about us

Gender Equality Commissioner

The Gender Equality Commissioner supports the university and its committees in the task of achieving the goal of a gender- and diversity-sensitive organizational culture.
This means in detail:

• Advisory participation in staffing and appointment procedures as well as other personnel decisions.
• Participation in meetings of committees
• Providing advice and support to university staff
• Implementation of support programs and measures
• Initiation of continuing education and training programs
• Advisory participation in the development of funding guidelines as well as evaluation and implementation of an gender equality plan in cooperation with the Commission for Equality
• Public relations
• Cooperation with Gender Equality Commissioners of other universities, women's projects and initiatives
• Participation in the working groups of equal opportunity officers in Lower Saxony and Germany

Commission for Equality

The Commission for Equality (Kommission für Gleichstellung- KfG) is a so-called 'Permanent Senate Commission' (NHG §42(1)).  The KfG develops proposals for the implementation of equality at the TiHo for the university management and the senate.

You can contact us if

• you feel disadvantaged or discriminated against at your place of work/study
• you have questions and suggestions regarding the compatibility of work/study and family
• you have questions and suggestions for the Commission for Equality
• you have suggestions and requests for further education and training events
• you need information about special funding programs
• you feel sexually harassed
• or you just want to get some information: We have information material to take away, e.g. on the subject of maternity protection and parental leave, studies and children, single parents, women in science ...