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Actions – On Equity in <strong>EPICUR</strong><br />
Language of Empowerment: International Week for Equality and Acceptance<br />
An annual seminar series organized by the Faculty of English AMU, as part of the International Week for Equality<br />
and Inclusion, providing a series of lectures with the aim to raise awareness of the dangers of discrimination and<br />
contribute to the global debate on values such as acceptance and equity. This goes hand in hand with the UNE-<br />
SCO Declaration of 1995 on the Principles of Tolerance. The lecture series Language of Empowerment features<br />
lectures in English as well as Polish and is open for perusal by the public on YouTube.<br />
Further activities: Feminative forms in the Academic Discourse Conference , Women in Polish public space<br />
Report on working conditions and equal treatment at AMU<br />
A report published by AMU in 2022 with the aim of the survey research being the identification, mapping and<br />
description of the situation of male and female university staff in research, research-and-teaching and teaching-only<br />
positions at AMU in terms of social (in)equality. The survey has been conducted within the AMU community.<br />
The main dimensions of social (in)equality in the survey include gender, distribution of power and recognition,<br />
and family situation. The following aspects were taken into account: working conditions (recruitment<br />
and promotion), the biographies of respondents, the culture of the organization and of the working environment,<br />
manifestations of mobbing, microaggression, harassment, training, and reconciling professional and<br />
private life. Opinions expressed by staff at AMU were collected by means of a questionnaire, which provided the<br />
basis for drawing up conclusions and recommendations for the University authorities and faculties’ heads. The<br />
ultimate objective was to promote a university where women and men, across the spectrum of diversity, will be<br />
free to pursue the academic path of their choice, have equal opportunities to develop and participate equally in<br />
the university community.<br />
4.1.2.3. KIT<br />
Guidelines - Gender-equitable and inclusive language and images of diversity at the Karlsruhe<br />
Institute of Technology (KIT)<br />
In 2021, a new guideline was developed to sensitize the employees of KIT on the use of language and images.<br />
The guideline was created with the intention to contribute to the establishment of an open culture of welcome<br />
and feedback in order to live and further promote equal opportunities and diversity at KIT through lively and<br />
appreciative communication.<br />
Language is dynamic and subject to a perpetual transformation. Not only does language pick up changes in society<br />
and reflects them but the usage of language also has an impact on perceptions and realities. It is therefore<br />
of great importance to continuously adapt the usage of language also in an academic setting to be able to serve<br />
as an inclusive, open-minded space for all people involved and connected to the university. The guideline does<br />
not only serve as a tool to support such processes but is also a commitment how people at KIT should speak<br />
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