The Office for Gender Equality and Equal Opportunity supports the Rectorate in implementing these socio-political aims.
Colleagues in the office
- focus on the many different life plans and life phases as well as on possible barriers that may occur in university life due to these differences.
- initiate processes at TU Graz that help to recognise and make use of the potential that manifests itself in individual differences such as age, religion or belief, ethnic origion etc.
- encourage young people to develop a passion for technology and the natural sciences - regardless of traditional roles.
- provide a contact point, service centre and advice centre.
Contact
Office for Gender Equality and Equal Opportunity
Mandellstraße 5/I
8010 Graz
Phone: +43 316 873 6092
Legal Bases
- Universities act 2002:
All Austrian universities have the legal obligation to implement measures to promote equal opportunities and gender equality. - The Action Plan for the Advancement of Women (in German: Frauenförderungsplan) contains measures that aim to ensure that the university employs an equal number of men and women and that resources and tasks are shared equally.
- The TU Graz Affirmative Action Plan (in German: Gleichstellungsplan) contains measures to promote equal rights, balancing work and family life, and to counteract discrimination.
- Development of measures to promote equal rights and the advancement of women in cooperation with the Rectorate, the Working Group for Equal Opportunities and further interest groups
- Coordination of the implementation of equal rights, the advancement of women and gender research in cooperation with the Working Group for Equal Opportunities
- Undertaking of strategic projects focussing on diversity management and gender mainstreaming. Examples:
- Checklist for research design that takes diversity into account
- Development of terms related to diversity, connected with a student competition for visual design
- Development of a guideline on gender sensitive language use
- Involvement in development of gender controlling
- Introduction of a Service Point for Accessible Learning
Gudrun HAAGE
Dipl.-Ing.
Phone: +43 316 873 6078
gudrun.haage@tugraz.at
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
- Director of the Office for Gender Equality and Equal Opportunity
- Advancement of Women in Academia
- Services for Children and Young People
- Advising on choice of degree programme
- Tours for Schools
- Career Information Fair
- Gender & Diversity in teaching
Armanda PILINGER
Phone: +43 316 873 6090
a.pilinger@tugraz.at
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY :
- Deputy director of the office for Gender Equality and Equal Opportunity
- Dual Career Services at TU Graz und Dual Career Service of the five Styrian Universities
- Diversity Management & Gender Mainstreaming
- Advising for Diversity Management and Gender Mainstreaming in research proposals
Lissa REITHOFER
Phone: +43 316 873 6095
l.reithofer@tugraz.at
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY :
Phone: +43 316 873 6095
l.reithofer@tugraz.at
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY :
- Representative for Work/Studies-Life Balance of TU Graz
- Welcome package for new parents
- Parental leave for fathers
- Care of children and dependents
- TU Graz-representative for the Children's University Graz
Laura FIGO
Phone: +43 316 873 6092
laura.figo@tugraz.at
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY :
- Career Information Fairs
- Finance Management
- Services for Children and Young People
Karoline DROSCHL-PIERINGER
Mag.phil.
Phone: +43 664 88783190
droschl-pieringer@tugraz.at
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
Mag.phil.
Phone: +43 664 88783190
droschl-pieringer@tugraz.at
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
- Project coordination for school cooperations of TU Graz
Angelika DROISNER
BSc
Phone: +43 664 88783181
angelika.droisner@tugraz.at
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
BSc
Phone: +43 664 88783181
angelika.droisner@tugraz.at
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
- Coordination of TUit! Workshops
Michaela FRÜHWIRTH
Mag.rer.nat.
Phone: +43 664 78 51 74 34
michaela.fruehwirth@tugraz.at
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
- Course management TUit Workshops
- Services for Children and Young People
- Career Information Fairs
