Poland - 2012
Are there examples of good practices and positive initiatives against discrimination/racism at the workplace?
- Code:
- RED63
- Key Area:
- Employment
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination, Equality
Short Answer |
Yes. |
Qualitative Info |
Initiatives strictly concerning issues of discrimination and racism at work are primarily various types of training on anti-discrimination legislation. In addition, projects are conducted in order to facilitate access to legal work in Poland. This mainly concerns two groups most vulnerable to exclusion from the labour market – the Roma and refugees, which in Poland are mostly Chechens.
Source: Ministry of Administration (Program for Roma Community), Warsaw Family Assistance Centre |
Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Asylum seekers |
Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia |
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Employment - labour market |
External Url | http://www.msw.gov.pl/portal/pl/181/Program_na_rzecz_spolecznosci_romskiej_w_Polsce.html, http://www.wcpr.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=106 |
Situation(s) |
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Short Answer |
Yes. |
Qualitative Info |
A positive initiative against discrimination at the workplace is a diversity charter which aims at encouraging companies to implement and develop diversity policies. The document is a written obligation signed by a company which declares to introduce the prohibition on discrimination in the workplace and decides to undertake measures to create and promote diversity. In 2012, the Polish Diversity Charter was launched by the Responsible Business Forum in collaboration with the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment and the Office of the Polish Human Rights Defender. So far, more than 40 companies, NGOs and other institutions have already signed it. Source:
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Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Persons with disability, Africans/black people, National minorities |
Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Homophobia, On grounds of disability, On grounds of other belief, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia |
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Employment - labour market |
External Url | http://www.msw.gov.pl/portal/pl/181/Program_na_rzecz_spolecznosci_romskiej_w_Polsce.html, http://www.wcpr.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=106 |
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Library |
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