The Equal Opportunities Office at LUH offers support and advice on all forms of discrimination.
Our advice is characterised by an intersectional approach. This takes into account the fact that people can experience multiple discrimination based on various characteristics. The aim is to identify and address intersecting or overlapping forms of discrimination in order to offer more comprehensive support. The most common forms of discrimination reported to us are:
Sexism
Sexism means the discrimination, devaluation, violence or oppression of a person or group of people on the basis of their gender or gender identity. Women and trans* and non-binary people are most commonly affected.
Sexism at universities is a structural problem and takes many forms, including sexual harassment, underrepresentation of women in certain faculties and status groups, and unequal performance evaluation of the sexes.
Racism
Racism means discrimination, violence, exclusion and devaluation of people based on their (perceived) ethnic origin or cultural background, their appearance, clothing, name or language.
Racism at universities is a structural problem and manifests itself in, among other things, discriminatory language, the underrepresentation of BiPOC in all areas and status groups, and unequal performance evaluation.
Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism means discrimination, violence and exclusion against Jewish people and Jewish communities. It is a specific form of religious, ethnic and racial discrimination.
Anti-Semitism is also a structural problem at universities and takes many different forms: selection of teaching content, exclusion of Jewish students or staff, dissemination of conspiracy ideologies.
Ableism
Ableism is the discrimination, devaluation, exclusion and oppression of people with physical and/or mental disabilities. They are reduced to their disabilities and, on this basis, denied abilities or aptitudes.
Ableism manifests itself in many everyday situations, but also structurally at universities, e.g. underrepresentation of people with various disabilities in all areas and status groups, lack of accessibility, prejudices about academic ability.
