The Latvian Parliament voted to support an amendment to the country’s Labour Law to explicitly ban sexual orientation discrimination in employment. Before the decision, Latvia was, according to ILGA-Europe, the only member state of the European Union which failed to comply with provisions of the 2000 EU employment equality directive requiring EU member states to […]
Inspectors specialising in monitoring working conditions of immigrant workers have been visiting workplaces for the past year in Finland. They have found shortcomings in the implementation of labour regulations at about half of workplaces where foreigners are employed.
Stellen Sie sich einen vollbesetzten Stadtbus vor. 82 Sitzplätze hat er normalerweise. Statistisch gese-hen müssten drei Plätze von einem/r muslimischen BürgerIn besetzt werden. Rund 3,3 Millionen Muslime, also vier Prozent der Gesamtbevölkerung, leben derzeit in der Bundesrepublik. Von vier Passagieren ist einer der evangelischen Kirche verbunden, einer der katholischen Kirche und einer glaubt an gar […]
Wenn es um die Einführung des Islamunterrichts geht, ist Niedersachsen bundesweit einsamer Vor-reiter. In dem norddeutschen Bundesland wird islamischer Religionsunterricht im Rahmen eines Schulversuchs angeboten. In Bayern und Nordrhein-Westfalen gibt es Kurse zu „Islamkunde“. Ein steiniger Weg steht bis zur Einführung eines flächendeckenden Religionsunterricht für muslimische SchülerInnen bevor.
Ten years after reaching a cooperation agreement, IOM and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, have endorsed an updated agreement to address current global challenges on migration issues. The agreement particularly focuses on promoting the human rights of migrants and on combating sexual violence, with special emphasis on migrant girls and women.
On 16 August, a Czech district court started dealing with what is probably the first complaint of gender discrimination in the Czech labour market. Filed by economist Marie Causevicova, 51, against her employer, the Prazska teplarenska heating utility company. She accused the company of
According to data released in late July by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women do 63 percent of household work. While women dedicate an average of almost 16 hours per week to household tasks such as cleaning and preparing food, men’s contributions add up to less than ten hours weekly.
The United Nations says that women migrants who travel to Britain and other developed countries are put at risk of exploitation and abuse because governments “overlook and ignore” them.
Lange hing nicht nur der Haussegen in baden-württembergischen Schulen schief, sondern auch das Kruzifix an der Wand. Seit dem 7. Juli steht fest: Muslimische Lehrkräfte dürfen ihr Kopftuch während des Schuldienstes tragen, entschied das Stuttgarter Verwaltungsgericht. Demnach verstößt das Kopftuch zwar gegen das Verbot religiöser Bekundungen im Klassenzimmer. Das Kopftuchverbot verletzt jedoch den Gleichbehandlungsgrundsatz nach […]
On 1 June, the European Commission welcomed the decision by the Council and Parliament to designate 2007 as ‘European Year of Equal Opportunities for All’. The year will aim to make Europeans aware of their right not to be discriminated against, to promote equal opportunities in areas from work to healthcare, and to show how […]
