KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! The Future of Germany’s AGG Reform
with Hamza Barashed
& Nadiye Ünsal
The Future of Germany’s AGG Reform
The General Equal Treatment Act (AGG), implemented in Germany in 2006, was designed to combat discrimination. In almost 18 years of practical experience, the weaknesses of the AGG are widely known: The law does not protect all those affected by discrimination, it does not apply in every area of life and it has many gaps in protection. In this workshop we want to look at these gaps in legal protection but also take a look at the demands of the initiative „Bündnis AGG-Reform Jetzt!“ that is fighting for a reform of the AGG. What is the potential of such a reform?“
Hamza Barashed
Hamza Barashed studied law and ended up working in anti-discrimination counseling after graduating. After several years as a counselor and training as a diversity trainer, Hamza now works in training for anti-discrimination counselors at Antidiskriminierungsverband Deutschland e.V. They also facilitate workshops on antidiscrimination law (especially AGG and LADG) and discrimination awareness.
Nadiye Ünsal
Nadiye Ünsal studied Cultural Anthropology and Social Sciences in Germany and Turkey. She currently works on her PhD thesis Coloniality and the Legal Concept of Muhacir in the Border and Migration Politics of Europe and Turkey/Ottoman Empire and is employed at the Antidiskriminierungs-verband Deutschland e.V. Her work as activist and film maker focuses on the European border regime and self-organized anti-racist struggles of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) and Antidiscrimination in Germany.
🗣 spoken english
💰 free
👥 for BIW*oC/TIN*BIPoC
(Black, Indigenous and Women* of Color) / (trans*/ inter*/ non-binary* people identifying as Black, Indigenous or of Color)
