Decentralised Gender Equality Officers

Personnel and administrative bodies

• Advisory member on the Departmental Council
• Advisory member in the Professorial Appointments Committees
• Advisory participation in hiring procedures
• Contact person for female employees and staff

Strategic development planning

• Development and coordination of a gender equality concept

Promotion of gender equality in the respective departments

• Planning and implementation e.g. workshops on gender awareness and advancement of women
• Planning and implementation of networking events
• Measures to attract female students to the degree programmes and respective training opportunities

Budget

• Participation in the awards committee for women’s advancement funds for the respective department

Election and work regulations

• Election by the women’s plenary of the respective area for two years
• Appointment by the Dean of the respective department
• Ideally, female employees and staff from various status groups (one or more deputies will be elected)
• Activities are carried out during working hours (release from official duties without reduction of earnings, to the extent that is necessary for the execution of their tasks; the appropriate reassignment of tasks will be decided on within the department)
• Certificate signed by the President of the TU and the central Gender Equality Officer attesting to voluntary activities as decentralised Gender Equality Officer

Meetings of Decentralised Gender Equality Officers

• Regularly scheduled meetings with the Gender Equality Officers from other fields and the central Gender Equality Officer
• Information about current measures and projects
• Discussions about current individual cases and matters concerning University policy
• When necessary, the formation of working groups for certain topics
• Exchange of information and ideas with experts
• Opportunities for further training

Please find the respective contact person for your department in the following list.

Please find the contact information for the Decentralised Gender Equality Officers in the following list.