The Working Group for Equal Opportunities
About us
§ 42. (1) The senate of each university shall establish a working group on equal opportunities responsible for combating gender discrimination as well as discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, religion or conviction, age, or sexual orientation by university governing bodies and for advising and supporting the university’s members and governing bodies in connection with these issues (§ 42 para. 1 Universities Act 2002).
The Working Group for Equal Opportunities‘ duties include combating
- gender discrimination as well as
- discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, religion or conviction, age, or sexual orientation
by university governing bodies and
- advising and supporting the university’s members and governing bodies in connection with these issues (§ 42 para. 1 Universities Act 2002).
Furthermore, the Working Group for Equal Opportunities is dealing with issues relating to equal opportunities and the advancement of women (§ 42 para. 1 Universities Act 2002 in conjunction with § 41 para. 2 Equal Treatment Act (B-GlBG)).
In order to fulfill its tasks, the Working Group for Equal Opportunities has extensive rights of information, control and participation.