strategy
Reducing discrimination against minorities
Synonyms:
Lessening active prejudice towards minoritiesProviding equal rights to minority groups
Implementation:
The European Parliament is to vote in 1997 on whether to give equal rights to women, ethnic minorities and gays employed by the EU institutions. The measures would give all couples, including those of the same sex, rights similar to those of married couples.The [Amsterdam Treaty] (Article 13) has, for the first time, provided a specific power for the European Union (EU) to combat discrimination, whether on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation.
Narrower:
Advocating minority representationReducing prejudice against minoritiesReducing discrimination against sexual minoritiesReducing discrimination against minority languagesReducing discrimination against minorities in employmentReducing discrimination against minorities by minoritiesAbolishing unethical practices concerning ethnic minoritiesUsing positive discrimination in favour of minority interests Constrains:
Using discrimination in relation to minorities Problems:
Discrimination against minoritiesOrganizations:
International League for Human Rights United Nations Commission on Human Rights United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service Amsterdam Treaty Subjects:
Society → Minority, indigenous groupsType Classification:
D: Detailed strategies