Organisation and committees
Organisation and committees
The Lower Saxony Higher Education Act (NHG) stipulates that universities are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for women and men and seeking to eliminate existing disadvantages (see Section 3.3 of the NHG).
The Central Equal Opportunities Officer makes sure that the university fulfils this duty (see Section 42.2.1 of the NHG). She is involved in all discussions concerning university plans as well as structural and personnel decisions, since any and all areas can, in principle, have an impact on the interests of women (see State parliament, document 14/2541, 84 f). She must always be fully involved, at an early stage, in all matters that fall within her area of responsibility in accordance with Section 42 of the NHG, including structural planning (see Section 14 of the university statues).
The central equal opportunities officer has the right to submit proposals to the Presidential Board. She is an advisory member of the University Senate and its committees, the University Council as well as other bodies and committees (see Section 42.3 of the NHG).She is also a member of the Senate Committee for Equal Opportunities and manages the committee’s activities.
She advises the Presential Board and the School boards on strategic issues relating to the achievement of gender equality.
Central and Decentral Equal Opportunities Officers
Equal Opportunities Committee
Women’s Plenary Assembly
The Central Equal Opportunities Officer is a member of the Lower Saxony State Conference of Equal Opportunities Officer at Universities and the Federal Conference of Women’s and Equal Opportunities Officers at Universities.