crimes should be prosecuted.