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Why do women’s equal-opportunity representatives exist and what do they do?

The fact that the women’s equal-opportunity representative offce at the University of Marburg exists is due to the Hessian Law on Equal Opportunity for Women and Men and on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in Public Administration (Hessisches Gleichberechtigungsgesetz - HGIG dated 1st January 2016).

The objectives of this law are to achieve equal opportunities for women and men, to improve the compatibility of work and family life and to eliminate the existing under-representation of women in the public sector. Until this goal is achieved, conditions for access, promotion and work for women must be improved through the professional advancement of women using promotion plans with binding targets.

The departmental women’s representatives are elected by the Department's Women’s Assembly and subsequently appointed by the Dean for a two-year period (student representatives for a one-year period).

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