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Staff Equal Opportunity Representative<br />

According to the Equal Opportunity Act of the State of Baden-Württemberg (ChancenG) the Staff Equal Opportunity<br />

Representative is the contact person for all people working at the University of Freiburg in the fields of<br />

fields of administration, services, cleaning service, technology/IT and in laboratories. Their aim is to ensure professional<br />

equality, especially for women, and the reduction of discrimination. The legal mandate for the Staff<br />

Equal Opportunity Representative includes the below mentioned points:<br />

• Advice on equal opportunity issues<br />

• Advice on compatibility<br />

• Accompaniment of personnel recruitment<br />

• Participation in University committees<br />

Since the respective amendment to the law in 2016, the Equal Opportunity Representative has the right to participate<br />

in all hiring and promotion processes and can attend job and personnel selection interviews.<br />

MENTORING PROGRAMS<br />

ALU-FR also offers a range of mentoring programs on a variety of topics<br />

• Kite Mentoring: A mentoring program for female doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers in the<br />

fields of physics, chemistry, pharmacy, mathematics, computer science, engineering, biology and medicine.<br />

The program is offered in English and is composed of three pillows: mentoring, training and networking<br />

• Futura Mentoring: This program pursues the goal of promoting young women in academic professions and/<br />

or<br />

management positions as well as the promotion of women who already have managerial responsibility, run<br />

their own companies or aspire to such functions.<br />

• EIRA Mentoring: Since the late 1990s, mentoring programs have emerged at numerous universities and<br />

colleges to increase the presence of women in all disciplines, including medicine, and in management positions.<br />

The EIRA mentoring program at the Freiburg Medical Faculty was launched in 2010 and has so far<br />

supported 116 mentees for a period of 1.5 years.<br />

• Justitia Mentoring: The Justitia mentoring program was founded in 2003 with the purpose of offering female<br />

law students the best possible study conditions and optimal starting opportunities for an equal career. The<br />

individual mentoring of the students (mentees) is provided by lawyers (mentors) who are close to the university<br />

and studies. The female students are usually accompanied throughout the entirety of their studies.<br />

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