GLOSSARY
A
Adapt = EU Community Initiative
AFG = Employment Promotion Act
AsylVfG =Asylum Act

B
BA = Federal Institute for Employment
BAB = Vocational training grant
Bafo"G = Federal Training Assistance Act
BAKo"V = Federal Academy for Public Administration
BAT-O = Federal Collective Agreement for Public Employees in the
New Federal Lander
Ba-Wu" = Baden-Wurttemberg
Bay EUG = Bavarian Law of Education and Schools 
Bay GIG = Bavarian Equal Opportunities Act 
Bay LbV = Bavarian Regulation of Career and Promotion of Civil
Service
Ber HG = Counselling Assistance Act 
BGBI = German Civil Code Federal Law Gazette
BKA = Federal Office of Criminal Investigation
BLK - AK = Bund/Lander Commission for Educational Planning and
Research Promotion - Working Group
BMA = Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
BMBF = Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and
Technology
BMFSFJ = Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens,
Women and Youth 
BMI = Federal Ministry of the Interior
BMJ = Federal Ministry of Justice
BPFK = Police Commissioner for Women and Children
BReg = Federal Government
BSHG = Federal Social Assistance Act
BuKoF = Federal Conference of Commissioners for Women's Affairs
at Institutions of Higher Education
BV = Bavarian Constitution

C
CEDAW = UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discrimination against Women

D
D = Germany
DC = Development cooperation
DF = German Women's Council
DIE = German Institute for Adult Education
DJI = German Youth Institute
DSB = German Sports Federation

E
ECOSOC = Economic and Social Council
ECU = European Currency Unit
EC = European Communities
EEC = European Economic Community
EGV = EC Treaty
EKH = Equity Aid Programme
ErzUrlVO = Ordinance on Child-Raising Leave
ESF = European Social Fund
EU = European Union
EROSTAT = Statistical Office of the EU

F
FB Pol = Police faculty
FFG = Act on the Promotion of Women
FH = Fachhochschule
FIZ counselling centre = Women's information centre for women
from Asia, Africa and
Latin America
FT/PT = Full-time/Part-time

G
GG = Basic Law
GL = Guideline
GleiBG = Equal Rights Act

H
HBFG = University Construction Act
HSP = Universities Special Programme

I
IFAD = International Fund for Agricultural Development
IfdF = Information for Women (Information leaflet of the DF)
IFI = International Finance Institutions
ILO = International Labour Organisation

K
KAW = Concerted Action in Further Education
KFG = Criminological Research Group
KJHG = Child and Youth Welfare Act

L
LAG = Land working group
LBG = Land Civil Service Act
LDO = Land Disciplinary Regulations
LEB = Rural adult education
LG = Regional court
LGIG = Land Equal Opportunities Act
LKA = Land Office of Criminal Investigation
LT - Drs. = Publication of the Land Parliament

M
MACh = Medium-Term Programme for Action of the Community on Equal
Opportunities for Men and Women (1996-2000)
MDR = Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk broadcasting corporation
MuSchG = Maternity Protection Act

N
NGO = Non-governmental organisation 
NOW = "New opportunities for women", element of the EU community
initiative "Employment"
NRW = North Rhine-Westphalia

O
OC = Cases of organised crime
OECD - DAW -WID = Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development - Development
Assistance Committee - Expert Group on Women in Development 
OEG = Victims' Indemnification Act
OrgKG = Act on Combating Organised Crime
OSCE = Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
O"BI= "Local Employment Initiative", network of the 3rd
Medium-Term EU Programme for Action on Equal
Opportunities (until 1995)
O"TV = Public services, transport and traffic union

P
PB Mu"chen = Munich police precinct
PD = Police headquarters
PKS= Police criminal statistics
PP = Pilot project

S
Sachs AZVO = Saxon Working Hours Ordinance
Sachs BG = Saxon Civil Service Act
Sachs FFG = Saxon Act on the Promotion of Women
Sachs LVO = Saxon Land Ordinance
Sachs PersVg = Saxon Act on Staff Representation
Sachs PRG = Saxon Private Broadcasting Act
Sachs RiG = Act on the Judiciary of the Free State of Saxony
SBE = Special rapporteur
SGB = Social Code
SMC = Small and medium-size companies
StA = Department of public prosecution
START = Temporary Work Organisation Labour Promotion Foundation
(Dutch)
StGB = Penal Code
StrA"ndG = Act Amending Penal Law
StV = State Treaty

T
TC = Technical cooperation
Thu"rAzVO = Thuringian Ordinance on the Working Hours of Civil
Servants
Thu"rBG= Thuringian Civil Service Act

U
UG = Universities Act
UNHCR = United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UVG = Act on Advance Maintenance Payments
UN = United Nations

V
VWGO = Administrative Court Requlations

W
WHO = World Health Organisation

Z
ZDF = Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen broadcasting corporation

V. Appendix
Documentation of demands on various actors as regards
implementation of the Platform for Action of the 4th
World Conference on Women

As already described, those proposals for the implementation of
the Beijing Platform for Action which the
respective actors are willing and able to implement in their own
sphere of responsibility are included in the
National Strategies. Furthermore, the women's nongovernmental
organisations and the Conference of
Ministers and Senators for Equal Opportunities and Women (GFMK)
of the Federal Lander have submitted a
number of demands directed at other state actors in the Federal
Government and Federal Lander governments.
These demands are documented below if they can be classified
under one of the three main objectives of the
National Strategies.

Numerous demands raised in this context are already an element of
the policy and measures of the Federal
Government and the Federal Lander governments. For example, this
is true of the demands relating to the
promotion of women in education and science, the expansion of the
occupational spectrum for women,
measures to raise awareness and promote partnership between women
and men and education on the ban on
genital mutilation, to name but a few areas.

Other proposals exceed the demands of the Platform for Action,
e.g. the establishment of quotas as a means
of promoting women or the compilation of reports on poverty.

In all, the demands of the Federal Lander and the
non-governmental organisations provide valuable stimuli
for the political actors and the social groups at all levels of
our society.
6th Conference of Ministers and Senators for Equal Opportunities
and Women of the Federal Lfinder
(GFMK) on 20/21 June 1996







Resolution:
Follow-up to the
4th World Conference on Women

- Motion by Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt 

Resolution pursuant to Item 12a of the Rules of
Procedure of the GFMK

Result of vote:

Item 1:                  15:1:0
Item 2:                  14:2:0
Item 3:                  15:1:0
Item 4:                  14:1:1
Item 5:                  12:4:0
 Item 6, Sentences 1, 2:      15:1:0
 Item 6, Sentence 3:          14:1:1
Item 7:                  15:1:0
Item 8:                  12:4:0
Item 9:                  15:1:0
 Item 10:                14:1:1
Item 11:            15:1:0
 Item 12:           14:1:1
 Item 13:                14:1:1
Item 14:            15:1:0
Item 15,1st Dash:        13:1:2
Item 15,2nd and 3rd Dash:     14:1:1
Item 15, 4th Dash:       13:1:2
Item 15, 5th Dash:       14:1:1
Items 16 to 20:               14:1:1
Items 21 to 24:               15:1:0

Total: 12:1:3            12:1:3


Resolution:
The GFMK calls upon the Federal Government to incorporate the
enclosed "24-point catalogue of the
competent bodies of the Federal Lander responsible for women's
affairs and equal opportunities for
implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action" as a separate
section in the National Plan for Action.

Justification:

By signing the Beijing Platform for Action, the governments
participating in the 4th World Conference on
Women have undertaken to submit a national plan for action for
implementation of the Platform for Action
by the end of 1996.

Governments and non-governmental organisations at all levels are
also called upon to make a contribution in
this context.

The competent bodies of the Federal Lander responsible for
women's affairs and equal opportunities have
elaborated a 24-point catalogue for this purpose. It comprises
what they regard as the most important
measures of women's policy whose implementation is to be given
top priority.
Enclosure

24-point catalogue of the competent bodies of the Federal La"nder
responsible for women's affairs and equal
opportunities for implementation of the Platform for Action of
the 4th World Conference on Women

By signing the Beijing Platform for Action, the governments
participating in the 4th World Conference on
Women have undertaken to submit a national plan for action for
implementation of the Platform for Action
by the end of 1996.

Governments and non-governmental organisations at all levels are
also called upon to make a contribution in
this context.

The following catalogue of points contains the most important
measures of women's policy whose
implementation is to be given top priority in the opinion of the
competent bodies of the Federal Lander
responsible for women's affairs and equal opportunities.

The competent bodies of the Federal Lander responsible for
women's affairs and equal opportunities advocate
rapid implementation of the points in this catalogue and will
take stock in the year 2000.

LABOUR MARKET

Aim:

Improvement of the situation of women on the labour market
Measures:
1. Elaboration of a Federal programme for action on "Women and
careers", including the
following elements:

- De facto equal participation of women in the measures for
active employment promotion and in benefits
law,

- De facto equal participation in the promotion funds of labour
market, economic and structural policy,

- Specific promotion of the setting-up of enterprises by women in
order to compensate for existing
discrimination as regards start-up capital, equity and risk
capital, as well as to support company takeovers by
women,

- Promotion of women's access to new, future-oriented fields of
activity,
- Promotion of women's mobility, particularly in rural areas,

- Promotion of networks of female experts.

2. Embodiment of positive actions for the promotion of women in
private industry and commerce. Expansion
of Art. 611 a, BGB, and tightening of sanctions in the event of
violation.

3. Embodiment of the equal rights of women and men in the EU
Treaty in the framework of the IGC
(Intergovernmental Conference Negotiations European Union
1996/97).

4. Equal wage for identical and equivalent work / initiatives for
the reassessment of so-called typical women's
jobs.

5. Integration of trivial employment in the social insurance
system upwards of a petty limit.

6. Part-time work campaigns with the aim of a fair distribution
of the available work between
women and men. In this context, men must be increasingly
attracted towards part-time
work and the assumption of family tasks. Part-time work should
ensure livelihood and not
entail any disadvantages.

7. Joint efforts by the Federal Government, Federal Lander
governments, municipalities and collective
bargaining parties to improve the reconciliation of family and
professional life for men and women, in
particular by establishing and expanding child-care institutions
to meet demand and by possibilities for
flexible working hours.

WOMEN IN POWER AND DECISION-MAKING

Aim:

Equal participation of women in bodies and decision-making in all
sectors and at all levels.

Measures:

8. Equal composition of Federal Government and Federal Lander
bodies and measures for the equal
participation of women in decision-making at all levels (e.g.
quota regulations).

9. Continuous analysis and reporting of quantitative and
qualitative data on women and men in all
decision-making.

TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS

Aim:

Expansion of the de facto access of girls and women to education
and training in all sectors and at all levels.

Measures:

10. Financing of programmes to promote women, including women's
research.

11. Provision and improvement of access conditions for girls to
occupational fields in the natural sciences,
technology and environmental sectors.

WOMEN AND POVERTY

Aim

Prevention of women's poverty by taking the special living
situation of women into account in the social
security system.

Measures:

12. Special consideration of female employment biographies in
social legislation and social insurance
legislation, fiscal law and labour market policy.

13. Implementation of independent women's provision to ensure
livelihood in old age in the context of the
pensions reform.

14. No restructuring of the social welfare state which burdens
women more than men; all measures are to be
particularly studied as regards their impact on women.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Aim:

Effective legal initiatives and initiatives to raise awareness
for the protection of women and girls against
violence and to reduce male violence, particularly by means of:

15. A reform of the penal law on sexual offences, including for
example: A reform of penal law to make
marital rape a punishable act and put it on a par with
extramarital rape; The improved legal status of child
victims as witnesses in legal proceedings; An improvement of
victim protection in trials involving sexual
violence;
The introduction of a regulation under penal law for the
protection of victims of sexual abuse during
treatment; The improved protection of disabled women against
sexual interference.

16. Expansion and financial safeguarding of girls' and women's
refuges by the municipalities, Federal Lander
governments and Federal Government.

17. Amendment of Art.19 of the Aliens Act to grant independent
rights of residence for foreign women who
have fallen victim to marital violence.

18. Recognition of gender-sensitive persecution as a reason for
persecution under the law of asylum.

19. Improvement of the protection of female witnesses in trials
concerning trafficking in human beings by
granting a right of residence during the German criminal
proceedings for which they are available as
witnesses, and for the duration of their endangerment following
the trial; right of accessory prosecution for
victims of trafficking in human beings.

20. Express recognition and punishment of rase as a war crime in
the course of armed conflicts.

MEDIA

Aim:

Elimination of role stereotypes.

Measures:

21. Observation of the media as regards the balanced and
multifaceted portrayal of women and increased
participation of women in programme planning.

22. Promotion of media contributions which publicise specifically
women's views and equal rights subject
matter in an exemplary manner.
GIRLS

Aim

Prevention and early elimination of all forms of discrimination
against girls.

Measures:

23. Equality of work with girls and work with boys by means of
the embodiment of new structures as regards
content, organisation and financing in the context of youth
welfare planning.

24. Work with girls as an integral element of an all-embracing
gender-sensitive concept of youth work.
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DEMANDS OF THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

Main strategic objective

Participation of women in decision-making

B 1: Ensure equal access to education
80c

- Programme for female academics, such as the programme for the
promotion of women's

post-doctoral studies in NRW (German Women's Council - DF)

B 3: Improve women's access to vocational training, science and
technology and continuing education

82c
- Promotion of periods of practical experience in the technology
sector specifically for women
(DF)

82j
- Act on the Promotion of Women for private industry and commerce
(DF)

B 4: Develop non-discriminatory education and training

83 d
- Act on the Promotion of Women for institutions of higher
education
(DF)

83f
- Promotion of women with specific objectives
(DF)

E 3: Promote non-violent forms of conflict resolution and reduce
the incidence of human rights abuse in
conflict situations

144 C
- Increased efforts towards the equal representation of women in
national and international peace-keeping
institutions
(DF)

F 1: Promote women's economic rights and independence, including
access to employment, appropriate
working conditions and control over economic resources

165 d / 165 q
- Specific objectives in the promotion of women
(DF)
- Act on the Promotion of Women for private industry and commerce
(DF)

F 4: Strengthen women's economic capacity and commercial networks

175 h
- Women's universities
(DF)

177 b
- Act on the Promotion of Women for private industry and commerce
(DF)

G 1: Take measures to ensure women's equal access to and full
participation in power structures and
decision-making

190 a / 192 f, 9
- Quotas for the promotion of women, Act on the Promotion of
Women for private industry and commerce
(DF, NGO Women's Forum)

190 b
- Amendment of the Law on Political Parties and the statutes of
political parties
(DF)

190 e
- Public reporting on the implementation of plans for the
promotion of women (DF)

190 h
- Publication of the list of state-financed organisations and
presentation of the proportion of women
(DF)

190 j
- Participation of the German Women's Council in compiling the
lists of proposals for international
organisations (DF)

191 a-c
- Quotas in political parties
(DF)

192 a - d
- Compilation of a directory of female experts (Directory of
Public Organisation and Institutions for Women)
(DF)

192 e - Federal plan for women
(DF)

H 1: Create or strengthen national machineries and other
governmental bodies

203 a - f - Equivalents of the BMFSFJ divisions in all ministries
(DF)

- Commissioners for Women's Affairs in the German Bundestag (DF)

205 a, b
- Incorporation of the gender approach in the common rules of
procedure of the Federal Government
(DF)

J 1: Increase the participation and access of women to expression
and decision-making in and through the
media and new technologies of communication

J 2: Promote a balanced and non-stereotyped portrayal of women in
the media

239c/2401244d 
- Acts on the Promotion of Women for the private media, too
(DF)

241 c - Directory of female experts for the media
(DF)

K 1: Involve women actively in environmental decision-making at
all levels

253 f - "Environment" as a topic in school lessons
(DF)

Main strategic objective
Improvement of women's situation in industry and commerce and on
the labour market

A 1: Review, adopt and maintain macroeconomic policies and
development strategies that address the needs
and efforts of women in poverty

58 a - c
- Regular compilation of a poverty report by the Federal
Government (DF, NGO Women's Forum)

58 g
- Amendment of Art. 611 a, BGB, with the aim of reversing the
burden of proof
(DF)

58 h
- Reversal of the burden of proof (see above)
- Equal Opportunities Acts for private industry and commerce, too
- Linking of subsidies and public contracts to the promotion of
women
(DF)

59 b
- Development of appropriation criteria in development
cooperation which pay more attention to the gender
aspect (DF)

59 e, f

- Structural adaptation programmes must be compatible with equal
opportunities, i.e. social aims and aims
for the promotion of women must be embodied in them (NGO Women's
Forum)

60a
- Institutional promotion by the Federal Government of the NGO
forums participating in the development
process (DF)

60 b
- Financial support of lobbying by the German Women's Council for
the combating of
women's poverty in old age (DF)
- Financial support of lobbying by the networks of disabled women
(Working group of disabled women in the
Federal Help the Disabled Working Party - BAGH)

A 4: Develop gender-based methodologies and conduct research to
address the feminisation of poverty

67 a, b
- Compilation of all research papers, particularly women's
research studies, analysis and utilisation (by the
political sector, for example) (DF)

68 a, b
- Expansion of the Federal Government's statistics
(DF)
- Regular report by the Federal Government on poverty and wealth
including gender
sensitive data (DF, NGO Women's Forum)

B 3: Improve women's access to vocational training, science and
technology, and continuing education

82 b
- Elaboration of guidelines, incl. decision-making criteria, as
to how family tasks can be recognised as a
criterion for qualification
(DF)

82i
- Commissioners for equal opportunities at all employment offices
with the task of implementing counselling
offers specifically for girls (DF)

- Bonus for companies which recruit or train girls and women in
non-typical areas for women
(DF)

B 4: Develop non-discriminatory education and training

83 b
- Education towards partnership in the family and household must
be obligatory material in all schools and in
teacher training (DF)

83i
- Cooperation of the Federal Government and Federal Lander
Governments with public and private television
stations aimed at sensitisation towards matters of
non-discriminatory education
(DF)

83s
- Ensuring child-care, e.g. by promoting neighbourhood
initiatives (DF)

B 5: Allocate sufficient resources for and monitor the
implementation of educational reforms

84 a
- Increase of the education budget of the Federal Government and
Federal Lander Governments (DF)

85 b
- Promotion of women's organisations in the technology sector
(DF)

B 6: Promote life-long education and training for girls and women

88 b
- Sufficient all-day care, flexible opening hours, places at
creches (DF)

C 2: Strengthen preventive programmes that promote women's health

107 c
- Family tasks must be added to the job specifications for the
employment and promotion of men; employers
must offer further training measures in this field (DF)

107 h
- Sufficient all-day care, places in creches, flexible opening
hours, tax deductibility of childcare costs
(DF)

F 1: Promote women's economic rights and independence, including
access to employment, appropriate
working conditions and control over economic resources

165 b
- Reversal of the burden of proof, tighter sanctions for
gender-related discrimination in working life (DF)

165 c
- Redistribution of the costs incurred by the employer for
maternity protection so that pro-women companies
are not excessively burdened (DF)

165 g
- In the context of time budget surveys: separation according to
gender, definition of the different types of
unpaid work, assessment (DF, NGO Women's Forum)
- Suitable pensions for raising children, caring for relatives
and voluntary work
(NGO Women's Forum)

165 n
- Concerted actions. round tables. richt to be heard
(DF)

165 o
- Reversal of the burden of proof (Art. 611 a, BGB), Acts on the
Promotion of Women for private industry
and commerce (DF)

F 2: Facilitate women's equal access to resources, employment,
markets and trade

166 e
- Specific objectives and obligatory reporting for programmes for
the Promotion of women
(DF)

166 l
- Minimum social standards which consider the needs of women must
be taken into account when concluding
world trade agreements and in export-oriented production in
developing nations (NGO Women's Forum)

F 3: Provide business services, training and access to markets,
information and technology, particularly to
low-income women

163 b
- Specific objectives in programmes for training and retraining
(DF)

F 4: Strengthen women's economic capacity and commercial networks

F 5: Eliminate occupational segregation and all forms of
employment discrimination

175g/ 178 o
- Abolition of trivial employment relationships (DF, NGO Women's
Forum)

177c
- Compilation of relevant legal regulations
(DF)

178 f
- Specific objectives, Acts on the Promotion of Women for private
industry and commerce
(DF)

178 g
- Encouragement of men to claim leave to raise children and care
for relatives
(DF)

178j
- Specific measures for the promotion of disabled women (DF,
Working group of disabled women in the
BAGH)

178 k
- Overall reassessment of work
(DF)

F 6: Promote harmonisation of work and family responsibilities
for women and men

179 c
- Child-raising benefit/child-raising leave with substitute wage
function
(DF)

179 d
- Education towards partnership must be a compulsory subject for
male and female teachers and pupils (DF)

179 f
- Abolition of marital splitting
(DF)

180c
- Reports of experience, consequences, updating of the Employee
Protection Act against
sexual harassment at the workplace (DF)
 

H 3: Generate and disseminate gender-disaggregated data and
information for planning and evaluation

206 e, f
- Quantitative assessment of unsaid work
(DF)

J 2: Promote a balanced and non-stereotyped portrayal of women in
the media

243 c
- Promotion of gender-related training programmes for media
specialists
(DF)


Main strategic objective
Human rights and the elimination of violence against women and
girls

A 1: Review, adopt and maintain macroeconomic policies and
development strategies that address the needs
and efforts of women in poverty

58 k
- Independent right of residence for female migrants from the
very beginning, regardless of their marital
status (DF)
- Recognition of gender-sensitive persecution as a reason for
asylum
(DF, NGO Women's Forum)

B 4: Develop non-discriminatory education and training

83j
- "Women's rights are human rights" as a teaching topic
(DF)

D 1: Take integrated measures to prevent and eliminate violence
against women

- Measures for the elimination of women's poverty, an improvement
in the living situation of women (with
children) and the expansion of the independent social security of
women as a contribution to the prevention of
violence.

- Aid according to the Victims' Indemnification Act is to be
expanded for the victims of violence.

- The privacy of the victims must be protected during the
official investigation of acts of violence, particularly
sexual offences.

- Women who have been the victim of sexual offences or other acts
of violence are to be given the right to
therapy and rehabilitation.

- The Federal Republic of Germany is to advocate that rape during
war is internationally outlawed and is
prosecuted and condemned as a war crime under penal law.

- The post of Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women is to
be established in the German Bundestag.

- The existing women's refuges are to be promoted; the number of
such institutions is to be increased to meet
the demand. At the same time, however, concepts must be developed
in order to allow abused women and
their children to remain in their marital home without
jeopardising their safety. 

- The promotion of counselling centres for women who require help
after being exposed to violence is to be
continued and expanded, regardless of the numerous spending cuts
of the Federal Government, Federal
Lander Governments and municipalities. 

- The protection of disabled women against acts of violence must
be improved. (Sexual) violence inflicted
upon institutionalised women by carers, supervisors or other
members of staff, must be reported and severely
punished; convicted offenders must be permanently excluded from
further employment in institutions for
disabled people.

- Anti-violence youth programmes are to be set up nationwide. 

- Men's groups which deal with "male violence" - pilot projects
already exist in Hamburg and Berlin - should
also be set up in other towns. (Women in the Reichsbund Social
Association)

124 a / 125 j
- Influence of the governments on all public and private media,
programme observation, self-regulating
organs in the media
(DF)

124b, c
- Marital rape as a punishable offence with no objection clause
(DF, NGO Women's Forum, Women in the Reichsbund Social
Association)

124 d
- Preventive victim protection
(DF)

124 e, g
- The review of legal regulations as regards their efficacy,
prosecution of perpetrators and protection of
victims should be expanded to include refugees from
ex-Yugoslavia, Rwanda and other countries
experiencing armed conflicts. (NGO Women's Forum)


124 I
- Education of doctors, social workers, etc., on the ban on and
cultural background of genital mutilation,
information of refugees on this subject (NGO Women's Forum, DF)

124j
- National plan of action for the elimination of violence against
women, including the appointment of a
Commissioner for Violence (Special Rapporteur) (DF)

124q, r
- The situation of refugee women must be integrated in reports to
the UN/cooperation with the Special
Rapporteur (NGO Women's Forum)

125 a
- Financial safeguarding of shelters, counselling and aid for
victims of violence
(DF)

126 a
- Updating of the Employee Protection Act of the Federal
Government and the Federal Lander Acts and
publication, so that every woman can refer to them
(DF)

128
- Recognition of gender-sensitive persecution as an independent
reason for flight
(NGO Women's Forum, DF)

D 3: Eliminate trafficking in women and assist victims of
violence due to prostitution and trafficking

- The battle against trafficking in human beings must be stepped
up by means of better education, both at
home and abroad, on the recruitment methods of procurers. Dubious
mail-order marriages are to be prevented
by introducing obligatory licensing of marriage institutes,
together with corresponding checks. Prostitution
tourism is to be outlawed. Sex tourism with minors must be
prosecuted and punished more severely. Closer
cooperation between the German and foreign authorities is
necessary to this end. (Women in the Reichsbund
Social Association)

130a
- Ratification of the Convention for the Suppression of
Trafficking in Human Beings and the Exploitation of
Prostitutes of 21.03.1950 (DF)

130 b, c
- The efficacy of legal assistance treaties is to be improved.
Liaison officers of the Federal Office of Criminal
Investigation are to be seconded to the corresponding countries
in order to support prosecution of criminal
offences and secure evidence. (NGO Women's Forum)

130c
- Confiscation of wealth earned by trafficking in women
(DF)

E 1: Increase the participation of women in conflict resolution
at decision-making levels and protect women
living in situations of armed and other conflicts or under
foreign occupation

142 a, b
- There is an absolute need for action and an obligation at the
national level to integrate considerably more
women in peace policy forums, missions, organs and institutions,
etc., including executive positions. The
right to propose candidates exists for the filling of posts in
the UN and other international organisations. This
should definitely be made use of in favour of the promotion of
women. (Women's Network for Peace, DF)

142 b
- Extension of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on
"Violence against women";

- Establishment of a Civil Peace Service for the adequate
consideration of gender-related perspectives before,
during and after armed conflicts (Women's Network for Peace)


142 c
- Training of officials for special tasks by means of nomination
by internationally recognised organisations
and institutions which have gathered experience with women
traumatised during war

- Prevention of any and every use of violence against women
during war by means of education programmes
for armies dealing with the role of women and human rights and
equal rights matters (Women's Network for
Peace)

E 2: Reduce excessive military expenditures and control the
availability of armaments

143 a - d
- Overview of the information already available on instruments to
combat the situations listed
in Paras. 143 a-d; exertion of Federal Government's influence to
reduce arms production
(DF)

- Disarmament and specific promotion of conversion programmes in
Germany and other
arms-producing countries. Transformation of arms production into
civil goods production and of military
areas and buildings for the civil training of women in the
conversion sector: engineers, architects, etc.

- Ban on the export of arms and punishment of violations,
improved cohesion of the individual Federal
Ministries. Reduction of the military on the basis of treaties

- Ban on "dual-use objects" as their military use is already
planned

- Demilitarisation of foreign and security policy, and reduction
of expenditure on armaments in favour of -
Supporting East-West conversion programmes, particularly of
women, generous financing of the Goethe
Institutes and of international meetings of civilian groups with
the aim of international understanding -
Establishing and financing institutes for learning non-violent
conflict resolution (example: Austria - Austrian
Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution) with a balanced
proportion of women among the teaching
staff and students, as well as peace education

(Women's Network for Peace)

143 e
- The manufacture, trading and use of all mines which could kill
or maim civilians must be banned. Funds for
research into a new generation of mines are to be redirected to
research into new minesweeping methods
(NGO Women's Forum, Women's Network for Peace)

- Training of women in this field of technology

- Effective education on the danger of mines for the civilian
population

- Increase in the Federal German budget for the clearance of
mines in previous war and crisis zones, as well
as Increased funds for the medical treatment and support of mine
victirns by means of Federal initiatives or
the support of NGOs (e.g. Oberhausen Peace Viilage) 

- Creation of an international fund for the support of mine
victims by countries involved in the manufacture,
sale, distribution and use of mines 

- Conference of the Treaty States on the prohibition of the
manufacture and use of all kinds of land mines, as
well as the support of programmes for the rehabilitation of
victims and for conversion, to be brought forward
from 2003 to 1998 (Women's Network for Peace)

143 f
- Recognition and effective support of the work done by women in
the peace movement
- Support of the immediate ratification of the all-embracing
Treaty on Nuclear Testing and worldwide nuclear
disarmament 
- No German participation in nuclear testing (Women's Network for
Peace)

E3: Promote non-violent forms of conflict resolution and reduce
the incidence of human rights abuse in
conflict situations

144 a, b
- Condemnation of war as a legitimate means of resolving
conflicts
- Prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons (cf. ruling of the
lnternational Court of Justice) and other weapons
Instead:

* Incorporation of the right to peace in the Human Rights Charter
* Establishment of a UN Conflict Council
* Education of men and women in the peaceful settlement of
disputes
* Establishment of a Civil Peace Service (see 142 b) (Women's
Network for Peace)


144 c 
- Training and specific promotion of women in all matters
relating to a culture of peace (peace building),
prevention of conflicts and the peaceful settlement of disputes;
young women are to be given particular
consideration
- "Peacekeeping" as a subject at institutions of higher
education, as an independent, qualified course of study
along the lines of Peace Studies in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian
countries 
- Increased appointment of women to corresponding professorships
- Peacekeeping as a school subject and development of teaching
programmes 
- Provision of documentation from the national and international
women's peace movement for the recording
and dissemination of women's experience in peace work 
- Compilation of statistics on the actual participation of women
in tasks for the sovereign promotion of peace
in the Federal Republic of Germany (Federal and Lander level) 
- Appointment of a female Peace Commissioner for the Federal
Republic of Germany (Women's Network for
Peace)

145 a, b 
- National plan of action on the Vienna Declaration and programme
for action (DF)
- Establishment of a UN Conflict Council and possibly other
institutions for the peaceful settlement of
disputes with the full participation of women (Women's Network
for Peace)

145 c, d 
- Support of the adoption of an optional protocol to the Women's
Convention (CEDAW) 
- Recognition of gender-sensitive persecution as a reason for
asylum (rape and genital muti

lation) 
- Expansion of the formulation "political persecution" to include
persecution owing to "affiliation to a
particular social or ethnic group" 
- Improved protection of female witnesses before human rights
tribunals, international courts of justice and
courts in Germany 
- Improved financial support of the establishment and
implementation of such tribunals 
- Therapeutic support of female witnesses (Women's Network for
Peace)


145 e
- Support the demand for an International Criminal Court and an
individual appeai process
(independent of the national possibilities for appealing)
(Women's Network for Peace)

145 h, I
- Participation in economic embargoes only if it is ensured that
supplies of food and medicine are not included
in the sanctions 
- Employment of measures to eliminate the negative effects of
economic sanctions on the civilian population,
which have been proven to particularly affect women and children
(Women's Network for Peace)

E4: Promote women's contribution to fostering a culture of peace

- Effective financial promotion of peace research by the Federal
Government and Federal Lander
Governments 
- Introduction of courses of study on peace 
- Development of training programmes for teachers, social
workers, the police force, municipal, Land and
Federal employees, NGOs, etc., in cooperation with NGOs in the
peace movement, specifically the women's
peace movement 
- Creation of Land institutes as education, further training and
resource centres for peace education, the
prevention of conflicts and the peaceful resolution of conflicts
(already exist in various Federal Lander)
- Establishment of a Civil Peace Service for women and men (cf.
Para. 142 b) (Women's Network for Peace)

146 a - d,
- Peace education as an obligatory field in school education
(DF, Women's Network for Peace)

147a 
- Increased cooperation with science and NGOs, particularly
women's organisations (e.g. Solwodi, Terre des
Femmes, Medica, etc.) 
- Women in executive positions in this sector 
- Monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of programmes
and improvement, if necessary
- Recording of the organisations currently active in this sector
and the proportion of women in them
(Women's Network for Peace, DF)


147 b - f
- Improvements and/or supplements to the Asylum and Aliens Act
with respect to the particular
endangerment of women and girls, e.g. independent right of
residence; amendment of the guidelines for the
"safe third countries regulation" as regards the involvement of
women and girls (Women's Network for Peace,
DF)

147 g

- Intearation help by means of interpreters
(Women's Network for Peace)

E 5: Provide protection, assistance and training to refugee
women, other displaced women in need of
international protection and internally displaced women

147 h, i

- Recognition of gender-sensitive reasons for persecution in the
context of German asylum law (DF, NGO
Women's Forum, Women's Network for Peace)
- Questioning and supervision of female refugees exclusively by
female enforcement officers, judges and
interpreters (Women's Network for Peace)

147 j - o

- Promotion of education and communication programmes for the
native population
- Expansion of the measures to also include refugee women who are
not yet recognised, as they need
particular protection and help
- Exertion of influence of the Federal Republic at EU level to
secure financial support of clinics for victims of
torture and traumas
- Support of measures by women and men in the Peace Service to be
established (cf. Para. 1 42 b)
- Training programmes for the police and military in cooperation
with NGOs (cf. Para. 142 c) 
(Women's Network for Peace)

148a
- Establishment of shelters for single women refugees with
children or after separation from
their husbands (Women's Network for Peace)


148 b
- Independent right of residence for female migrants after
marital separation
(NGO Women's Forum, DF, Women's Network for Peace)

E 6: Provide assistance to the women of the colonies and
non-self-governing territories

149 a, b
- Integration of women from the original population in drawing up
and implementing all programmes
- Affirmation of the following principles by the Federal
Government in international bodies and treaties: No
forced sterilisation of the original population, No nuclear
testing or other military use of the land of the
original population
- No expulsion, no expropriation
(Women's Network for Peace)

F 5: Eliminate occupational segregation and all forms of
employment discrimination

178 b
- Improvement of the Federal Employee Protection Act:
substantiation of sexual harassment at the workplace
(DF)

I 1: Promote and protect the human rights of women through the
full implementation of all human rights
instruments, especially the convention on the Elimination of all
Forms of Discrimination against Women

230
- Provision of an adequate budget for the CEDAW Committee
(NGO Women's Forum)

230 d
- National platform for action for the promotion and protection
of human riqhts
(DF)


230 e
- The topics of women's human rights protection/violence against
women must be made an integral element
of work in the creation and strengthening of independent national
institutions for the protection of human
rights (NGO Women's Forum)

230f
- The link between private, public and state violence aqainst
women must be an integral element of the
programme for human rights education (NGO Women's Forum)

230 k
- Optional protocol to CEDAW
(DF, NGO Women's Forum)

I 2: Ensure equality and non-discrimination under the law and in
practice

232 e
- Support of the Human Rights Forum
(DF)
- Representatives of national institutions for human rights must
be supported in their work in such a way that
women's human rights protection/violence against women becomes an
integral element of their work (NGO
Women's Forum)

232 f - h
- A clear ban on the genital mutilation of foreign girls living
in Germany is to be pronounced in order to stop
such practices (NGO Women's Forum, DF)

232 i
- Human rights education must be made an obligatory subject (DF)


I3: Achieve leqal literacv

- Education of female refugees and displaced women, female
emigrants and migrant workers in their country
of origin on their rights (DF)

J 2: Promote a balanced and non-stereotyped portrayal of women in
the media

243 d, e, f

- Women's images in the media must be researched and effective
countermeasures taken (guidelines,
establishment of control groups, information campaigns) (NGO
Women's Forum, DF)

L 7: Eradicate violence against the girl child

283 a - d
- Review and possible introduction of penal regulations and penal
sanctions in the event of genital mutilation
in Germany (DF, NGO Women's Forum, Women's Network for Peace)

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