What do the parties in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania say on equality and diversity?

The AfD wants to move in the Bundesrat for the repeal of the Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (Self-Determination Act), because it views sex as a biological fact. Puberty blockers used to begin a gender transition are to be banned, and related treatments allowed only from age 18.

The AfD says there are only two sexes. It wants to end the Self-Determination Act. This law lets people change their sex entry at the registry office. Children should not get drugs that stop puberty. Such treatments should only be allowed from age 18.

The AfD wants to issue a decree requiring state agencies and public educational institutions to write only according to the rules of the Council for German Orthography. Gender asterisks, colons and the internal capital I would no longer be used there. The party regards these spellings as cultural paternalism.

The AfD wants to ban gender-inclusive language in public offices, schools and universities. This means, for example, asterisks or colons inside words. Only the official spelling rules should apply there. The AfD says the German language is part of the culture.

The Greens want permanent funding and staffing for women's shelters, counseling centers and other support against gender-based violence. Prevention, mandatory training for authorities and statistical recording of femicides are added. In the platform's view, there is no equality without safety.

The Greens want to protect women better from violence. Women's shelters and counseling centers should get enough money for the long term. Police and courts should take training on violence. Schools and workplaces should work on prevention. The state should count killings of women because of their gender separately.

The Greens want to draw up a binding gender equality strategy for the state and make gender budgeting a fixed part of the state budget. At least half of the leadership positions in state-owned enterprises and holdings are to go to women. The platform argues that women earn less and are underrepresented in leadership.

The Greens want a firm plan for gender equality in the state. The state budget should check how money benefits women and men. This is called gender budgeting. In state-owned companies, women should get at least half of the top jobs.

The Greens want to expand independent anti-discrimination counseling centers across the state and have the state fund them long-term. In addition, a central, independent anti-discrimination office is to be created by law. Systematic data collection is meant to make discrimination visible, especially where people face several disadvantages at once.

Some people are treated worse than others. The Greens want more counseling centers to fight this. The state should pay for them over the long term. There should also be one central office against discrimination. Victims of violence and hate should get help faster.

The Greens want to fund counseling and support services for queer people over longer periods and adjust the money for inflation each year. Certain professions are to receive mandatory training. The platform points out that many queer people experience exclusion and a lack of support.

The Greens want to support queer people. Queer means, for example, lesbian, gay or trans people. Counseling centers should get money for longer periods. Teachers and police should have to take training on this topic.

The Greens want to consistently apply the state law on equality for people with disabilities. A state commissioner for inclusion is to be appointed. Together with municipalities, towns and cities are to become barrier-free.

People with disabilities should be able to take part everywhere. The Greens want to seriously apply the law on this. A state commissioner should take care of inclusion. Towns and cities should have fewer obstacles.

The Greens want to pass an anti-discrimination law for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is meant to secure counseling centers permanently and define which forms of discrimination can be challenged in court.

The Greens want a new law against discrimination. Discrimination means someone is treated unfairly, for example because of where they come from. With the law, people could go to court. Counseling centers would get lasting funding.

The Left wants more places in women's shelters and permanent funding for the support system for victims of violence. The state action plan on the Istanbul Convention is to be updated and carried out in a binding way. Counseling and training on digital violence are also to grow.

Women should be better protected from violence. There should be more places in women's shelters. Counseling centers should get lasting funding. There should also be more help with violence on the internet.

At the federal level, the Left supports repealing Section 218 of the Criminal Code, which governs abortion, without replacement. Abortions are to count as health care. In the state, it wants to secure counseling, medical care and obstetric services close to home.

Abortion is in the criminal law today. The Left wants to remove that section. An abortion should be part of normal health care. There should be counseling, doctors and midwives everywhere in the state.

The Left is seeking a parity rule for the next local elections to bring more women into political office. Women are to be supported in leadership positions and paid equally for work of equal value. The platform points out that women are underrepresented in leadership and earn less.

In local elections, as many women as men should run. The Left wants a rule for that. Women should become bosses more often. Women and men should get the same pay for work of equal value.

The Left wants to write the protection of queer people into the state constitution and keep pushing in the Bundesrat to add sexual identity to the Basic Law. It wants to fully fund the state action plan for sexual and gender diversity. It opposes a ban on gender-inclusive language in government offices and schools.

Queer people should be protected in the state constitution. Queer means, for example, lesbian, gay or trans. The federal constitution should protect them too. The Left is against banning gender-inclusive language in offices and schools.

The Left wants a separate anti-discrimination law for the state and more counseling centers. The federal General Equal Treatment Act is to be reviewed and tightened. The platform argues that discrimination must not go without consequences.

The Left wants its own state law against discrimination. Discrimination means someone is treated worse than others. There should be more counseling centers. People affected should be able to sue more easily.

The SPD wants to implement the state's framework program on gender equality and counter the structural disadvantaging of women. The focus is on fair pay, the sharing of care work and more women in leadership positions.

The SPD wants women and men to have equal chances. Women should get fair pay. More women should become bosses. The state has a plan for this. The SPD wants to carry out that plan.

The SPD wants to implement the federal Gewalthilfegesetz (violence assistance act) and expand the support system in the state, including women's shelters and counseling centers. The judiciary is to be made more aware of gender-based violence, and the SPD calls for a federal law against digital violence.

The SPD wants to protect women better from violence. Women's shelters should be modernized and made bigger. Counseling centers should get better conditions. Judges should learn more about violence against women. There should also be a law against violence on the internet.

The SPD wants to push at the federal level to stop treating abortion as a crime and to delete Sections 218 and 218a of the Criminal Code. Universities in the state are also to teach abortion as a medical procedure.

Abortion is in the criminal law today. The SPD wants to change that. The rules on it should be removed from the criminal law. The federal government decides on this. Future doctors in the state should learn how to perform an abortion.

The SPD wants to defend marriage equality and the Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (Self-Determination Act) and better protect queer people from discrimination. At the federal level it calls for adding sexual identity to the Basic Law and for full legal equality for rainbow families.

The SPD wants to protect queer people better. Queer people include lesbians, gay men and trans people. Marriage for all should stay. The constitution should ban unfair treatment because of sexual identity. Families with two mothers or two fathers should get the same rights.