2007 - European Year of Equal Opportunities for All

Imagine how dull life would be if we were all the same! Young, old, man, woman, gay, lesbian, white, black, disabilities or no disabilities, believers and non-believers, diversity is what makes the world interesting and exciting - something the EU has long understood!That's why it passed laws to make it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their gender, racial and ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability. So what does this mean? Basically that everyone in the European Union is protected against these types of discrimination - only many people don't know it.

So as well as passing new laws, the EU is busy informing as many people as possible about their rights. In this the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All massive action campaigns have been organised. A huge blue and yellow truck is travelling throughout Europe telling people about their rights, competitions are being organised for schools, 100s of local organisations are on board organising everything from festivals to photos exhibitions to football tournaments all under the banner of a more equal Europe!You can play a part if you want, so visit the following URLs: http://equality2007.europa.eu/,

http://www.stop-discrimination.info

You could also view an interesting video provided by YouTube at http://uk.youtube.com/user/eutube