The bukof (Federal Conference of Women's Representatives) has published a new "Statement on the evaluation and amendment of the Pay Transparency Act (EntgTranspG)".

The second comprehensive evaluation of the Pay Transparency Act has confirmed the well-known criticisms that bukof and many other critics have levelled at the Act and which have led to its overall ineffectiveness. An amendment to the law is therefore important and indispensable. This amendment should be used to extend its scope to universities and the public sector.

The statement calls for the amendment of the Pay Transparency Act to include sanctions for violations of the equal pay requirement, the possibility of comparing pay across pay groups and safeguarding the rights of equal opportunities officers as experts on the gender pay gap when implementing the law.

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The University Senate elected Professor Ingrid Hotz-Davies as the new Equal Opportunities Officer on 16 November. The committee voted unanimously in favour of the English specialist, who succeeds Professor Ruth Scoralick in the position, with no votes against or abstentions.

Further details can be found in Attempto online

Saturday, 25 November 2023, is the "International Day against Violence towards Women".

We would like to recommend the interesting newsletter (deutsch) from the LaKoG (State Working Group of Equal Opportunities Officers). This year, the focus is on current statistics, offers of help and campaigns.

The online platform Scicomm-Support supports and advises scientists and science communicators who experience hate speech, threats or intimidation. ScicommSupport is a joint service of the Federal Association of University Communication and "Wissenschaft im Dialog". The free telephone counselling service is available daily from 7 am to 10 pm. In addition, the platform offers information on dealing with attacks in the form of guidelines, checklists and best practice recommendations. Legal advice, help in finding psychological support and workshops on dealing with digital violence will be offered shortly.
You can find more information at Wissenschaftskommunikation.de.

Sexualised discrimination and violence (SDG) is a largely taboo and often underestimated problem in all areas of society. Universities as places of work and training are unfortunately not safe spaces in this respect.
In order to keep the topic in mind and to inform about news, the commission of the BuKoF (Federal Conference of Women's Representatives) publishes this newsletter about every six months.