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Berlin (dpa / bb) - The Berlin House of Representatives is discussing the effects of the Corona crisis on equality for women at its plenary session today (10:00 a.m.).

The subject is the focus of the current hour at the request of the Left Group.

Health Senator Dilek Kalayci (SPD) speaks for the Senate.

Not only the Berlin sociologist Jutta Allmendinger has already warned several times against a "backward role" in equality and a relapse into traditional role models.

On the occasion of International Women's Day on Monday, fears were voiced that the corona pandemic would intensify gender stereotypes and, for example, the classic division of tasks between men and women with a view to gainful employment and childcare.

Also on the agenda of the Berlin state parliament is, among other things, the second reading for the new Police Act (ASOG), which has been much criticized by the opposition.

Among other things, it stipulates that police officers and firefighters in Berlin should wear so-called body cams on their uniforms to record certain operations.

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On the other hand, it does not allow more video surveillance of crime hotspots, nor the use of electronic ankle cuffs or the final rescue shot.

From the point of view of the red-red-green government coalition, the new police law is a balanced compromise between police powers and civil rights.

The red-red-green coalition had negotiated for years.

Now the vote is pending in the state parliament.

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