Equal opportunities: who does what?

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Certain bodies fight against discrimination in general, whereas others fight against the discrimination of certain groups of people.

Discrimination in general

• Discrimination against women, persons of foreign origin, persons affected by a handicap, homosexuals, lesbians and bisexuals
• Unit for Equal Opportunities (City of Brussels). This service translates the equal-opportunity policy into practice and helps the Brusselses to set up initiatives for equal chances.
• Centre for Equal Opportunities and the Fight against Racism (federal). The centre is a federal public institution which fights discrimination. It welcomes, listens to, directs and accompanies every person that is a victim of discrimination.

Equality between women and men

• Advisory Council for the Men/Women equality (City of Brussels). This council looks at all the situations, the questions and the problems in Brussels about men/women equality.
• Institute for the Equality of Women and Men (federal). The IEFH is a federal public institution which guarantees and promotes the equality of women and men and which fights any discrimination and disparity based on the sex.

Persons of foreign origin

• Foreigners' Office (City of Brussels). This service concerns the persons having no Belgian nationality. It works for the foreigners before their definitive registration in the population registers. It takes charge of the waiting register, the delivery of declarations of arrival, orders to leave the territory, the family entry and settlement.
• Service of the Nationality (City of Brussels). This service concerns the persons having no Belgian nationality but who wish to acquire it.
• House of Solidarity (City of Brussels). This service gives courses of French, Dutch, computing and citizenship intended for new-comers as well as foreigners of the second or third generation.
• Advisory Council of Brussels Residents of Foreign Origins (CBOE - City of Brussels). This council looks at all the situations, the questions and the problems concerning the people of foreign origin living in Brussels. It supplies advice about the integration and can even take initiatives to reach a better integration.

Handicap

• Advisory Council for the Disabled (City of Brussels). This council looks at all the situations, the questions and the problems in Brussels which concern people with a handicap. It supplies advice about a better integration of disabled persons and it can even take initiatives to reach a better intergration.
• Office for the pensions and allowances of disabled persons (City of Brussels). This service is part of the Persons Assistance service.
• Federal service of Social Security (Federal). This service takes charge of allowances to the disabled, certificates, parking cards and reductions for big families.