An online survey on experiences of discrimination in Saxony starts today. For the first time, this survey in Saxony will record various forms of discrimination along different characteristics and their interaction. This applies not only to discrimination based on age, disability, gender or sexual orientation, religion or on racist grounds, as prohibited by the General Equal Treatment Act, but also to discrimination based on weight, lifestyle or socio-economic status. On the website www.diskriminierung-sachsen.de, all people can describe their experiences in Saxony. They are asked there, for example, whether and how often they are treated disrespectfully or asked inappropriate questions about their private lives, whether they are denied participation in events or experience sexual assaults.

The survey is conducted by the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM). The scientific study is intended to help gain a differentiated picture of the lives of people affected by discrimination in Saxony. The Saxon State Ministry of Justice and for Democracy, Europe and Equality commissioned the study.

Minister for Equality Katja Meier: "Many people in Saxony also experience hostility and exclusion on a daily basis. In order to record the causes, extent and consequences of discrimination in Saxony and to be able to derive and implement targeted political measures, we depend on the help of all citizens. The more people participate in the online survey on experiences of discrimination in Saxony, the more accurate the picture we get."

"The DeZIM Institute deals with questions of integration and equal participation in immigration societies, discrimination and racism. It has conducted various studies on this in the past," says Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan, the director of the DeZIM Institute. "One example is the Immigration and Integration Report, which DeZIM produced on behalf of the Free State of Thuringia. We are pleased to now also conduct research in Saxony."

"From existing studies on discrimination in Saxony, we have already gained important insights into individual forms of discrimination. What is special about our study is that we cover discrimination across the board," says Lara Kronenbitter, research assistant at the DeZIM Institute. "Everyone is invited to participate in the study and describe their own, very different experiences. In this way, we can also make visible the perspectives and realities of people who are often not heard. This approach is also special."