What is discrimination?
Discrimination is the less favourable treatment of people based on grounds as race, ethnic origin, gender, age, religion or belief.
Experience of discrimination can be diverse, ranging from small everyday remarks to criminal offences. They may include prejudice, disparagement, microaggressions, entry barriers or violence.
Discrimination is prohibited in Germany. The General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz) is the central set of regulations for protection against discrimination. It defines what is meant by discrimination.
Counselling
You have become a victim of discrimination and would like to make a stand against this? We will support and advise you on how to proceed.
Our counselling complies with the standards of the advd (Antidiscrimination Associaton of Germany)
- We listen to you
- We are on your side
- We inform you about your rights
- We develop a strategy of action together
- We support you in standing up for your rights
- We follow a horizontal approach and thereby consider all personal features to be equally worth protecting
- The counselling is confidential
- The counselling is free of charge
Accessibility
Our counselling room is located at Heydenstraße 2, E.04, in a school building of the Volkshochschule Braunschweig.
Heydenstraße has a sidewalk with paving slabs and granite cobblestones. The main entrance at Heydenstraße 2 can be opened from the outside using an automatic door button located at a height of 113 cm. The door remains open for 8 seconds. The door is 112 cm wide. The rear entrance to the entrance hall can be reached from the parking area. It is equipped with an automatic door button on both the outside and inside at a height of 106 cm. The rear door is 112 cm wide. The interior doorway is 101 cm wide. The door closes again after 3 seconds unless someone is within the motion sensor's detection range. The parking area is paved with smooth stones and can be accessed via the entrance from Güldenstraße. Wheelchair users can enter and leave the parking area to the right of the barrier. The passage next to the barrier is 100 cm wide and the barrier height is between 76 cm and 85 cm. The entrance hall at Heydenstraße 2 is paved with small stones and is slightly uneven. There is no tactile guidance system for blind or visually impaired people in the building. The elevator does not have a tactile guidance system or voice announcements. The elevator door is 89 cm wide. The elevator buttons are positioned at a height of 84 cm. In the raised ground-floor corridor, there is a double-leaf door without an automatic door opener. One door leaf is 97 cm wide. The restroom on the same level as the counselling room has a door width of 80 cm. The corridor leading to it is 96 cm wide. The toilet cubicle has one grab rail next to the toilet with a toilet paper holder attached to it. There are also two grab rails at the sink. If required and by prior arrangement, counselling can also take place in other rooms of the Volkshochschule. Online counselling (via Zoom or Microsoft Teams) is also available.
Do you need an interpreter for a counselling session? Please let us know.
Would you like us to meet you at a specific location close to Heydenstraße 2 and accompany you to your appointment? Please contact us before your counselling appointment.
Antidiskriminierungsstelle Braunschweig
Heydenstraße 2
38100 Braunschweig
Telephone: 0160 4824495
E-Mail: antidiskriminierung@vhs-bs.de
Would you like to submit a consultation request?
You can find our form here.