Sexualized violence and harassment
The internal working group (WG) presents contact points and information on the topic of sexualized violence/harassment from external institutions on this page.
The WG consists of representatives from the Office for Equality, Gender, and Diversity and the Working Group on Equal Issues and can be contacted as an internal point of contact for questions.
This page offers general information as well as information for the following groups:
General information.
The University for Continuing Education Krems is committed to respectful interaction and firmly rejects any form of discrimination and sexualized violence/harassment. To ensure that sexual harassment or violence has no place, it is important to send clear signals and provide explicit information about what it entails.
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Affected individuals
Do you feel (sexually) harassed? Are you unsure how to categorize or respond to certain behavior? Is what you experienced weighing heavily on you? Trust your perception and seek support. The checklist from the University of Vienna is designed to help you categorize your experience.
Witnesses
Support affected individuals if you observe (sexual) harassment, if affected individuals confide in you, or if you hear about it from others.
Students
All members of the university must refrain from (sexually) harassing behavior as well as sexist behavior. This includes the behavior of students towards each other and of teachers towards students in the content, form, and conduct of courses, examination situations, excursions, and other university events.
Teachers
All university members are obligated to refrain from any (sexually) harassing and sexist behavior. This also applies to the behavior of teachers towards students in terms of content, form, and conduct in courses, examination situations, excursions, and other university events.
Employees
Sexual harassment in the workplace includes sexual advances, unwanted physical contact, sexist comments or jokes, displaying pornographic content, and requests for sexual acts. The university does not tolerate (sexual) harassment or sexist behavior. Do you feel harassed or have you observed harassment of others? The following information from the Medical University of Vienna is intended to encourage you to take concrete steps.
Führungskräfte
As part of their duty of care, all university leaders are obligated to take appropriate measures against (sexual) harassment and offer support.
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