The Equal Opportunities Officer at TU Ilmenau, Dr. Katja Tonisch, has been unanimously re-elected by the Senate for a further term of office. Over the next three years, she will continue to represent the interests of equal opportunities at the university.
In accordance with Section 6 ThürHG, the Equal Opportunities Officer works towards achieving the constitutionally guaranteed equality of opportunity between the sexes and supports the university in creating equal development opportunities for all persons and reducing existing disadvantages. "In principle, any member of TU Ilmenau can turn to me with gender equality issues," explains Dr. Tonisch. The spectrum of concerns ranges from strategic issues such as the implementation of the gender equality plan and support with recruitment procedures to advice on gender equality aspects in scientific applications and personal support.
Dr. Tonisch has set herself a number of goals for her new term of office. For example, she would like to further strengthen transparency and fairness in appointment procedures and increase the proportion of female professors at TU Ilmenau:
The seal of approval from the German University Association confirms that TU Ilmenau is already very well positioned in these aspects of appointment procedures. Nevertheless, increasing the proportion of female professors remains an important goal for the coming years.
The Equal Opportunities Officer has resolved to better address the increasing proportion of international female students through targeted, English-language courses. Another aim is to make young men more aware of traditional equality issues such as the compatibility of career and family and to encourage them to actively include their role as fathers in their life planning.
The creation of equal opportunities, collegial cooperation and respect for all people regardless of their social and ethnic background, their religious beliefs and their sexual orientation is a central motif of an open-minded campus community, which I will work towards.