International Day against Violence against Women
BRINGING IN THE BYSTANDER™ - Workshops for students
What to do in case of sexual harassment?
Helpful tips and recommended reading

Gender-based violence is disproportionately perpetrated against women, lesbians, inter, non-binary, trans and agender people, FLINTA* for short, on a daily basis.

(* Persons not explicitly mentioned who do not fall into one of the above-mentioned sexual orientations or gender identities and are (also) meant).

It is one of the most widespread, fundamental human rights violations and has its roots in social norms, discrimination and power imbalances. It affects the physical and mental health of those affected and prevents them from participating equally in private and public life. It happens in the now. It occurs in many different ways.

As a reflection of society, gender-based violence is also a reality for many employees and students at our university. In the institutionally anchored space for free discourse, we are called upon to make personal responsibility for each other tangible even in this difficult, sometimes almost unbearable context, and to contribute to prevention, intervention, sanction, information and awareness-raising strategies and, subsequently, catalogs of recommendations that take into account the actual experience of those affected.

International Day against Violence against Women

On 25 November, the International Day against Violence against Women, we want to make the topic visible to the university public with various interactive formats for the purpose of information and dialog.
 

BRINGING IN THE BYSTANDER™ - workshops for students

Bringing in the BYSTANDER™ is an evidence-based, interactive workshop. It is based on the fact that everyone can do their part to prevent sexualized violence.(Guideline for dealing with harassment, discrimination and violence)
Where some have to experience this form of violence themselves as victims, many find themselves as bystanders and/or (un)conscious witnesses, the latter being the group that is the focus of this training offer.

The methodological approach aims to get to know the various forms of sexualized violence as such and to reflect on prevention and intervention strategies by dealing with concepts such as "victim blaming", "rape culture" and "consensus". When dealing with SDG, everyone needs to take responsibility. This is why the Bringing in the BYSTANDER ™ program has been introduced as a regular offer at TU Dresden.

The Equal Opportunities Office has been offering Bringing in the BYSTANDER ™ in a 3-hour format for students since the winter semester 2021/2022. The workshop is conducted by the contact person of the complaints office Anja Wiede (cis-female, white). (Maximum number of participants per workshop 12 people.) Participants will receive a certificate of participation after completing the workshop.

If you would like to hold the workshop in a different setting, with an already established group, in a different language, or if there is a need for a FLINTA*-only workshop, please get in touch with us.

We would also like to make our events as accessible as possible. Please let us know if there is a need for this.

Contact for further information and possible dates:
Anja Wiede, 📞 +49 351 463-33564


Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Free State of Saxony as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State governments

What to do in the event of sexual harassment?

According to the General Equal Treatment Act, sexual harassment is "unwanted conduct of a sexual nature that has the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of the person concerned, in particular by creating an intimidating, hostile, humiliating, degrading or offensive environment" Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (ed.) 2015.

Sometimes things that you experience do not immediately fit into a definition. There is a feeling that something is wrong. Perhaps there is fear. You feel uncomfortable and are full of questions, e.g. "What really happened?" or "Am I perhaps to blame?" or "Should I even tell anyone?". You may also feel helpless and think: "What can I do about it, if I tell anyone, I'm only hurting myself" and so on.

Sexual harassment, like discrimination and violence, is a phenomenon that can be found in all social classes and areas of work. As a reflection of society, our university is also affected by this. This is no secret, because these things must be able to be said in order to develop solutions together.

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Helpful tips and recommended reading

Current reports on the implementation of the Istanbul Convention (Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence) ratified by Germany in 2018

• GREVIO report: Germany evaluates the implementation of the Istanbul Convention
• Alternative report on the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

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