The Women's* and Equal Opportunity Officers support the university in coming closer to its claim of gender equality. The central Women's* and Equal Opportunity Officer is a full-time employee and keeps an eye on gender issues throughout the university. She is elected every 4 years by the central Women's* Council and is supported by two deputies. The two departments(Department I: Social Work and Department II: Health, Education & Training) each have a decentralized Women's* and Gender Equality Officer who works to anchor gender equality issues in the departments.

The Women's* and Equal Opportunity Officers and their team work against discrimination and for the empowerment of women*. We advise and support all institutions and committees of the university in matters of gender equality policy, we develop concepts and projects for gender equality, contribute to the anchoring of gender competencies in teaching and university culture, and advise in cases of (sexual) discrimination and violence. Together with other actors, we form the working area Intersectional Practice and Transformation (InPuT).

We work with and for all members of the university: students, employees, teachers. We recognize differences among women*, work with a broad intersectional approach and strive to include complex life realities and power inequalities in our work.

The tasks of the Women* and Equal Opportunity Officers are essentially defined in the Berlin Higher Education Act and formulated in ASH's Equal Opportunity Concept.

Even though the proportion of women* in all member groups of ASH Berlin is now relatively high, there is a need for the sustainable promotion of equal opportunities. Experience shows that the underrepresentation of women* among professors and executives can only be eliminated with targeted strategies. It also shows that barriers remain particularly high for some groups of women*. ASH Berlin also advocates socio-politically for the academicization of the former 'women's professions' in the fields of social work, health and care, education and training (SAGE). The goal is to upgrade the professions with more professional autonomy, higher salaries, higher social status, opportunities for advancement, as well as with specialized research. To achieve this, women* working in the field must be given the opportunity to enter academia.

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• Advice and support on all issues related to gender, e.g. discrimination and sexual harassment and violence, trans* counseling, promotion of gender studies, networking with women* projects and queer/LSBTI* initiatives, gender-sensitive language, university policies, etc.
• Educational program- Some events are open to all people, others are exclusively for women* or for trans* people.
• Newsletter with current dates, event notices, job postings, and other info on gender issues and equality policy.
• Events, e.g. actions on the day against violence against women*, lectures on gender issues - often in cooperation with internal and external partners
• Book subjects for students who, due to various restrictions, can be relieved by a shelf.

For questions regarding the compatibility of studies and work with family, the family office is the point of contact.

A first point of contact in case of discriminatory incidents can be the First Counselor Network.

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Via the e-mail mailing list of the Women* and Equality Office you will receive our monthly newsletter and thus exciting information about gender and equality policy events, job offers or initiatives.

The Office of the Women's* and Equal Opportunity Representative of ASH Berlin

Alice-Salomon-Platz 5 12627 Berlin

E-mail: frauenbeauftragte@ avoid-unrequested-mailsash-berlin.eu

Fax: 030 / 99245 245