Vice Dean’s Office for Gender
The Vice Dean’s Office for Gender Issues was set up in 2014 at the Faculty for Medicine in the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) with the aim of working towards reducing the inequalities between the genders in the field of medical research and academic education. It is intended to promote awareness fir gender sensitivity, reveal both open and hidden gender imbalances and to submit suggestions for improving the promotion of equality.
This also complies with the request of the German Council of Science and Humanities for the continuation of the German Research Foundation's (DFG) equality standards. The Vice Dean’s Office for Gender Issues works closely with the Equal Opportunities Officers of the Faculty of Medicine and of the clinic as well as with the MLU’s Family Office.
The Family Office deals with questions and issues concerning the subject “family-friendly University”. Since the MLU was awarded this certificate in 2009 and reaudited in 2012, it has addressed – among others - issues such as working/studying with children and caring for family members. Prof. Dr. phil. Gabriele Meyer and PD Dr. rer. nat. Anne Navarrete-Santos act as the Family Officers for the Faculty of Medicine.
You will find the web site of the Family Office under: http://www.uni-halle.de/familiengerecht
News:
Handout for teachers: Integration of gender-sensitive medicine in teaching
Within the frame of the GenderMed projectat the Institute for Health and Nursing Science we developed a handout for the integration of gender-sensitive medicine in teaching, to assist teachers at the Faculty of Medicine and others in integrating gender-sensitive aspects into their teaching by providing didactic resources and concrete literature references.
Information resource on studying with children at the Faculty of Medicine at the MLU
The homepage of the University Clinic Halle has a rubric headed “Teaching” under which can be found Information on studying with children at the Faculty of Medicine. Apart from general information, studying parents or students who want to have children can find details on how to organize their studies if they have children, maternity leave, family-friendly infrastructure of the university as well as contacts and various counseling offers. The information was published within the project Studying with children at the Medical University Halle.
Tasks of the Vice Dean’s Office for Gender:
- Collection and interpretation of faculty figures on career appointments of men and women at the Faculty of Medicine and comparison with other locations à Findings are available for faculty members on request from the Dean’s office (E-Mail).
- Developing a handout “Recommendations for gender-sensitive language”
- Access to information on compatibility of career and nursing acc. to PflegeZG and FPfZG
- Dealing with questions about gender equity and sensitivity
- Developing a gender-sensitive Appointment guideline for the Medical University Halle (Saale
Activities:
- Vice Dean’s Office for Gender in “Ärztin – Zeitschrift des Deutschen Ärztinnenbundes e.V.“ https://www.aerztinnenbund.de/downloads/7/Aerztin_1.20_S.10.pdf
- Vice Dean’s Office for Gender in German Medical Journal: https://www.aerzteblatt.de/pdf.asp?id=212859
- Current article: Clever K, Richter C, Meyer G. “Current approaches to integrating gender-sensitive medicine in teaching: a qualitative expert survey”. GMS J Med Educ 2020; 37 (2): Doc26 (20200316) https://www.egms.de/static/pdf/journals/zma/2020-37/zma001319.pdf
- Lecture by Prof. Dr. phil. Gabriele Meyer on “Caring for relatives and career”.
- Short lecture by Prof. Dr. phil. Gabriele Meyer on “Gender equity in appointment procedures”
- Project for equal opportunities in Science, Research and Healthcare at the Medical University Halle (Saale) (can only be accessed internally)
- Workshop "Career planning for female scientists in university medicine“ held by the Deutschen Hochschulverbandes, on: 16.02.16; time: 9.00-16.00 h
- Survey with specialized representatives in teaching at the Faculty of Medicine on the theme: „Gender, Disease Perception and Disease Management”
- Public lecture series on the theme: “The health of men and women is much more that biology!”
- Interview in November 2016 - Prof. Dr. phil. Gabriele Meyer: Challenges for teaching and praxis: “Gender aspects in nursing”
- Implementation of projects on gender issues