Contact person at the complaints office for harassment, discrimination and violence receives badge of honor

Whether in teaching, research, studies or administration - creative ideas and great achievements are essential for the success of TU Dresden and should be honored accordingly. The badge of honor is awarded to members of the university for their outstanding individual achievements and exceptional services to TU Dresden.

The contact person at the Complaints Office for incidents of harassment, discrimination and violence was honored with this award this year.

Dipl.-Soziol. Anja Wiede has rendered outstanding services to the TUD. With her pronounced initiative, expertise and commitment, she has shaped anti-discrimination work and the development of an inclusive university culture. As the contact person for the Complaints Office for Harassment, Discrimination and Violence, initially as a volunteer and later as a regular employee, she takes her task of neutrally examining complaints and proposing measures with a particular sense of responsibility. In addition to her regular duties, she has shown outstanding commitment in setting up the compliance management system, in particular the "Compliance in cooperation" pillar. She proactively sets new standards in prevention and independently develops advisory services as well as empowerment and awareness-raising formats. Her target group-specific workshops on sexualized violence and discrimination, which she designs independently, receive consistently positive feedback. She is highly committed to organizing events for international days of action such as those against homophobia or racism in order to raise awareness. She uses her extensive network innovatively and profitably for the TUD. Her commitment to the action plan against anti-democratic challenges, which was initiated by her, is a central building block for the university's democratic profile. She is also active in the anti-racism/criticism of racism working group, where she continuously contributes new ideas.