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  • Migration and Integration Policies
  • Comparing Regulation of Prostitution
Projects
  • LGBTI
  • International Conference: Intersectionality and LGBTI Policies in Europe, 18 and 19 November 2020
  • Violence against Women: Istanbul Convention
  • Digital Violence
  • UN 2030 Agenda
  • UN Women Convention (CEDAW)
  • Migration and Integration Policies
  • Comparing Regulation of Prostitution

Equal Treatment and Gender Equality

Equal treatment and Gender Equality are essential pillars of a just, democratic and open society. It should be possible for everybody to have the same opportunities and realize the same life aspirations regardless of their gender (identity), sexual orientation or age. Equality is one of the most important values of the European Union and is legally anchored. Equal treatment and Gender Equality as cross-sectional tasks affect many areas of life, among others employment, care work, pensions, access to social services or civil rights protection.

LGBTI

Both the social situation and the legal policy framework for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI) presents very heterogeneous features across EU member states. From its European-comparative perspective the Observatory contributes to explore and examine the key challenges and developments of LGBTI policy issues in Europe.

  • Wittenius, Marie
    2020
    Perspectives on the new LGBTI strategy announced by the European Commission
    PDF-Dokument (accessible)
    Newsletter No. 1/2020
  • Rada, Alejandro
    2017
    LGBTI Policies in Europe – Overview and Outlook
    PDF-Dokument
    Expertise
  • Rada, Alejandro
    2016
    LGBTI Rights. Germany in a European Comparison
    PDF-Dokument
    Working Paper No. 11 
  • Rada, Alejandro
    2016
    Persecution on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity – asylum rights, procedures and decisions in the European Union
    PDF-Dokument
    Expertise 
  • Rada, Alejandro
    2016
    Situación de los Refugiados LGBTI en Europa. Trayectoria y Retos del Derecho de Asilo en la Unión Europea
    Published in: Tiempo de Paz, No. 120; pp. 81-88. (Article in Spanish)

International Conference: Intersectionality and LGBTI Policies in Europe, 18 and 19 November 2020

Within the framework of the German Presidencies of the Council of the European Union and the Council of Europe in 2020, the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth together with the Observatory organised an international conference on the subject of "Intersectionality and LGBTI Policies in Europe – Lived Realities of Lesbian* Women and the Recognition of Rainbow Families" on 18 and 19 November 2020.

Helena Dalli, EU Commissioner for Equality, used the occasion to present the new EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy (Factsheet). During the ensuing high-level panel, she discussed the new strategy with Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Franziska Giffey, and Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić. Background information on the strategy can be found in the current edition of the Observatory's newsletter (May 2020).

The conference drew attention to the intersectional – overlapping and mutually reinforcing –aspects of discrimination lesbian* women experience in their daily lives as well as the specific needs of rainbow families. A number of discussion formats raised awareness for different aspects of lesbian* visibility in respect to intersectionality, research, the asylum process, civil society participation and capacity building.

Latest Info
(Minstry, in German), 18 November 2020
Press Release (Minstry, in German), 19 November 2020

  • Observatory / BMFSFJ
    2020
    Intersectionality and LGBTI Policies in Europe
    PDF-Dokument (accessible)
    Documentation of the International Conference on 18-19 November 2020 (including Graphic Recordings)

Violence against Women: Istanbul Convention

The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence is an international treaty in force since August 1, 2014. The Convention contains binding rules for the protection of women against all forms of violence. The Observatory’s work deals with the implementation of the Istanbul convention in several member states of the European Union.

  • Observatory
    2020
    Violence against Women – On the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Denmark, Finland & Austria
    PDF-Dokument
    Overview of the published publications
  • Lange, Katrin / Molter, Sarah / Wittenius, Marie
    2020
    Violence against Women – On the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Denmark, Finland & Austria
    PDF-Dokument
    Working Paper No. 21
  • Lange, Katrin / Molter, Sarah / Wittenius, Marie
    2020
    Violence against Women – On the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Denmark, Finland & Austria
    PDF-Dokument
    Abstract of Working Paper N° 21
  • Lange, Katrin
    2020
    Violence against Women – On the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Austria
    PDF-Dokument
    Country-specific version of the Working Paper N° 21
  • Molter, Sarah
    2020
    Violence against Women – On the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Denmark
    PDF-Dokument
    Country-specific version of the Working Paper N° 21
  • Wittenius, Marie
    2020
    Violence against Women – On the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Finland
    PDF-Dokument
    Country-specific version of the Working Paper N° 21

Digital Violence

Digital media has added a new dimension to violence against women. On the one hand, existing forms of violence against women find their digital equivalent. On the other hand, the anonymity and reach of the internet as well as new contact possibilities via social media allow new forms of violence to emerge. In its work, the Observatory looks at European and national approaches dealing with digital violence against women: How does the European Union and its member states approach this phe­nomenon of genderrelated digital violence and its effects? Which national approaches and initiatives already exist?

  • Lange, Katrin / Molter, Sarah
    2019
    Digital violence against women: new forms of violence and approaches to fight them in Europe
    PDF-Dokument (accessible)
    Newsletter No. 2/2019

UN 2030 Agenda

The member states of the United Nations are responsible for implementing the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, short SDGs. All member states are confronted with the task of formulating national measures to translate the SDGs into concrete action. SDG 5 addresses gender equality. The Observatory compares in its work the developments and national approaches for the implementation of this SDGs in Germany, Estonia and Sweden.

  • Reich, Nele
    2017
    The 2030 Agenda and the Goal of Gender Equality – European Approaches in Comparison
    PDF-Dokument
    Working Paper No. 16

UN Women Convention (CEDAW)

The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), is the most important human rights tool for women under international law. The Observatory analyses the application of CEDAW in the German and French justice systems and sets out recommendations for its implementation.

  • Lange, Katrin
    2016
    Awareness and Application of CEDAW in the Judicial Systems of Germany and France
    PDF-Dokument
    Working paper No. 15

Migration and Integration Policies

In the light of increasing immigration to the EU member states, the question about how integration can be successfully managed becomes more and more important on the European and the national level. The article compares the development of migration and integration policies in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. A special interest lies in public offers for the societal integration of recently immigrated families.

The publication in this section is only available in German.

Comparing Regulation of Prostitution

Where is prostitution allowed and where is it prohibited by law? And in which countries is the purchase of sexual services forbidden? The German government introduced a law on the regulation of the prostitution business and for the protection of prostitutes. Against this background, the Observatory undertook comprehensive research in this field. The various papers summarize the legal framework and current reform debates in the majority of European States and beyond.

  • Reinschmidt, Lena
    2016
    Prostitution in Europe between Regulation and Prohibition: Comparing Legal Situations and Effects
    PDF-Dokument
    Working Paper No. 13 
  • Reinschmidt, Lena
    2016
    Regulation of Prostitution in Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic
    PDF-Dokument
    Expertise
  • Reinschmidt, Lena
    2015
    Regulatory Approaches Towards Prostitution in European Comparison
    PDF-Dokument
    Expertise
  • Reinschmidt, Lena
    2015
    Prostitution in Belgium. Federal Legislation and Regulation at the Local Level
    PDF-Dokument
    Expertise
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