Tag: discrimination
Nieuwegein joins reporting platform against LGBTQI+ discrimination: ‘We want to know every incident’
The organizations involved and the municipality gain more insight into incidents such as verbal abuse, threats, violence or denied access to a public facility via the reporting platform. This allows…
According to the research, discrimination and favoritism are still rampant in the coaching culture of gymnastics
The results of the study commissioned by the Gymnastics Association are compared to a survey four years ago. It was sent to competitive A or B licensed athletes and coaching…
Anti-Semitism and discrimination in the classroom: ‘It pops out, you see’
How could it be otherwise, such a story makes an impression. “I’ve heard that there are friends who say it’s fake or made up,” says one of the high school…
the Prime Minister in favor of a law against discrimination linked to sexual orientation
In Japan, the Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has just pledged to pass a law that would prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. She would also invite the Japanese…
Accent, a more powerful discrimination than skin color
These are two quite astonishing conclusions recently reached by neuroscientists. One: adults prefer people who speak with the same accent as them. Two: this criterion plays a more important role…
Investigating the allowances for pregnant women – raising the alarm about discrimination
SVT Nyheter Stockholm has previously reported that pregnant women in the city of Stockholm have been banned from working due to the risk of exposure to covid-19 during the autumn,…
Priority status holders in allocation of social housing in Utrecht no discrimination
To find out whether the rule was indeed discriminatory, the municipality itself requested a procedure from the Human Rights College. Because the social rental homes during the six weeks mainly…
the law establishing positive discrimination in favor of the Pygmies promulgated
The Pygmies, a stigmatized people, now enjoy protection in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After 14 years of advocacy at national and international level, a law enshrining positive discrimination in…
seven teams give up wearing an armband against discrimination
Seven European teams have announced that they have given up wearing a colored armband against discrimination during their matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. ” Fifa has…
The discrimination ombudsman on banning home languages in workplaces
After SVT reported on a site manager at a taxi company who demanded a total ban on speaking the home language during working hours, we spoke with Clas Lundstedt, press…