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Progress of gender equality in Germany
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Gender statistics on Germany
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Translations of EIGE's work in German
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Chapter Seventeen Crimes Against Bodily Integrity, Section 226 Serious Bodily Injury (1) If the bodily injury has, as a result, that the injured person: 1....
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Chapter Seventeen Crimes Against Bodily Integrity, Section 223 Bodily Injury (1) Whoever physically maltreats or harms the health of another person, shall be punished with imprisonment for not more th...
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Written requests of delegation with written answers of federal government to know, to what extent the Federal Government supports the two organisations NaMEP (National Movement for the emancipation a...
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Listing implemented and planned Projects of the BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) to prevent FGM and recognizing FGM as Serious Bodily Injury; Financing bi- and multilate...
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The Federal Parliament recognizes that approximately 30,000 women and girls living in Germany are affected or threatened by genital mutilation. ...
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MP bill to classify all forms of Female Genital Mutilation as Serious Bodily Injury; Inclusion of FGM in the „Auslandstatenkatalog“; Supporting the Bill to change §§ 5 und 226 of the German Penal Code...
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Questions to the Federal Ministry of economic cooperation with what specific aim (for example, establishing a criminal law framework, information on effects of female genital mutilation) is the Federa...
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Federal Ministry for Health condemns Female Genital Mutilation and appealed for Sensitization of Medical Doctors; elaboration and distribution of Recommendations on dealing with patients who have unde...
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Proposal of the State Parliament of Baden-Wurttemberg to collect information on new findings on Female Genital Mutilation and on measures adopted by the Federal State Governments; Flanking Prosecution...
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The federal states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland apply for the introduction of a criminal offense for genital mutilation, the beginning of the ...
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Dismissal of further prosecution due to doubts about the compatibility with international law; extensive measure catalogue for the protection of persons at risk of FGM and for the prevention in an int...
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* The European Parliament informed of the findings and called on all Member States to take action against FGM. Policy Framework Issuer Deutscher Bundesrat