Women's Representative of the HSWT

Gender & equality

The Women's & Equal Opportunities Officers at HSWT support students and staff in personal and strategic matters relating to their studies and academic career. Important contacts, events and useful information at a glance.

Our goal: "Gender Balance in Science"

The women's representatives at the HSWT are working to achieve gender balance and are also incorporating intersectional approaches. This is because the reasons for the imbalance in science and research are complex and cannot be attributed to gender alone.

Explanation of terms

Intersectionality means that individuals can be affected by different forms of discrimination that overlap with each other. For example, a female academic with Iranian roots may be exposed to discrimination on the basis of her skin colour as well as her gender. In contrast to a homosexual man in academia, she is exposed to other forms of discrimination. Although both enjoy more privileges than a low-income white man, they also experience discrimination in everyday life that this man does not have to. The same applies to people with physical or mental disabilities.

Measures that are considered to be in favour of women do not automatically have to exclude other genders, but can in many cases benefit all genders. The HSWT consistently implements the Gender Balance in Science 2021 - 2025 concept by formulating binding, future-oriented goals and measures. The goal is a diverse, equitable university culture.

Tasks of the Women's & Equal Opportunities Officer

Our Women's and Equal Opportunities Officers support the university management, the Senate and the departments in implementing equal opportunities for women and men at all levels. The women's representatives support female academics, female teaching staff, female employees and female students in achieving their goals. Equal opportunities officers are responsible for all non-academic employees, regardless of their gender.

This is what the contact persons in the area of gender equality do:

  • Organisation of seminars, workshops & coaching sessions
  • Advice on strategic & personal matters relating to studies or career
  • Assistance with entering professional life or continuing your academic career
  • Offers for the compatibility of family & studies or career within the framework of the family-friendly University of applied sciences

The Women's and Equal Opportunities Officers are available by telephone, e-mail and in person, especially when it comes to questions about difficult life or study situations.

Offers in the area of gender equality

Contact persons for equal opportunities at the HSWT

These people are available to answer questions on cross-faculty and internal faculty issues relating to gender equality and gender equity. In addition to the main contact persons at the Triesdorf and Weihenstephan campuses, female professors and staff at the individual departments also take on these tasks.

Faculty Women's Representative

Projects to promote equal rights at the HSWT

Contact persons