Have you been the victim of sexualized violence or discrimination at RPTU, do you feel harassed or have you witnessed an incident?

As your Central Equal Opportunities Officer elected by the Senate of RPTU, I will accept your complaints about harassment, discrimination and sexualized violence in the workplace at any time in accordance with Section 3 (3) and (4) of the General Equal Treatment Act. This is not only my legal mandate, which is part of my duties in accordance with Section 23 (3) 3 (State Equal Opportunities Act), but also my major concern as your confidant.

I would be happy to inform you about possible internal RPTU, but also regional or nationwide counseling and support services. With your consent, I will forward your complaints to higher authorities such as the university management or the police and support you on your way.

Call me on +49 (0)6341 280-32770, send me an email to francesca.vidal@rptu.de and arrange a personal appointment or use my contact form informally and anonymously.

Don't keep quiet - get in touch!

Your Central Equal Opportunities Officer
Prof. Dr. Francesca Vidal

Working and study conditions

RPTU aims to ensure the best possible working and study conditions, a trusting and respectful working atmosphere and fair, appreciative interaction for employees and students. Discrimination of any kind, such as abuse of power, bullying, stalking, degrading or humiliating behavior, harassment, coercion, violence, especially sexualized violence, and other similar incidents will not be tolerated. Discrimination based on ethnic origin, gender, religion or ideology, disability, age or sexual identity should be prevented or eliminated. Incidents of this kind will be firmly opposed.

Personal rights

Discrimination and sexualized violence represent a massive impairment of personal rights, a violation of the rights of all members of the university under employment law, employment contracts and membership rights, as well as a significant disruption to university operations. It creates a climate of intimidation and humiliation that can damage not only confidence in the psychological and physical integrity of the workplace or place of study, the enjoyment and ability to work and study, but also the health of those affected.

Right of complaint

Persons who experience discrimination have the right to lodge a complaint under the General Equal Treatment Act. Members and relatives of the RPTU or persons who are in contact with them can submit a complaint. In order to ensure the most comprehensive protection possible and to address conflicts as early as possible, contact points are also designated that can be approached before and independently of a complaint. With the help of the complaints procedure, RPTU is committed to not tolerating sexualized violence and discrimination of any kind; both employees and students should be protected.

Equal Opportunities Officer

In addition to the possibility of contacting your Central Equal Opportunities Officer, her deputy and all decentralized equal opportunities officers in the departments, there is also an anti-discrimination office at RPTU that is available to you at any time to deal with your concerns confidentially and discreetly. However, not only a formal complaints procedure, but also the use of informal contact points is intended to ensure that direct and indirect discrimination, in particular (repeated) acts by individuals, can be seen more quickly and discriminatory behavior can be stopped at an early stage.

This is how you can reach the various offices and contact persons:

Anti-discrimination office

The Anti-Discrimination Office - located in Department 6.1 - is also the complaints office for all cases of sexualized violence and discrimination in accordance with Section 13 of the General Equal Treatment Act. You will also find support here if you are affected by discrimination or sexualized violence. All members and relatives at RPTU or persons who are in contact with them can make use of their right to lodge a complaint there.

Your contact person is Dr. Cornelia Rövekamp, T +49 631 205-5902, E c.roevekamp[at]rptu.de.

The procedures for such informal consultations and also for official complaints are set out in the Guideline for informal counseling and the official complaints procedure at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau. This gives you an overview of your personal options and of the existing structures and measures at RPTU.

The Anti-Discrimination Office also offers regular information event on the complaints procedure at RPTU as well as dialog rounds in occupational health management. These take place in open or fixed groups and on various topics, such as "discrimination".

Your data will not be stored or forwarded to third parties. To the data protection notice at RPTU