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What does equal opportunity involve?

Equal opportunity and gender equality are overarching issues that affect all aspects of (professional) life. The Equal Opportunities Officers work to ensure fairness and equality in the university setting. The core of their work is providing advice and support at the Faculty when it comes to implementing gender equality as prescribed by law. They place focus on balancing the representation of genders at the various career levels and counteracting underrepresentation as well as increasing the proportion of women in executive and management committees at the Faculty. Furthermore, they work towards ensuring equality for all members of the Faculty beyond matters of gender, including all underrepresented or marginalized groups.

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#sayit – platform for discrimination hosted by the Kritische Mediziner:innen Dresden

The mission of #sayit is to give victims and witnesses of discrimination a voice and to point out injustices. It seeks to build awareness and shed light on critical issues in medical policy. In addition to anonymous descriptions of cases of discrimination, the site features a list of support services and opportunities for filing complaints and definitions of various forms of discrimination. Learn more

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KCS – information on equal opportunities at universities in Saxony

The Koordinierungsstelle Chancengleichheit Sachsen (Coordinating Unit for Equal Opportunity in Saxony) provides information and hosts events for everyone in higher education across the state who actively campaign for gender equality, equal opportunity and inclusion. Learn more

Tasks and rights of the Equal Opportunities Officers

The German Higher Education Framework Act (SRG) and the Act on the Autonomy of Institutions of Higher Education in the Free State of Saxony (SächsHSFG) provide the legal framework and task description for the office. Other aspects are also provided by the Act on the Advancement of Women in Saxony (SächsFFG). For work at the university, the Fundamental Principles, Election Regulations and Appointment Regulations of TU Dresden as well as the Faculty and School Regulations apply. Binding documents also include TU Dresden’s Equality Concept and Women’s Advancement Plan as well as the School of Medicine’s Equal Opportunity Plan. The following is a list of the most critical tasks and rights of the decentralized Equal Opportunities Officers: 

• Member of the School or Faculty Board with the right to vote, speak and submit motions
• Advisory member of the “Equal Opportunities and Diversity Management” Standing Committee of the Senate with the right to speak and submit motions
• Analysis of the current state of affairs of equal opportunity at the School or Faculty
• Advising of the School or Faculty Management in creating and implementing measures for ensuring equal opportunities in research and teaching
• Advising of the School or Faculty Management in creating family-friendly conditions for work and study
• Contribution to job advertisement formulations and participation in appointment procedures with the right to speak and submit motions
• Submission of statements on funding proposals, e.g. in the Faculty of Medicine’s postdoc program for women, or on applications for re-entry scholarships
• Individual advising, e.g. on discrimination or family-friendly environments

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