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AKC: Arbeitskreis Chancengleichheit

AKC 1: AKC

AKC 1.2: Hauptvortrag

Freitag, 21. März 2025, 11:15–11:45, H2

Prevention and protection against sexual harassment, discrimination and violence (SBDG): A private matter or how much does it concern us as a university? — •Michael Tunç — Katholische Hochschule für Sozialwesen, Berlin, Deutschland

Universities have the obligation to implement measures to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace according to AGG paragraph 12. But there are people reporting assaults and sexual harassment against physicists occur repeatedly.

In this lecture, participants will get brief informations how they can effectively support/protect themselves and others at universities. The lecture would like to sensitize by presenting the following basic informations:

- What is sexual harassment at the university (facts and figures)?

- What are the causes and consequences of sexual harassment for employees and the university organization?

- What are the rights of those affected and the obligations of those involved?

The topic of being/becoming a bystander includes sensitization as well as hits on concrete options for action, both for male and female participants. First ideas will be given how a complaint procedure to prosecute sexual harassment can be established. Relevant questions are:

- How can a professional protection of victims succeed?

- How do you deal with your fears of hierarchical, legal consequences?

- How can you protect dependent people from hierarchically superior people?

Keywords: sexual harassment; discrimination; violence; bystander