Diskrimineringsombudsmannen
The following articles have been tagged with "Diskrimineringsombudsmannen":
Man gets payout for not shaking woman's hand
National: 20 May 13
A town in western Sweden has agreed to pay damages to a man who was told he wouldn't be hired if he refused to shake a woman's hand for religious reasons.
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Swedish café owner defends his kid ban
Business & Money: 5 Apr 13
A Swedish café owner who told parents to keep their kids away from his shop stands by his decision, despite losing a fair chunk of his "latte parent" customers and complaints about discrimination.
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Female folk dancer fury at 'too weak to lead' jibe
Society: 22 Mar 13
Two young women in Malmö upset at being told they couldn't dance as a pair in a Swedish traditional dancing class have reported the folk dance group for discrimination.
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Swedish town sued over pregnancy job snub
Business & Money: 12 Mar 13
A city in western Sweden is facing a discrimination lawsuit for halting a woman's recruitment process after she told them she was pregnant.
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Stockholm cafe's kid ban has parents frothing
National: 4 Mar 13
A Stockholm coffee shop has banned children from its premises and sparked an uproar among the capital's caffeine-loving parents.
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Discrimination law fells only two in 20 years
National: 12 Feb 13
Only two people have managed to bring an employer to justice for ethnic discrimination at work, despite the introduction of a Swedish law in 1994 aimed at helping those who fell victim to prejudice.
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CV name-change leaves foreign student reeling
Analysis & Opinion: 5 Feb 13
A Romanian student in Uppsala has been left seething after a CV experiment in changing his name to sound "more Swedish" pulled in unprecedented success.
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Payday for woman denied job for being 'too young'
Business & Money: 17 Jan 13
A woman who filed a discrimination case after being denied a job as a receptionist for being "too young" has been awarded a settlement by Sweden's Equality Ombudsman.
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Guide dog not a hot ticket to disability bash
National: 7 Dec 12
A partially-sighted Swedish woman was barred from a disability conference because another attendee was allergic to her guide dog, but has retaliated by reporting the incident to Sweden's Equality Ombudsman.
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Swedish lesbians see red over sperm fee
Science & Technology: 28 Aug 12
A lesbian couple in southern Sweden has reported the county council to the Swedish Equality Ombudsman, for making them pay 3,000 kronor ($457) for two inseminations.
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School to bullied lesbian teen: don't be so gay
National: 5 Jul 12
A school in southern Sweden told a female student to "tone down" her homosexuality as a remedy to bullying from other students for being gay, prompting the girl to report the school for discrimination.
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Landlord: 'Two guys can't live together'
Society: 31 Mar 12
A landlord in Hässleholm in southern Sweden has been reported to the Equality Ombudsman after refusing to let an apartment to two men.
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Ikea 'not wrong' to bar a 5-year-old from ball pit
Society: 7 Mar 12
A court in southern Sweden has ruled that furniture giant Ikea was "not wrong" to deny a 5-year-old disabled girl entry to the ballpit in their playland.
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SJ 'not wrong' to kick praying man off train
National: 24 Jan 12
The Swedish National Rail Service, SJ, was not wrong to kick a Muslim man off the train for not showing his pass while deep in prayer, ruled a Swedish watchdog after finding it impossible to prove he had been discriminated against.
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Swedish docs deny transsexual's boob job
National: 18 Jan 12
A Swedish transsexual has reported three plastic surgery clinics for discrimination after repeatedly being turned down for breast implant surgery following a sex-change operation.
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Sweden's teachers free to ban Islamic veils
Education: 11 Jan 12
Teachers in Swedish schools can, in certain situations, prohibit students from wearing Islamic veils that reveal only their eyes, the country's school's agency has ruled.
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Woman loses flat 'because she was Roma'
National: 9 Dec 11
A woman from Sweden claims to have lost her rental property after the contract was already signed and keys had been exchanged, following pressure from the other tenants to not let a member of the Roma people live in the building.
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Sweden Democrat: 'a negro is a negro' to me
National: 28 Nov 11
A local Sweden Democrat has courted controversy by claiming that the word “negro” is not a racist term, explaining that there is "the red race, the yellow race, and then there's me, who is of the white race".
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School head on rape claim: 'boys will be boys'
Education: 14 Nov 11
A high school in Täby in northern Stockholm has been reported to the Equality Ombudsman over allegations that the principal played down rape allegations as "stuff that boys do".
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Men sue Swedish police for sexual discrimination
National: 14 Nov 11
The National Police Board has been sued by a rights group for alleged discrimination, arguing that women have been favoured ahead of men in the recruitment process.
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Muslim man kicked off train for praying
National: 3 Nov 11
A devout Muslim was kicked off a train bound for Flen, south of Stockholm, in May, after failing to show his ticket to the conductor as he was deep in prayer.
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Sweden Democrat wins damages for racist jibes
Society: 21 Oct 11
A Sweden Democrat politician from Malmö who was called a “bloody foreigner” by the chair of her housing association has been awarded 180,000 kronor ($27,000) in damages for racial discrimination.
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Suspended student stripper reports school for discrimination
Society: 19 May 11
A Swedish student who was trying to boost her finances by stripping and selling sexual favours has reported her school for discrimination after being suspended for her "sick" behaviour.
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Father in u-turn over lesbian daughter eviction
Society: 12 May 11
A woman in southern Sweden was facing eviction from a flat she had been renting from her father for 16 years because he didn't approve of her "lesbian activity".
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Swedish milkmaid sues jobs agency over 'pregnancy' snub
Business & Money: 6 May 11
A Swedish milkmaid who was denied a job at a farm in southern Sweden over suspicions she was trying to get pregnant should be compensated by the country's employment agency, Sweden's eqality watchdog claims.
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Swedish women warned off wheelchair clubbing
Society: 3 May 11
Two disabled women were made to feel like "a menace to society" after being told by a Swedish Q&A hotline that Stockholm clubs were an "inappropriate" environment for wheelchairs.
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'Roma need better legal protection in Sweden'
National: 27 Apr 11
The discrimination faced by Sweden's Roma population violates Swedish law, according to a new report by the country's Equality Ombudsman, which argues for tougher legislation to protect the Roma's rights.
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Pensioner revolt over bank's 'cashless' bid
Business & Money: 14 Apr 11
A pensioners' rights group in central Sweden has accused a Swedish bank of discrimination over plans to end cash handling services at local branch offices.
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Swedish lesbians allege parental leave bonus discrimination
Society: 2 Apr 11
A lesbian couple has accused Sweden's social insurance agency of discrimination after being denied the right to the government's gender equity bonus for parents who share parental leave equally.
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UPS sued for demanding Muslim shave beard
Society: 10 Feb 11
Sweden's Equality Ombudsman has filed a lawsuit against parcel delivery company United Parcel Service (UPS) after the company dismissed a Muslim driver who refused to shave his beard.
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Doctor told patient to 'go back to Africa'
Society: 9 Feb 11
A woman from Borås in western Sweden has filed a discrimination complaint against a health clinic after she was told to go back to Africa and get help from a medicine man for pain in her legs.
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Swedish woman denied job after miscarriage
National: 22 Jan 11
A farmer in southern Sweden who refused to employ a woman after she informed him she had had a miscarriage has been found guilty of discrimination and violating Swedish parental leave laws.
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Bonuses to boost gender equity at Swedish unis
Education: 21 Jan 11
Swedish universities should be offered cash ‘equality bonuses’ for making significant strides toward increased gender equity, a government commission has proposed.
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Swedish lesbian pastor denied job for being 'one of those'
Society: 18 Jan 11
A Swedish lesbian pastor who was passed over for a job with a diocese in central Sweden has accused the local vicar of discrimination.
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Wrong to ban student with niqab: ombudsman
National: 1 Dec 10
Banning a student from class for wearing a headscarf is a violation of Sweden’s anti-discrimination laws, the country’s Equality Ombudsman has ruled.
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Schoolboy compensated for racial bullying
Society: 18 Nov 10
A boy in western Sweden is to be compensated after enduring years of racially-motivated bullying, Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman has ruled.
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Government urges commission on Roma
Politics: 30 Jul 10
A truth commission is one of the proposals the Delegation for Romani Affairs delivered to cabinet minister Nyamko Sabuni on Friday.
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School refuses to enroll student with Arabic name
Education: 26 Jul 10
A 13-year-old female student has submitted a complaint to the Discrimination Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, DO), charging that a school refused to enroll her because of her Arabic-sounding name.
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City pays damages over job seeker headscarf row
National: 26 Jun 10
The City of Stockholm is to pay 35,000 kronor ($4,500) in compensation to a woman who was forced to leave a municipal training course for wearing a long headscarf.
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Pornstar cap 'no attire for nursery worker'
National: 23 Jan 10
Headgear emblazoned with the label 'Pornstar' has cost a nursery worker his job after parents caught sight of the man wearing it on a Facebook photo.
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Equality Ombudsman sued for discrimination
Business & Money: 20 Jan 10
An employee at an agency tasked with defending Sweden’s anti-discrimination laws has sued the organization for discrimination following disparaging comments by a supervisor.
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Swedish firm settles over offensive job interview
Society: 25 Nov 09
A 56-year-old man from Gothenburg has been awarded 60,000 kronor ($8,600) in compensation after being asked an insulting question during an employment interview.
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Swedish town restricts 'immigrant weddings'
Society: 16 Nov 09
A local politician from Landskrona in southern Sweden has decreed that only one “immigrant wedding” can be held at the town’s local community centre every month.
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Sweden to probe housing discrimination
Society: 15 Oct 09
Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman plans to launch a nationwide investigation into discrimination in Sweden’s housing market.
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Rejected women sue Swedish university
Education: 14 Oct 09
A group of women who are suing a Swedish university for gender discrimination have also reported Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman for refusing to take up their case.
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Porn shop internship costs Swedish man his job
National: 8 Oct 09
A man from Skellefteå in northern Sweden who lost his job as a personal care assistant because of a part-time internship at a local porn shop has accused his former employer of discrimination.
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Probe into school's alleged Islamic veil discrimination
National: 7 Aug 09
The Swedish Equality Ombudsman has launched a probe into a case of alleged discrimination after two women who wear veils revealing only the eyes claim they were not allowed to attend adult education classes.
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Muslim woman wins headdress battle
National: 4 May 07
A Muslim woman has been awarded compensation after a supermarket in western Sweden refused to allow her to work there if she wore a headdress.
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