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The Heinrich Boell Foundation provides encouragement and support to groups
and individuals living up to the responsibility of shaping a more peaceful
world, of protecting the environment, and of promoting respect for human
rights throughout the world.
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The Foundation promotes a vision of a democratic society open to immigrants
and places particular importance on attaining gender democracy - signifying
a relationship between the sexes characterised by freedom from dependence
and dominance. These collective tasks are significant aspects of both the
foundation's internal structure and public activities.
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The foundation's activities strive to promote respect among people of
different nationalities, different cultural and sexual identities, and
differing political opinions. The educational work of the foundation also
aims to counter discrimination against lesbians and gay men.
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The Heinrich Boell Foundation's educational activities have a political
basis, an ethical outlook, and strive to promote various forms of cultural
expression. The foundation supports art and culture, including literary
research, as part of its work in political education and as a crucial
element of each society's self-image. With its support for persecuted
artists and its defense of freedom of expression, the foundation continues
in the tradition of Heinrich Boell.
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