Tasks of the Equal Opportunities Officers at KIT
The Equal Opportunities Officers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are committed to a fair and inclusive working and study environment. Their central task is to promote equal opportunities for all KIT members and to reduce structural disadvantages.
Their tasks include in particular
- Confidential advice and support: Confidential point of contact for conflicts, sexualized violence, discrimination, harassment and stalking
- Participation in committees: Active participation in central committees such as the KIT Senate, divisional council meetings and search and appointment committees in order to incorporate gender equality aspects into decision-making processes at an early stage.
- Promoting fair career opportunities: Supporting recruitment procedures to ensure equal opportunities for all, especially women.
- Raising awareness and education: Initiatives and measures to increase awareness of gender equality and gender policy within the KIT community.
- Gender-equitable communication: Implementation and further development of the guideline "Gender-equitable and inclusive: Language and visual language of diversity at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology" (as of April 2022), which ensures a respectful and diverse representation of all people in KIT's linguistic and visual appearance.
- Support: Promoting the compatibility of study or work and care work such as childcare and nursing care
All counseling sessions are subject to confidentiality.
With their work, the Equal Opportunities Officers make a significant contribution to making KIT a place of appreciation, diversity and equal opportunities.
Contact
Confident Women of the KIT Equal Opportunity Officers
Anette Busse
anette.busse∂kit.edu
Larissa Kaul
larissa.kaul∂kit.edu
Petra Mann
petra.mann∂kit.edu
Gender equity
Starting in the winter semester 2021/22, the KIT Department of Architecture has awarded teaching assignments for gender studies in architecture or art history over a period of four semesters. The project aimed to attract outstanding young academics from the two disciplines who deal intensively with questions of gender construction in and through architecture and art history and bring current research topics into teaching at Master's level.