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Gender statistics on Germany
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Translations of EIGE's work in German
We offer several resources in German. Find them all in our archives.
Year of last Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Germany last held the presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2020.
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This Working Aid serves to facilitate identification of gender-specific impacts when drafting legislation in order to promote the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men and eliminate ...
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Targeted professionals: Medical Doctors Professional Secrecy Provisions Conditions for disclosing information Disclosure of information must be authorized by the protected person...
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Grant Refugee Status Asylum Provisions Definition of 'refugee' in asylum law Geneva Convention Definition of 'particular social group' and type(s) of persecution addressed...
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If a girl becomes the victim of, or is threatened by genital mutilation, representing an existing or impending danger of child abuse, measures can be taken to avert the danger....
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Chapter Twelve Crimes Against Personal Status, Marriage And the Family, Section 171 Violation of the Duty to Provide Care or Upbringing: Whoever grossly violates his duty to provide care or upbringing...
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Chapter Seventeen Crimes Against Bodily Integrity, Section 224 (1) Whoever commits bodily harm: (…) 2 by means of a weapon or other dangerous tool; (…) 4....
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The criminal offence of FGM shall be inserted in the Penal Code, namely the section on Bodily Harm....
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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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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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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...